The opener of the DeadвЂ™s second album, 1968вЂ™s Anthem of the Sun,В the piece fully entitled вЂThatвЂ™s It for the Other OneвЂ™ is on record, is a seven-minute psychedelic wonder. Jerry GarciaвЂ™s five best guitar moments: вЂThe Other OneвЂ™ вЂ“ (Winterland 10/17/74)

Join us then, on his birthday, as we list Jerry GarciaвЂ™s five greatest guitar moments. Although he infamously declined to attend the event, the rest of the Dead jokingly reacted to this by bringing out a cardboard cutout of him on stage in absentia. However, this is just a footnote compared to two Jerry Garcia moments that are seared into the mainstream consciousness.ДЄs a member of the Grateful Dead, Garcia was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. He influenced so many, with just one example of this being SoundgardenвЂ™s 1996 B-side to вЂPretty NooseвЂ™ entitled вЂJerry GarciaвЂ™s FingerвЂ™. The manвЂ™s spirit did not die with his earthly form, though. In fact, he was staying at a Belvedere, California drug rehabilitation clinic when he died of a heart attack on August 9th, 1995, aged only 53. Following this life-changing health scare, his health improved slightly, but his struggles with obesity, nicotine, cocaine and heroin continued to plague him. In 1986 he went into a diabetic coma that nearly took his life. Throughout his career, particularly later in life, GarciaВ struggled with health issues. Detailing his reasoning further, he explained: вЂњWith more than 2,200 Grateful Dead concerts, and 1,000 Jerry Garcia Band concerts captured on tape вЂ“ as well as numerous studio sessions вЂ“ there are about 15,000 hours of his guitar work preserved for the agesвЂќ. According to the respected Bay Area guitarist Henry Kaiser, Garcia is вЂњthe most recorded guitarist in historyвЂќ. He had also mastered a variety of instruments as well as the guitar, including the banjo and pedal steel. His skill was not limited to the guitar, though. вЂњThe idea of picking, of eliminating possibilities by deciding, thatвЂ™s difficult for meвЂќ. вЂњMy own preferences are for improvisation, for making it up as I go along,вЂќ he once commented. It allowed him to enact brilliant spur of the moment riffs that he would never have dreamt of attempting in a rigid, structured setting.

Informed by the infamous вЂAcid TestsвЂ™, and typical of his stature as the godfather of the hippies, he believed that improvisation took the stress away from his playing.

Technician вЂ“ John P.A defining feature of GarciaвЂ™s musicianship was long, sustained improvisations on stage with the Grateful Dead.

Reissue Producer, Research вЂ“ Michael Wesley Johnson.

Reissue Producer вЂ“ David Lemieux (2), James Austin.Product Manager вЂ“ Bill Belmont, Bill Inglot, Blair Jackson, Connie Mosley, David Gans, David McLees, Gary Lambert, Hale Milgrim, Jan Simmons, Jeff Gold, Neil Ruttenberg, Owsley Stanley, Patrick Kraus*, Randy Perry, Steve Lang (4), Steve Silberman.Producer, Arranged By вЂ“ The Grateful Dead.Photography By вЂ“ Sylvia Clarke Hamilton.Percussion вЂ“ Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart.Musician вЂ“ David Nelson, Debbie (2), Marmaduke (John Dawson)*, Mouse (8), Peter Grant*, Wendy (7).Management вЂ“ Eric Doney (2), Nancy Mallonee.Guitar, Vocals вЂ“ Bob Weir, Jerry Garcia.Engineer вЂ“ Dan Healy, Owsley*, Ron Wickersham.Art Direction, Design вЂ“ Greg Allen (7), Rachel Gutek.

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