Jerry Garcia
Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead. Though he vehemently disavowed the role, Garcia was viewed by many as the leader or "spokesman" of the group.
As one of its founders, Garcia performed with the Grateful Dead for their entire three-decade career (1965–1995). Garcia also founded and participated in a variety of side projects, including the Saunders-Garcia Band (with longtime friend Merl Saunders), Jerry Garcia Band, Old and in the Way, the Garcia/Grisman acoustic duo, Legion of Mary, and the New Riders of the Purple Sage (which Garcia co-founded with John Dawson and David Nelson). He also released several solo albums, and contributed to a number of albums by other artists over the years as a session musician.
He was well known by many for his distinctive guitar playing and was ranked 13th in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" cover story. Later in life, Garcia was sometimes ill because of his unstable weight, and in 1986 went into a diabetic coma that nearly cost him his life. Although his overall health improved somewhat after that, he also struggled with heroin addiction, and was staying in a California drug rehabilitation facility when he died of a heart attack in August 1995.
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Movies (78)
The Grateful Dead Movie
2025 · Director
Grateful Dead Meet-Up At The Movies 2023
2023 · Self
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022 · Self (voice)
Grateful Dead: Tivoli Concert Hall, 4/17/72
2022 · Self
Stutter.
2020 · Music
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Grateful Dead: Giants Stadium 1991
2019 · Self
WBCN and the American Revolution
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Long Strange Trip
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Grateful Dead: Cornell '77
2017 · Self - Band Member
DEADHEADS
2016
Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne
2016 · Self (archive footage)
Grateful Dead: Fare Thee Well - Playing for Change, Chicago, IL
2015 · Self
Woodstock: Untold Stories Revisited
2014 · Self
Grateful Dead: Sunshine Daydream
2013 · Self
Grateful Dead: All The Years Combine - The DVD Collection
2012 · Self
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
2011 · Self (archive footage)
Grateful Dead: Crimson, White & Indigo
2011 · Self
Woodstock: Untold Stories
2009 · self
All Tomorrow's Parties
2009 · Self (archive footage)
Sex in '69: The Sexual Revolution in America
2009 · Self
Grateful Dead: The Broadcast Archives
2008
Grateful Dead: Rocking The Cradle - Egypt 1978
2008 · Self
Sister's Keeper
2007 · Olest Brother
Tom Snyder's Electric Kool-Aid Talk Show
2006 · Self
The Last Great Traffic Jam
2005
Jerry Garcia Band: Live at Shoreline
2005 · Self
Grateful Dead: Still Alive And Well
2005
Grateful Dead: Bird Song
2005 · Self
The Grateful Dead Movie: Bonus Songs
2004 · Director
Festival Express
2003 · Self
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault IV
2003 · Self
Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances
2002 · Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault III
2002 · Self
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault II
2001 · Self
The Journey
2001 · Self
Grateful Dawg
2000 · Self
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault
2000 · Self
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault
2000 · Self
The Source
1999 · Self
Grateful Dead: Anthem to Beauty
1997 · Self
Grateful Dead
1995 · Self
Infrared Sightings
1995 · Music
And Miles to Go Before I Sleep
1994 · Self
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
1993 · Self
Truckin' With The Dead
1993 · Self
Deadheads
1990
In Our Eyes: The European Deadhead Odyssey
1990
Deadheads: An American Subculture
1990 · Self
Grateful Dead: Live at Foxboro
1989 · Self
Grateful Dead: Truckin Up to Buffalo
1989 · Self
Elvis Costello & Friends Live at Sweetwater
1989
Grateful Dead: The Making of "Built to Last"
1989 · Self
Grateful Dead: Downhill from Here
1989 · Self - Performer
Grateful Dead: Ticket to New Year's Eve Concert
1987 · Self
Grateful Dead: So Far
1987 · Self - Guitar, Director
Rock ‘N’ Roll Goldmine: The San Francisco Sound
1986 · Self
Hells Angels Forever
1983 · Self
Heartbeeps
1981 · Phil (voice)
Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead
1981 · Self - Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland
1978 · Self
Deathsport
1978 · Musician
The Grateful Dead Movie
1977 · Self, Director, Editor
Grateful Dead: New Jersey Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo - Live at The Capitol Theater
1977 · Self - Performer
Fillmore
1972 · Self - Performers(as The Grateful Dead)
Grateful Dead: At Old Renaissance Faire Grounds 1972
1972 · Self
Chromatic
1972 · Music
Introducing... Roy Buchanan
1971
Gimme Shelter
1970 · Self
Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!: The Rolling Stones in Concert
1970 · Self
Grateful Dead: England 1970
1970
Woodstock
1970 · Self
Zabriskie Point
1970 · Original Music Composer
San Francisco Rock: A Night at the Family Dog
1970
The Hippie Temptation
1967 · Dirty Hippie
The Acid Test
1966 · Self
Conversations With The Deadheads
Grateful Dead: Bits And Pieces About...
