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Jerry Garcia

real name Jerome John Garcia

guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead

United States · 1942-08-01 – 1995-08-09

Jerry Garcia is credited on 3,440 releases across 656 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1966–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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3,440

Credits

656

Albums

7

Decades active

2,011

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Guitar, Banjo, pedal steel guitar and vocals.
Born August 1st, 1942, in San Francisco.
Died August 9th, 1995 (heart attack), in Lagunitas-Forest Knolls.
Jerry's first paid appearances were in 1961 at age 18 with Robert Hunter in Palo Alto.
A succession of San Francisco area bands followed until in December 1965 The Grateful Dead came together and performed at the first of Ken Kesey's Acid Tests.
"There's no way to measure his greatness or magnitude as a person or a player" - Bob Dylan

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Credited work

3,440 releases · 656 albums · active 1966–2026

  • Performance · 9,694
  • Other credits · 593
  • Production · 306
  • Engineering · 49

Studios: Wally Heider Studios · Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles · Pacific High Recording · Club Front

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