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This page is split into two section. The first section lists books solely by or about Jerry Garcia . The second section lists collections that include a section about Jerry Garcia. |
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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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J. Garcia : Paintings, Drawings and Sketches Jerry Garcia Editor: David Hinds 1992 Celestial Arts Reproductions of 93 paintings, drawings and sketches produced by Garcia between 1985 and 1991. |
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Captain Trips : A Biography of Jerry Garcia Sandy Troy 1994 Thunder's Mouth Press A biography of Jerry Garcia. |
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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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The Wisdom of Jerry Garcia: As Collected from Interviews 1995 Talman Co A brief book of one line quotes by Jerry Garcia which have been taken from the interviews. |
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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. |
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Harrington Street Jerry Garcia 1996 Delacorte Press "An Anecdotal Personal History" in words and pictures. |
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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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Garcia: An American Life Blair Jackson 1999 Viking The first full length, in-depth biography of Garcia. |
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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." |
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Jerry Garcia ? 1999 Andrews McMeel Publishing A brief biography of Jerry Garcia. |
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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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Tribute: Jerry Garcia Bluewater Comics 2015 A 24 page biographical comic. |
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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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Just Jerry Photographs: Bob Minkin 2019 "A one-of-a-kind coffee table book of epic Jerry Garcia photographs taken 1977-1995 by renowned Grateful Dead photographer Bob Minkin. In addition to Bob's iconic photos of Jerry Garcia, never-before-seen images of Garcia are also pictured. Additionally there are essays and stories to accompany the photographs from people and musicians who were close to Jerry or who were influenced by him." |
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| The Tragic Odes of Jerry Garcia and The Grateful Dead: Mystery Dances in the Magic Theater, Brent Wood, 2020 "The Tragic Odes of Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead is a multifaceted study of tragedy in the group's live performances showing how Garcia brought about catharsis through dance by leading songs of grief, mortality, and ironic fate in a collective theatrical context."
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| Books that include a section by or about Jerry Garcia |
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The Hippies Burton H. Wolfe 1968 Signet Books A study of hippies in the Haight-Ashbury and elsewhere in the USA. Includes a section that discusses the Acid Tests and includes an interview with Jerry Garcia. |
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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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Improvising Blues Guitar: A Programmed Manual of Instruction 1973 Green Note Music Publications An instructional manual that is based on recorded blues solos includes a section based on a Jerry Garcia solo. |
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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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Grateful Dead: The Official Book of the Deadheads Paul Bassett, Cynthia Bassett, Jonas Grushkin 1983 William Morrow A portrait of the Dead through the eyes of deadheads. Includes a preface by Jerry Garcia. |
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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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45 Profiles in Modern Music Linda R. Churchill and E. Richard Churchill 1996 J Weston Walch Publishing This book of brief profiles includes a section called “Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead. |
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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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Remembrances and Celebrations: A Book of Eulogies, Elegies, Letters, and Epitaphs Editor: Jill Werman Harris 1999 Pantheon / Vintage This anthology includes Robert Hunter's eulogy for 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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Paul Krassner's Psychedelic Trips for the Soul Paul Krassner 2001 High Times Press A collection of 'psychedelic trip' related tales. Jerry Garcia is one of the subjects of theses tales. |
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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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Roy Buchanan: American Axe Phil Carson 2001 Backbeat Books A biography of guitarist Roy Buchanan. Includes sections about his guitars and technique plus a discography. Includes reminiscences by 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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Great Americans KK Ottesen 2003 Bloomsbury A collection of photographs and interviews with Americans who share a famous name. Includes a Jerry Garcia. |
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When They Were 22: 100 Famous People at the Turning Point in Their Lives Brad Dunn 2006 Andrews McMeel Publishing Jerry Garcia is one of the 100 people discussed in this book. |
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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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Guitar Gods: The 25 Players Who Made Rock History Bob Gulla 2008 Greenwood Press This book includes a chapter about Jerry Garcia. |
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The Rock And Roll Book Of The Dead David Comfort 2009 Citadel This book includes a chapter about Jerry Garcia. |
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The '90s: The Inside Stories from the Decade That Rocked Editors of Rolling Stone 2010 Citadel This book includes a chapter about 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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High Notes: A Rock Memoir Richard Loren with Stephen Abney Foreword: David Grisman 2014 East Pond Publishing A memoir by former Jerry Garcia and Grateful Dead manager. |
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The Smith Tapes: Lost Interviews with Rock Stars & Icons 1969-1972 Editor: Ezra Bookstein 2015 Princeton Architectural Press This collection of Howard Smith interviews includes a 1970 interview with Jerry Garcia. |
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If I Knew the Way, I Would Take You Home Dave Housley 2015 Dzanc Books A short story collection that includes the story The Jerry Garcia Finger. |
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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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| Pity the Genius: A Journey through American Guitar Music in 33 Tracks, Joel Harrison, 2024 Includes a chapter about Jerry Garcia and Dark Star "Pity the Genius: A Journey through American Guitar Music in 33 Tracks is a deep dive into the often-tumultuous lives of 33 extraordinary guitarists, capturing their brilliance, triumphs, and struggles through biography and musical analysis of seminal tracks."
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Last updated June 2019 |