Jerry Garcia art book reissued for his birthday

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The original art book of Grateful Dead guitarist and artist Jerry Garcia has been reissued, released to coincide with what would have been his 84th birthday. The reprint brings back Garcia's personal artwork collection for fans and collectors; the announcement frames the release as part of birthday observances shared by the Garcia family and the Grateful Dead. Jerry Garcia was born August 1, 1942 and died August 9, 1995; the band's official site and family posts mark the day with tributes and programming tied to his legacy. The reissue offers a renewed chance for fans to view Garcia's visual work alongside the music-focused remembrances that appear each August 1.

Mr Natural

@neilmatheson66.bsky.social

#BOTD 1942. Remembering guitarist, vocalist and co-founding member of the Grateful Dead - Jerry Garcia. (d.1995)

604h ago

“Dance to the music”

@aceofmalts.bsky.social

"Jerry believed music should be shared and understood the power of community. There’s no better expression of that than Jerry Day – free live music, beautiful outdoor spaces, and people coming together in the neighborhood where he grew up. Trixie Garcia Jerry Garcia Family

42Yesterday

Quoting this

Dr. Jeffrey Kavanaugh 🇨🇦5

Nice to see the three guitars Doug Irwin built for Jerry together here. My uncle worked with Doug back in the early days of Alembic. Also, I have some spectacular pieces of quilted maple and cocobolo squirreled away for building tributes to Wolf and Tiger.

Sherry

@esmereldaohara.bsky.social

youtu.be/7TnyOKI5BSM?... Have A Grateful Day Folks!💚 Celebrating Jerry Garcia #BOTD August 1, 1942

233h ago

Frank Hogan1

Good morning Sherry HBD Jer🥹

Séamas Aloysius

@seamusaloysius.bsky.social

Although he didn’t like the label, Garcia was viewed by many as the leader of the Grateful Dead, being a founding member, a principal songwriter, the lead guitarist and a vocalist with the band. Garcia performed with the Grateful Dead for their entire 30-year career (1965–1995).

Jerry was also renowned for his musical and technical ability, particularly his ability to play a variety of instruments and sustain long improvisations with the band, which made the Grateful Dead "the pioneering Godfathers of the jam band world".
Despite having only one top-40 single in their thirty year career, "Touch of Grey", the Grateful Dead remained among the highest grossing American touring acts for multiple decades and gained a committed fanbase (“Deadheads”) by word of mouth and the exchange of live recordings due to the band's permissive stance on taping.
The band was ranked 57th by Rolling Stone magazine in its "The Greatest Artists of All Time" issue.
Garcia also founded and participated in a variety of side projects, including the Saunders–Garcia Band (with longtime friend Merl Saunders), the Jerry Garcia Band, Old & In the Way, the Garcia/Grisman and Garcia/Kahn acoustic duos, Legion of Mary, and New Riders of the Purple Sage (which he co-founded with John Dawson and David Nelson).
He also released several solo albums, and contributed to a number of albums by other artists over the years as a session musician.
Garcia was staying in a California drug rehabilitation facility when he passed away from a heart attack on August 9, 1995, at the age of 53.
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 as a member of the Grateful Dead.

223h ago

Séamas Aloysius3

Captain Trips 💖 would have been celebrating his 84th birthday today. Of course we are talking about the one and only Jerry Garcia from the Grateful Dead. 🕊️ #TheDaysBetween

Séamas Aloysius2

Happy Birthday 💖Jerry💖 Photo by Bob Minkin Thanks to Andy Logan for setting up the collection and for loving the guitars!

Claudio

@chinarider.bsky.social

Jerry Won't Cross the Line "Run faster, jump higher, reach farther, and you'll always win! live life expecting the worst, hoping for the best, and living for the future!“ 📷 Annie Leibovitz, Family Dog, San Francisco, 8/1/69 Happy birthday Jerry Garcia🌹

209h ago

acleareyedsoul.bsky.social

@acleareyedsoul.bsky.social

Good morning Deadheads 💀🎼🎸🍄 I remember watching this A lifetime of devotion well earned youtu.be/_SLL4N5C7lc?...

172d ago

Brett5355

@brett5355.bsky.social

Happy Jerry's Birthday to all who celebrate. 8/1/42-8/9/95 #GratefulDead #DaysBetween

112h ago

Ben Finlay

@benfinlay74.bsky.social

'He is the very spirit personified of whatever is muddy river country at its core and screams up into the spheres...his playing was moody, awesome, sophisticated, hypnotic and subtle.' - Bob Dylan Remembering a true great, Jerry Garcia, born OTD 1942 in San Francisco and gone too soon. #musicsky

89h ago

𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔾𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝕎𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕥 ⭕

@radiator9987.bsky.social

For my 2 cents Hooteroll was Garcia's finest moment in the studio. All these years later and I still feel his presence. Weird. HBD Fatman www.youtube.com/watch?v=sThS...

I miss him too. 😞☮️

Remembering Jerry Garcia, singer, songwriter and guitarist for the Grateful Dead born in San Francisco, California 🇺🇸 on this day in 1942. What are your favourite songs or albums by the Grateful Dead? #JerryGarcia

84h ago

jasppr.bsky.social1

Foiled again by Bluesky’s 300-character limit…

Loworderprimate

@loworderprimate.bsky.social

"Nothing's shaking on Shakedown Street, used to be the heart of town" - Grateful Dead 'Shakedown Street' Have a great night y'all and buckle up America 🇺🇸

4Yesterday

DJ Rays Music

@djraysmusic.com

Happy “Heavenly” Birthday to JERRY GARCIA Born: August 1st, 1942 Title: "Uncle John’s Band” Artist: Grateful Dead Released: 1970 Peak Position: #69 (in the U.S.) SONG LINK: youtu.be/Qj8Q3o2J4A4?... @djraysmusic.com

27h ago

Estimated Prophet

@rescott.bsky.social

#52WeeksOfFavourites #MusicChallenge Bands you’ve seen live 8/30/1987 - Jerry Garcia Band, Bonnie Raitt Great Jerry show and best Bonnie show I've seen! www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qAz...

4Yesterday

Steven Korn

@onlyalhambra.bsky.social

Happy Birthday Jerry Garcia August 1, 1942 - August 9, 1995 The Days Between www.dead.net/song/days-be...

32h ago

Mr. Completely

@brokensymmetry.art

For context, the biggest bustout gap in GD history was 1504 shows, and that was a goofy, unrehearsed, spontaneous move to cover for changing a broken guitar string jerrybase.com/charts/break...

37h ago

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