There is something a little magical about musical instruments, with their ability to translate ideas into sound and move hearts. Grateful Guitars Foundation founder Andy Logan began to collect the model and style of guitars that Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir played and for the past ten years and counting has loaned them out to bands seeking to recapture period-specific tones. Eventually, he owned some of the instruments they’d actually played, including “Alligator” (a Fender Stratocaster Garcia played from 1971 to 1973 so-n
In 1993, Garrett Deloian and Rodney Newman met while they were both working at a restaurant in Colorado and immediately bonded over their shared love of
Fans of Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead should start preparing for March. That month, Frisco’s 10 Mile Music Hall will host tribute band Jerry’s Middle Finger. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday,.
The inaugural Days Between Festival, celebrating the legacy of late-Grateful Dead patriarch Jerry Garcia and the musical score he left embedded in our soul, was upbeat and a resounding success in northern Mendocino County, California on August 6 and 7, even amidst the rage of north-state wildfires and Covid-19 pandemic 2.0. Proof of vaccination or a negative, very-recent Covid test were required for entry.