A Signpost To New Space
Author: Charles Reich, Jann Wenner and Jerry Garcia
1972 Straight Arrow Books
This book is primarily a reprint of a major Rolling Stone interview with Jerry Garcia by Jann Wenner and Charles Reich. It also includes a 'Stoned Sunday Rap' with Jerry, Charles, and Mountain Girl.
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Not Fade Away: The Online World Remembers Jerry Garcia
Compiled and with an introduction by David Gans
1994 Thunder's Mouth Press
Tributes to and recollections about Garcia collected from the on-line Deadhead community.
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Dark Star: An Oral Biography of Jerry Garcia
Robert Greenfield
1996 Morrow
Extracts from interviews, arranged chronologically, to give a portrait of the life of Jerry Garcia through the recollections of his family and friends.
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Garcia
The Editors of Rolling Stone
1996 Little Brown & Company
A collection of the major interviews and articles about Jerry Garcia published in the Rolling Stone magazine between 1967 and 1995. Also includes some shorter articles written specifically for the book. See more information about the book |
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The Teddy Bears' Picnic
Jerry Garcia / David Grisman / Bruce Whatley
1996 HarperCollins Children's Books
A children's book with illustrations by Bruce Whatley and an accompanying audio cassette of the title song by Garcia and Grisman.
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In the Spirit: Conversations with the Spirit of Jerry Garcia
Wendy Weir
1999 Harmony Books
"In the Spirit captures not only the wisdom of Jerry Garcia, but also the playful, irreverent, conversational tone that his fans will immediately recognize, whether in his personal message to the band or in his communications to those who read his words and listened to his music. In the Spirit sustains the bond between Jerry and those he loved and those who loved him." See more information about the book |
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There Ain't No Bugs on Me
Jerry Garcia / David Grisman / Bruce Whatley
1999 HarperCollins Children's Books
A children's book with illustrations by Bruce Whatley and an accompanying audio cassette of the title song by Garcia and Grisman.
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What Will You Wear, Jenny Jenkins
Jerry Garcia / David Grisman / Bruce Whatley
2000 HarperCollins Children's Books
A children's book with illustrations by Bruce Whatley and an accompanying audio cassette of the title song by Garcia and Grisman.
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Jerry Garcia's Amazing Grace
John Newton, Jerry Garcia
2002 Harper Entertainment
A 32 page illustrated book, with an accompanying CD, comprising the lyrics of Amazing Grace, art work by Jerry Garcia and a recording of Amazing Grace by Jerry Garcia, David Grisman and Tony Rice.
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Lessons Taken to Heart: Private Banjo & Guitar Studies with Jerry Garcia
Mary E. Gibbons
2004 Blue Mountain Music Processing
This book is based around the banjo and guitar lessons given to the author by Jerry Garcia at Dana Morgan's Music Store in Palo Alto in 1964 and 1965. Includes facsimiles of 22 tablature arrangements of folk songs handwritten by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead which were written as practice charts and eleven essays reflecting on the impact of those lessons.
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Jerry Garcia: The Collected Artwork
Editor: April Higashi
Foreword: Bob Weir
2005 Thunder's Mouth Press
Over a hundred full color reproductions of paintings, drawings and prints by Jerry Garcia. The work is arranged in chapters which present that work in the context of Garcia's life and times.
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Jerry Garcia: The Collected Artwork: Collector's Edition
Editor: April Higashi
2007 Insight Editions
This special edition of the book is enclosed in a clamshell box. It is a 200 page hardcover book with 8 six-page gatefolds and 3 facsimile reproductions of early Garcia sketchbooks. The package also includes 3 limited edition prints, a photograph of Garcia signed by photographer Baron Wolman and a companion double CD featuring music covering Jerry's entire career.
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Jerry Garcia: A Biography
Jacqueline Edmondson
2009 Insight Editions
"This biography offers students and general readers an insightful look into Garcia's creative genius and the various influences on his work as he contributed to the counter-cultural movement in the United States."
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Positively Garcia: Reflections of the JGB, Volume 1: 1972-1984
Howard F. Weiner
2014 CreateSpace
Positively Garcia is the story of the rise of the Jerry Garcia Band from their early California club gigs through the band's glory days in the early ‘80s. Author and Garcia aficionado Howard Weiner ranks JGB's greatest shows, and explores the sublime solos and transcendent moments from those performances in essays that are accompanied by rare concert photos.
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Jerry on Jerry: The Unpublished Jerry Garcia Interviews
Editor: Dennis McNally
2015 Black Dog & Leventhal
These never-before-published interviews with Jerry Garcia reveal his thoughts on religion, politics, his personal life, and his creative process.
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Jerry Garcia: Secret Space Of Dreams
Photographs: Jay Blakesberg
2019 Rock Out Books
"A coffee table book featuring Jay Blakesberg's photographs of Jerry Garcia on and offstage with members of the Grateful Dead, guest musicians, friends, and other musical partners. This book features 145 color and B&W photographs spanning 1978-1995."
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Books that include a section by or about Jerry Garcia |
The Age Of Rock
Editor: Jonathan Eisen
1969 Random House
A collection of articles and essays that includes an essay by Burton H. Wolfe The New Music And The New Scene which discusses the music of the Acid Tests and Haight Ashbury and includes an interview with Jerry Garcia. The essay is taken from Wolfe's book Hippies.
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The Jefferson Airplane and the San Francisco Sound
Ralph J. Gleason
1969 Ballantine Books
A history of the San Francisco rock scene of the mid to late 1960's. Includes a chapter called Jerry Garcia - The Guru which is based on an interview with Garcia.
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The Hashish Club: An Anthology Of Drug Literature, Vol. 2: The Psychedelic Era from Huxley To Lennon
Editor: Peter Haining
1975 Peter Owen
A collection of essays and fiction excerpts based around the subject of psychedelics. Includes one chapter that is part of the lengthy Rolling Stone interview that Jerry Garcia gave to Charles Reich and Jann Wenner in 1972. That interview was originally published in book form as A Signpost To New Space in 1972.
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Rock N'Roll Guitar
David Bennett Cohen
1977 Kicking Mule
An instructional book, with accompanying LP, on how to play guitar in the style of a number of rock guitarists. Includes a section on how to play like Jerry Garcia.
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Spit in the Ocean #6: The Cassady Issue
Editor: Ken Babbs
1980 Pleasant Hill
The sixth in a series of the literary journal founded by Ken Kesey. This volume was a special Neal Cassady issue and included previously unpublished autobiographical material by Cassady and contributions from many others. Includes a short piece by Garcia Behind The Wheel With Neal which is a reminiscence of a drive home with Cassady after an Acid Test.
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The Rolling Stone Interviews: Talking With The Legends Of Rock And Roll, 1960-1980
The Editors Of Rolling Stone
1981 St Martin's Press
A collection of interviews from the pages of Rolling Stone. Includes an interview with Jerry Garcia, by Jann Wenner, Charles Reich and Ben Fong-Torres, which originally appeared in editions 100 and 101 of the magazine.
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Commies From Mars, The Red Planet : The Collected Works
Editor: Tim Boxell
1986 Last Gap
This collection of underground comics has an introduction written by Jerry Garcia accompanied by a drawing of Garcia by Tim Boxell.
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Ask: The Chatter of Pop
Paul Morley
1986 Faber & Faber
A collection of interviews, with primarily rock and pop musicians, that were originally published between 1978 and 1985 in the UK music paper, the New Musical Express. Includes an interview with Jerry Garcia.
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My Life As A Gal
Alice Kahn
1987 Delacorte
A collection of essays that includes the article Jerry Garcia and the Call of the Weird which is based on an interview with Garcia and focuses on his early years in Palo Alto.
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Off The Record: An Oral History of Popular Music
Joe Smith
Editor: Mitchell Fink
1988 Warner
This collection of 'oral contributions' from over 200 people in rock includes sections taken from interviews with Jerry Garcia and Mickey Hart.
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On the Bus : The Complete Guide to the Legendary Trip of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters and the Birth of the Counterculture
Paul Perry and Ken Babbs
1990 Thunder's Mouth Press
A celebration of the 'fabled' cross-country bus trip made by Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters in 1964 and of the Acid Tests. Includes lots of photos and 'commentary' by many of the principle characters including Jerry Garcia. Garcia also provides a foreword.
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Secrets From The Masters : Conversations With Forty Great Guitar Players
Editor: Don Menn
1992 Backbeat Books / Guitar Player International
This collection of interviews taken from Guitar Player magazine includes one with Jerry Garcia.
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Singer-Songwriters: Pop Music's Performer-Composers, from A to Zevon
Dave DiMartino
1994 Billboard Books
A collection of short entries on more than 200 singer-songwriters. Includes entries on Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir and Bruce Hornsby. Each entry is about a page and half long.
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Woodstock 1969, The First Festival
Editor: Elliott Landy
1994 Squarebooks
A collection of photographs, by many of the leading photographers of the 1960s, accompanied by a lengthy text by Landy. Jerry Garcia provides the foreword.
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Voices from the Edge Conversations With Jerry Garcia, Ram Dass, Annie Sprinkle, Matthew Fox, Jaron Lanier, & Others
Interviewers: David Jay Brown, Rebecca McClen Novick
1995 Crossing Press
A collection of wide ranging interviews with 'mind pioneers' including one with Jerry Garcia.
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Hispanic American Biography
Editor: Sharon Rose, Ross Nagel
1995 International Thomason Publications
A two volume reference work that provides biographical information about 'important or influencial' Hispanic-Americans. Includes an entry for Jerry Garcia.
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Dead Before Their Time
Diana Karanikas and Jackson Harvey
1996 Metro Books
Profiles of famous people from the movies, sport and, music who died "before their time." Includes a section about Jerry Garcia who is also pictured on the front cover.
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Travelers' Tales San Francisco: True Stories
Editors: James O'Reilly, Larry Habegger, Sean O'Reilly
1996 Travelers' Tales
A collection of true tales with a San Francisco connection. Includes a tale called Jammin' With Garcia by Darby Slick.
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Rock 'N' Roll Heaven
Nikki Corvette
1997 Berkley Publishing Group
A book about famous, dead, rock stars. Subjects include Jerry Garcia, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley, Bob Marley, Janis Joplin and John Lennon.
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Bad Subjects: Political Education for Everyday Life
Editors: Bad Subjects Production Team, Michael Berube, Janet Lyon
1997 NYU Press
This collection includes an article called On Consideration of the End of the World: Life Without Jerry Garcia by Cynthia Hoffman.
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The Walls of Illusion: A Psychedelic Retro
Editor, introduction: Peter Haining
1998 Souvenir Press Ltd
This collection of essays and fiction excerpts based around the subject of psychedelics includes one chapter that is part of the lengthy Rolling Stone interview that Jerry Garcia gave to Charles Reich and Jann Wenner in 1972.
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Guitar World Presents Classic Rock
Editor: Jeff Kitts, Brad Tolinski, Harold Steinblatt
1999 Hal Leonard
A collection of articles from Guitar World magazine. Includes the chapter American Beauty: A tribute To Jerry Garcia One Of the Most Influential Musicians Of Our Era which was originally published in the November 1995 issue.
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Touched by the Hand of Bob: Epiphanal Bob Dylan Experience from a Buick Six
Dave Henderson
1999 Black Book Company
The unknown and the famous recount how they have been touched by the hand of Bob (Dylan). Includes comments by Jerry Garcia.
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Rock Troubadours: Conversations on the Art and Craft of Songwriting
Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers
2000 String Letter Publishing
Songwriters and musicians talking about songwriting. Includes a conversation with Jerry Garcia and David Grisman.
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Leaving the Twentieth Century : The Last Rites of Rock 'N Roll
Dave Henderson, Howard Johnson
2001 Black Book Company
A collection of obituaries of musicians who played in important part in creating popular music in the second half of the twentieth century but didn't live to see the twenty first century. Includes a section on Jerry Garcia.
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Dead Letters, Vol. 1 Inaugural Issue
Editor: Nicholas Meriwether
2001
A Collection of articles discussiing the art and phenomenon of the Grateful Dead and related issues. Includes the article The Resacralization of American Culture: Lord Buckley, Jerry Garcia, 'the Naz,' and 'Ripple' by Dale Osofsky.
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Working Musicians: Defining Moments From the Road, the Studio, and the Stage
Bruce Pollock
2002 Perennial Currents
A book that explores the life of the working musician using interviews with around 100 musicians. Jerry Garcia is one of the interviewees.
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Acoustic Stories: Playing Bass with Peter, Paul & Mary, Jerry Garcia, and Bill Monroe, and Eighteen Other Unamplified Tales
Bill Amatneek
2003 Vineyards Press
A collection of musicians stories by the folk and bluegrass bassist Bill Amatneek.
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Cumberland Blues
Michael Norman Mann
Songs by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter
Additional material by Greg Anton, Mickey Hart and Phil Lesh
2006 CreateSpace
The script of the musicial play Cumberland Blues. The score of the play comprised songs by Garcia and Hunter. Also includes a Hunter / Greg Anton song, I Will Love You, and a new Robert Hunter song, Immigrant.
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Relix: The Book: The Grateful Dead Experience
Editor: Toni Brown with Lee Abraham and Ed Munson
2009 Backbeat
A compilation of articles from Relix magazine plus photographs, cover images and new material by Toni Brown. Includes at least one interview with Jerry Garcia.
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The Routledge History of Social Protest in Popular Music
Editor: Jonathan C. Friedman
2013 Routledge
A collection of 28 essays that provide an introduction to the history of social protest music. Includes one essay that discusses Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead.
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Talking Guitar: Conversations with Musicians Who Shaped Twentieth-Century American Music
Jas Obrecht
2017 University of North Carolina Press
This collection of interviews includes an interview with Jerry Garcia from January 1985. |
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