Additional trivia: they changed their name from the Warlocks to the Grateful Dead because there was an east coast band also called the Warlocks and they wanted to avoid confusion. Unnecessary, as it turned out, the the east coast Warlocks ended up changing their name as well - to the Velvet Underground.
Some truth in this some not so truths. But the misunderstanding is understandable and often repeated. The more likely story is that they both changed their names because of a third band.
I lived in the Bay area for many years. My wife bought me a fly rod for Christmas one year and we went to Golden Gate Park to the fly casting ponds to try it out. While there, we began to hear the sound of drums coming from the polo grounds. We were curious as to what was going on, so we walked over to the polo grounds. We crested the hill and saw hundreds of people streaming into the polo fields, all of them just walking around the track. Three gentlemen in particular caught our eye: a grandfather, father, and son. They were walking the track passing a joint between the three of them. More and more people streamed into the polo fields and we finally found out what was going on. Jerry Garcia had just died. I honestly don't think I've ever seen a celebration of life such as I saw that day. I will never forget it. RIP Jerry Garcia.
@@happybenjful Indeed it is. With Artists, especially gifted Artists Like Gerry Garcia, I wish all of them could keep Politics and their Artwork separate from each other. I understand, everyone has a Right to speak their mind, I would just ask that out of respect for your own Art to keep it free of Politics for everyone to enjoy. Wow, am I dreaming or what! LOL
the greatest guitarist ever in my meaningless opinion. never falls back on stock licks. always improvising. always pushing forward. always melodic and tasteful. as someone put it, inside a Jerry solo "whole worlds are turning, becoming and dissolving within single notes"
Absolutely true. I am a lifelong guitarist and I hold Jerry the highest of them all. Above hendrix and srv and evh. Why? Because of melody and feel. Plus, he could also smoke anyone in acoustic and banjo and pedal steel. His music has fun and sweetness and a playfulness. Was lucky enough to see him play many times, with the Dead and the Jerry Garcia band.
Agree, but would take issue with the "never falls back on stock licks" bit.. it's no sin to play something you've heard or played before (assuming that's what you meant by "stock licks") when it's the right time for it. Example: the jam at the tail end of Tennessee Jed, when he does the sliding lick from the 4 chord up to the 5 chord going into the last 8 bars. I heard that for the first time live, and was blown away, thinking it was improvised, then later learned that he played that routinely for many years.. but it was badass, nonetheless!
In 2000 I was in my second year of violin making school and the school took a trip to the Smithsonian to have a hands on view of the violin collection. It was the end of a very long day and I was helping the curator Gary Sturm put instruments back into the collection closets in a back storage room. Gary told a story of when he showed the Grateful Dead the same room thinking they would be into the enormous collection of rare guitars. Gary laughed when he noticed that the Dead were way more into the mandolins and banjos in the collection! There are amazing things locked away there including a completely insane collection of kazoos, all perfectly cataloged and preserved!
I was a Dead Head well after most people. Some friends took me to a live show at the Fillmore the evening I arrived back "in the world" having been discharged from 4 years in the service. The concert lasted about three hours, as I recall. One dude asked me was I high and what it was I was on. I told him I'd just gotten outta the f***ckin' war. Is that high or what.... ? I was a Dead Head from that day on. RIP Jerry.
Funny story about Jerry’s ashes in the Ganges: Bob weir decided to do that as he said it came to him in a dream. Jerry’s late wife was furious because the Ganges is or at least was the most polluted river in the world, Jerry had never been to the Ganges, never been to India and it was of no significance to him whatsoever. Some time later when they spread his remaining ashes in the SF bay, it was a very windy and rough day on the bay. Most, if not all of Jerry came right back into the boat. So really Jerry’s ashes were spread on the side of a rental boat and in the jackets of his closest friends and family.
Grateful Dead "Reckoning" is a Master-Class in acoustic lead playing. A lot of bluegrass pickers had way more speed and agility, but Jerry is drawing something deeper out of the guitar, it's like he breathes through it.
Yep. Just today I was running through the solo he plays on Dire Wolf. And it's just incredible how each note he plays, across the entire fingerboard, matches the chord progression perfectly. And that solo comes straight off the top of his head. Listen to the other acoustic shows from that fall run and each solo on Dire Wolf is unique and different. Same with every solo he ever played. He never repeated himself.
I don't know much about his acoustic guitars, but he demanded a lot from his customized electrics. The intonation had to be perfect because he played half way up the scale and stretched those strings during his lead solos that would have been readily noticed from the G and B strings at the 10 th to the 15 th fret areas. I don't know what types of frets he prefered, most likely a material that could withstand a lot of string grinding, finger sweat and whatever abuse most other pickers throw at a fret board. I never got to meet Jerry in person, but would have loved to have asked that question of him. Thanks for this video. Bob
@@humanbeing2420 Dawg Grisman was the same way -- almost never played solos the same way twice. Norman Blake was also the same. That, to me, is the mark of a true musician, not just bluegrass, but jazz also. Bluegrass and jazz are siblings, if you listen to each enough, huh?? Classical is pretty much played as written.
We were an Alembic repair station… In Jackson Mississippi. This was back in 1975 or so… I say we but it was really Donald Thomas and Charlie England and we had one of the first basses that they produced with one of their preamp‘s for said bass… It was astonishing how clean it was and how accurate the instrument was. We were designing tuned enclosures for guitar and bass using resonant frequencies to design ports for speaker cabinets to improve their efficiency. We were also building copies of A2’s and A7’s for theaters and churches etc.… And we experimented with the Grateful Dead philosophy of placing the PA behind the band. That was the genesis of the in the round concept of the bluebird café. I knew it would work but I never had any idea how well until we did it. I am looking very much forward to this Jerry Garcia guitar thing! They broke a lot of ground!
I just did sound for a classic rock band (their first gig)...they asked me if I could place mains behind them...I did...I spent several hours fine tuning the system and got that "sweet spot"...it was a medium sized club. Band had worked hard on 3 part vocal harmonies...making it even more difficult. It went great! The band brought down the house...and want me to continue doing their sound reinforcement.
The Dead's relationship with Guild deserves a video of its own. Weir designed one of Guild's most rare/legendary acoustics around the time of Working Man's Dead, an F50R with Artist Award neck/headstock/arched back. Allegedly 6 were built by Carlo Greco and Bob still owns his. John Denver's double pickguard Guild F50R "Artist Award" which he played in the first half of the 70s is one of the Weir designed F50Rs.
Very interesting stuff about the Guilds. I had an old beat up F30 in the seventies, it was the best acoustic guitar I’ve ever had. And I inadvertently picked an old 66 Starfire lll about twenty years ago, still playing it a lot. Guilds don’t get the respect they deserve imo.
Growing up, my dad and I had radically different tastes in music. We could really never see eye-to-eye on a lot. However, one day in high school, I remember my dad popping in "American Beauty" into the cd player of his car, and I was immediately captivated. I think it was that moment that started us on a journey to see and listen to as many artists as possible, regardless of whether or not we both liked the music. I know Jerry Garcia was and is immensely important to my dad, and while I'm not a guitarist, I really enjoyed learning about the different guitars, especially knowing the kind of music they made and what it means/still means to me and my dad.
same here. As a teenager growing up in Chicago I was a blues nut. Could not stand GD. My kids brought it to me later in life and it siounded much better?
I just started playing guitar again about year ago because I miss jamming to the dead. I saw many shows on the west coast from 89-95 and stoked that you are covering Jerry's guitars. Always wanted to know, so THANKS @five watt world
Thank you for this. I first saw the Dead in Chicago in 77, they had a run of 7 or 8 shows in a row at the Auditorium Theater. Then in 81 at Alpine meadows and I was "on the bus". I went on tour, supporting myself selling photos of the band. I ended up seeing 362 shows, including the incredible European tour in 1990. My last was the Shorline show you mentioned in 1995. Little did I know it would be my last. I am now 65 years young and look back at that time as a true highlight of my life. I was lucky enough to meet Phil and Bob, but never Jerry, but I hope to see him when I walk through the final door of this life.
Such a unique player who blended so many styles to form his own. I was fortunate to have seen the Dead over 30 times. I was lucky enough to see the last Dead show at Soldier Field back in ‘94. Then that very day on the 9th of August 1995 Jerry died, I was on my way to Hampton Beach, NH to see Bob Weir. To my surprise the show went on as a tribute to his suddenly lost friend. I miss those days!
The BEST solo acoustic performance was Jerry Garcia at The Capital Theatre in Passaic, NJ, late 1978, '79. It's an UA-cam upload. I was at the show and listened to it on UA-cam. We were blown away, then and I'm blown away by it, now. This performance is required listening to any Jerry Garcia aficionado. RIP Jerry Garcia 🌹✝️🌹
I was quite happy to hear you mention the ZB pedal steel guitar Jerry owned. I am pretty sure that stands for Zane Beck.He was quite a steel player and steel guitar builder and innovator. Those interested might want to research him.I talked to John Cippolina on the phone when I was 15. He was quite nice and played lead for Quicksilver Messenger Service and was quite original. He knew Jerry.
Although Garcia changed his guitars and their details constantly, he always sounded like Jerry Garcia, immediately recognizable in as little as two or three notes. This is evident in the collection of thousands of live recordings of his work in the Grateful Dead, in his numerous solo projects, and in his guest appearances with other bands and artists. As with the host of this video, my freshman year in a University in the late 1970s was the time I became interested in the Grateful Dead after meeting an assortment of Deadheads. In a period of 2 or 3 weeks, my entire sense of melody was remapped by Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh, and it aligned surprisingly well with my natural tendencies. Unlike the host, I became a dyed-in-the-soul Deadhead and attended hundreds of live concerts over the following decades. And I became the bass guitarist in one of Seattle's longest running Grateful Dead tribute bands in addition to other original groups. An extensive amount of experience has proven one thing for me and many others: There is nothing like a Grateful Dead concert.
This was a great video, loved it! You should do a brief history of the Wall of Sound they used back in '73-'74, which would kind of be the antithesis of getting the most sound out of the least gear, as that was the about the most gear ever used in a live performance.
Winter 2004 and again in 2007, I spent a month in Reno flight training in the mornings and several times walked over to the UNR campus planetarium Imax theater and geology museum, wondering how they managed to keep the Wall of Sound from collapsing in the winds there. After returning home to Alaska, I discovered that those live concerts were recorded and being published in small lots, and managed to purchase the CD set of the concert held in the Harry Adams Fieldhouse at the University of Montana in 1975. The documentation was quite extensive, including the contract that specified the (astounding!) number of hours they would be allowed to play. D'Angelico Guitars worked with Bob Weir to issue his signature design guitar several years ago, which may still be listed in their catalog.
Saw 2 shows with the Wall of Sound...nothing else compares...not even close! I had sent a letter to the address listed in the Skull & Rose's album...they sent me a diagram of the planned Wall of Sound system...and sampler mini-records of upcoming albums. 👍
Keith, thanks for this amazing retrospective of Garcia's guitars! This is one that I requested and I'm sure I'm not the only person who asked for it. Jerry and the band were always an amazing alchemy of sounds, technique and vibe. Their live shows were as captivating as anything I have ever witnessed. Jerry was so gifted in so many areas of musicianship and his untimely death was a sad loss.
Another terrific video. We can alwys count on this guy. Another guitarist he should cover would be Bob Weir. He went through as many changes as Jerry. Dont even mention the gear. The Deads wall of sound is the best pa system ever built to this day, in my opinion.
Great video. Europe '72 was my 1st Dead album ( I got it when it was first released) and is still my favorite of their albums. Ever since then, I've always been interested in what guitars Jerry used. I was aware of a lot of the stuff you presented, but I ways enjoy getting new details and information. Thank you for sharing Jerry's gear with us.
To me, Tiger is the most iconic signature guitar ever in terms of a custom-made instrument. Only Prince’s Cloud guitar can compare. Subtle hint for Keith’s next episode!
Keith, you really deserve an award for the work you put into your videos! You bring great information without bias. The joy that Jerry brought so many people, is amazing when you consider he passed away 27 years ago, and the band is still very popular. The knowledge he had linked with Alembic, Turner, Irwin, to create the on board effects loop, the Alembic Blaster along with the mods that were done along the way were just brilliant. I was not a huge fan of the midi sounds, but that was a personal thing. To me Wolf and Tiger were the ultimate guitars followed by the Travis Bean and the alligator. The addition of the Humbuckers and splitting the coils on the DiMarzio’s gave him such a great range of sounds, along with hands of magic that showed how great players use their touch. I was lucky enough to see the Grateful Dead and the Jerry Garcia band many many times. Even got to see him play solo acoustic once at the Capitol Theater in NJ, where he really played alone. The other solo shows had John Kahn on bass. I am thankful for every show I saw, tune I heard, well as mile driven or flown to spend a night with my friends both on stage and in the audience. Thank you again Keith for a job well done.
I want to thank you in particular for the history of Jerry Garcia gu guitars. I grew up in San Francisco and the peninsula with the Grateful Dead were ubiquitous. I married someone from Baltimore and began to follow the grateful dead with her brother. I cannot tell you how much joy Jerry gave tens of thousands of people at a time. Sometimes his solos Wood crest so high that an entire stadium was on their feet yelling and clapping. I have never ever seen any other Guitar Player do that and I have seen a lot of Guitar Player‘s.
Well done. Not just facts, but a real look into how the instruments were a part of the man. I was fortunate to have spent time visiting at Alembic with Mica, Susan, and Ron. Times were better then and I ordered a custom guitar from them and they really knocked it out of the park. It took a long time but in the end I had an instrument forged like sword from a Tolkien story. Layers of magical wood, the brass, the Tiger shape with a through body neck like Wolf. Based on my meeting with them and some conversations via fax, email, and telephone they came up with and inlay that blew my mind. My love of the Dead is similar to my love for Star Trek. They merged the two with an inlay of Mr. Spock Mind Melding with the Grateful Dead Skull and Lighting Bolt in a star field. Truly a work of art and a sonic pallet of tone. Truly one of my most treasured possessions for the sounds I can make, the memories it evokes, and the experience of working with the people of Alembic. All of which hit me every time I pick up Mind Meld.
Thank you for pulling this together. Jerry usually overlooked and under appreciated by so many, it is nice to see such a wonderful anthology of his instruments.
Great video! Saw the Dead over 100 times; a lot of people (now) are under the misconception that Dead concerts were all full of hippies and "save the whales" types but, truth be told, there were all kinds of people there who shared a common connection through music. There were conservative stockbrokers in suits just getting to the show right from their trading jobs, construction workers, doctors, and lawyers all mixed in with the much more liberal attendees. Not uncommon to see a tie-died hippie chick dancing with a guy in an Armani suit as Jerry and the band were rippin' on Sugar Magnolia. People were able to put politics aside for three-plus hours and agree to enjoy their shared common bonds of music. Today that would never happen. That's what I miss the most about seeing the Dead...
Thank you for making this video. Not only was it excellent as all your others are, but it makes me so happy to see Jerry getting some overdue recognition. I still remember the day he died, and it makes me sad to think about, but at least we have his music to live on forever.
I got to play that aluminum neck Travis Bean guitar at Draper's in Palo Alto, the day he bought it. I came in before the sales guy could take it off the floor. He yelled at me, and was pissed!. 🙂 Very nice guitar, but the aluminum neck would take getting used to. Saw Jerry many times, mostly with strats and Wolf. Great man!
Jerry was such a special acoustic player too. Reckoning is in all likelihood my all time favorite Dead release. He could pull such immaculate tone out of an acoustic!
Keith, as an early to late '80s deadhead of a 150 or shows (I was on to other things by '87), and ex-guitar player whose only focal point of study, in my woodshed years, was Jerry; I must commend you on a most excellent job with this story. Thank you!
Why am I not surprised when you keep outdoing yourself. I can remember years back in our E-mails that I had a gut level thing I couldn't shake that if the whole guitar community knew this guy they would feel like me that even without personally knowing you I had a best friend :-) On behalf of us all thanx!!!
Excellent job, Keith-I just found you. I see someone caught the Robert Hunter name thing, but I wanted to say that I was fortunate enough to see Hunter solo live shortly after I got into the Dead. Saw two shows (poss three?) at the Starwood club in West Hollywood around '77-'78 IIRC. He played acoustic guitar, and really belted out the vocals-lots of material from his Tiger Rose album. I've got some great photos from those shows. I also caught seven GD New Years shows in a row '76-'82...but that's another story. Cheers, Keith, thank you so much, really enjoyed your work.
Very nice presentation. As a self-described Dead Head, I followed them, off and on, for fifteen years, and loved every minute of it. Managed to get Doug Irwin's (RIP) autograph in a sort of sneaky way. He advertised for stickers and other gear in RELIX magazine, so I sent him a check for $9.00, for three Tiger Stickers. He endorsed the back of the check, and since you still got your checks back in those days, I framed it, with a picture of Jerry playing Tiger. My personal favorite of all his guitars. Just wish Mr. Irsay didn't own it. I'll never forgive his dad for moving the Colts out of Baltimore in the middle of the night.
When we have to comment? I will be the Grateful one. Gosh Keith, this was a good one. I needed to see Gerry and Ron playing like him to give me confidence to study and share Gerrys Genius to a few who would appreciate my channeling him live for them. Your scholarship and background clearly organizes wonderful positive perspective on someone often maligned in my "young" years. Afterwards, all your work helps to strengthen the fabric's weave in the music universe. Seriously, everybody helps, and you're putting the ball over the plate every time. Thanks, Sam
I love all your videos, this one made me wanna cry. I love Jerry's Playing and I love the respect that you gave to exploring each of his iconic instruments as much as possible.
I've been waiting for this one!! I would consider myself a casual Dead fan, but I've always enjoyed Jerry's tastes in guitars. Well done and great playing by R.J as always!!
Little correction here: Neither Southbound Train nor Teach Your Children are on Graham Nash's solo album "Songs for Beginners". Or any of his solo albums for that matter. Southbound Train appears on Graham Nash and David Crosby's album "Graham Nash David Crosby" and Teach Your Children appears on the CSNY album "Deja Vu". Although both songs were written by Nash and Jerry is featured on them, the songs Jerry actually played on for Graham's album were I Used To Be A King and Man In The Mirror.
Thank you for mentioning Frank Fuller. He was a friend of mine and is largely missing from the history of Alembic and of the SF music scene. He taught Doug Irwin and Larry Robinson guitar making and inlay work and did a lot more work for the dead and other SF bands during their heyday. Sadly he passed away several years ago.
Jerry Garcia was a great friend and I. CRY everytime his name comes up I miss him. I can’t look back i first saw him in 67 was at the last shows he played in Florida I have tickets from msg he never made to.
As a Deadhead and a gear head (lower case), this kind of stuff can go one of two ways and your video went a great way. Excellent stuff and would expect no less from such a fantastic channel. Thanks very much.
Wonderful, Keith, as ever, your channel is proper. The mix of love of the craft, knowledge and research... Come on, man... You are the sort of thing that makes this platform worthwhile. Got a Garcia nod in the works. Bless you mate!🍀 UK
As always, amazing video Keith. Looking through the comments, it's pleasant to see you like most everyone's comments as well. FWW is a special, and wholesome, corner of the internet. Thanks for that.
If you like Podcasts, Eric Krasno has a great interview with John Mayer where they talk details of Jerry's playing and how difficult it is to play lead like him. Anyone who has studied Garcia can relate to this lifelong challenge. Great video on his guitars, one could only imagine what it would feel like to hold or play one of these masterpieces.
Great video! I am well versed in all things Jerry and GD for that matter but I saw new photos and learned new Jerry tidbits. My first show happened to be Jerrys last show, but that weekend in Chicago July 1995 changed my life so profoundly I cant begin to explain. The Army you mention at the end is alive and well and I believe the one true hope humanity has! The music has power to change people and the World. Thanks Keith and thanks Jerry!!!
I thoroughly enjoyed this video even though I never cared for Garcia or the Dead. I reluctantly went to see the Dead at Rich Stadium in Orchard Park in 1993.I found myself getting into in. I also found a great deal of amusement in the fact I was one of the few sober people in the stadium. I learned quite a bit about Alembics thanks to you. I always like the great efforts you pour into these videos. Thanks again.
good stuff mang! I'm surprised tho you didn't mention his visit with Tony Rice thru David Grisman and the weekend of the Pizza Tapes! very cool Grisman picked up Rices old D28 that Roland White played and he sounded just exactly like Grisman on Tonys guitar lol gotta love those memories! Pam (Rice) was in awe! er.... I mean, they say! :D
Some of the happiest and most meaningful moments of my life (not including my wedding day or the bringing home of my children) were spent attending Grateful Dead concerts or Jerry Garcia Band shows. Jerry Garcia was a singular artist and I will cherish the moments I spent with him in the venues where I saw him! He opened my mind and musical experience.
fond memories of the white travis bean guitar garcia played circa 1977. i dug how the headstock would shoot reflective light around the winterland arena. also the bright (dayglo?) orange sticker with the words, in black block letters, "the enemy is listening" very cool indeed
i was 5 years old when they played at memorial stadium in seattle, I just wish my dad would have brought me along that day. on august 9th 1995 I had gone to work with my dad, i heard them say it on the radio, my dad missed it and i said "did you hear what they said?" and he said no, so he heard it from me first, but he lives forever in our hearts
I was too dumb to realize just how God damn good the Grateful Dead sounded. It's a good thing I saw Jerry and Brent while they were still with us on this plain. RIP Jerry and Brent. Pigpen, too (who started the 27 club). What a great video you did on Jerry's iconic guitars. I worked at Furman Sound in 1989 in Greenbrae, CA with Ethan Turner, Rick's son. I had no idea what Alembic was when he told me his dad helped form the company. I now play Alembic basses and Peavey Cirrus basses, designed by Rich Lasner, who now runs VOX guitars in Novato, CA.
Awesome homage to Gerry Garcia and his guitars! Most of us can only dream of what it must be like to say to a master luthier: “Build me a guitar - do anything you like and don’t hold back…..and don’t worry about the cost.” The stuff of dreams and legends. These guitars are elevated to the heady realms of Stradivarius when it comes to quality, rarity and desirability. Keep up the amazing work!!
Loved the cast. I have a guitar mag with an interview from Doug Irwin where he states that the inlays for Tiger where taken as tracings from a Mosque in I believe Iran.
Additional trivia: they changed their name from the Warlocks to the Grateful Dead because there was an east coast band also called the Warlocks and they wanted to avoid confusion. Unnecessary, as it turned out, the the east coast Warlocks ended up changing their name as well - to the Velvet Underground.
That's excellent!
Would be nice if he did a video on tgem
only thing is....Jerry Garcia wasn't an asshole like Lou Reed...
Some truth in this some not so truths. But the misunderstanding is understandable and often repeated. The more likely story is that they both changed their names because of a third band.
To be more specific, their name was "Grateful Dead" no "The". Same with "Eagles". 👌
I lived in the Bay area for many years. My wife bought me a fly rod for Christmas one year and we went to Golden Gate Park to the fly casting ponds to try it out. While there, we began to hear the sound of drums coming from the polo grounds. We were curious as to what was going on, so we walked over to the polo grounds. We crested the hill and saw hundreds of people streaming into the polo fields, all of them just walking around the track. Three gentlemen in particular caught our eye: a grandfather, father, and son. They were walking the track passing a joint between the three of them. More and more people streamed into the polo fields and we finally found out what was going on. Jerry Garcia had just died. I honestly don't think I've ever seen a celebration of life such as I saw that day. I will never forget it. RIP Jerry Garcia.
That is an amazing story Royce, destiny for the right place at the right time.
Thank You for taking the time to share this.
the southern law poverty Center they lie with statistics
@@redbear4027 True, True, True.
My stomach went sour when I heard that statement about the guitar being sold for Charity for that propaganda mill.
@@hkguitar1984 I can't see the original comment so I looked it up, the splc is a terrible organisation, a sad legacy for that guitar.
@@happybenjful Indeed it is.
With Artists, especially gifted Artists Like Gerry Garcia, I wish all of them could keep Politics and their Artwork separate from each other. I understand, everyone has a Right to speak their mind, I would just ask that out of respect for your own Art to keep it free of Politics for everyone to enjoy.
Wow, am I dreaming or what! LOL
the greatest guitarist ever in my meaningless opinion. never falls back on stock licks. always improvising. always pushing forward. always melodic and tasteful. as someone put it, inside a Jerry solo "whole worlds are turning, becoming and dissolving within single notes"
Absolutely true. I am a lifelong guitarist and I hold Jerry the highest of them all. Above hendrix and srv and evh. Why? Because of melody and feel. Plus, he could also smoke anyone in acoustic and banjo and pedal steel. His music has fun and sweetness and a playfulness. Was lucky enough to see him play many times, with the Dead and the Jerry Garcia band.
Agree, but would take issue with the "never falls back on stock licks" bit.. it's no sin to play something you've heard or played before (assuming that's what you meant by "stock licks") when it's the right time for it. Example: the jam at the tail end of Tennessee Jed, when he does the sliding lick from the 4 chord up to the 5 chord going into the last 8 bars. I heard that for the first time live, and was blown away, thinking it was improvised, then later learned that he played that routinely for many years.. but it was badass, nonetheless!
Love that you did one of these for Jerry Garcia. Long shot, but I'd love to see one on Bob Weir's guitars. He has a tone all his own.
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In 2000 I was in my second year of violin making school and the school took a trip to the Smithsonian to have a hands on view of the violin collection. It was the end of a very long day and I was helping the curator Gary Sturm put instruments back into the collection closets in a back storage room. Gary told a story of when he showed the Grateful Dead the same room thinking they would be into the enormous collection of rare guitars. Gary laughed when he noticed that the Dead were way more into the mandolins and banjos in the collection! There are amazing things locked away there including a completely insane collection of kazoos, all perfectly cataloged and preserved!
Great topic. Most people don't know how Jerry was responsible for a lot of what we take for granted not in pro live rigs.
…and live audio innovation.
I was a Dead Head well after most people. Some friends took me to a live show at the Fillmore the evening I arrived back "in the world" having been discharged from 4 years in the service. The concert lasted about three hours, as I recall. One dude asked me was I high and what it was I was on. I told him I'd just gotten outta the f***ckin' war. Is that high or what.... ? I was a Dead Head from that day on. RIP Jerry.
And the Dead philosophy somehow changed my life -- for the better.
Funny story about Jerry’s ashes in the Ganges: Bob weir decided to do that as he said it came to him in a dream. Jerry’s late wife was furious because the Ganges is or at least was the most polluted river in the world, Jerry had never been to the Ganges, never been to India and it was of no significance to him whatsoever. Some time later when they spread his remaining ashes in the SF bay, it was a very windy and rough day on the bay. Most, if not all of Jerry came right back into the boat. So really Jerry’s ashes were spread on the side of a rental boat and in the jackets of his closest friends and family.
God damn wind.
Mercy!
Grateful Dead "Reckoning" is a Master-Class in acoustic lead playing. A lot of bluegrass pickers had way more speed and agility, but Jerry is drawing something deeper out of the guitar, it's like he breathes through it.
There's so much good music out there you can't go wrong Garcia always sounds so right
Yep. Just today I was running through the solo he plays on Dire Wolf. And it's just incredible how each note he plays, across the entire fingerboard, matches the chord progression perfectly. And that solo comes straight off the top of his head. Listen to the other acoustic shows from that fall run and each solo on Dire Wolf is unique and different. Same with every solo he ever played. He never repeated himself.
I don't know much about his acoustic guitars, but he demanded a lot from his customized electrics. The intonation had to be perfect because he played half way up the scale and stretched those strings during his lead solos that would have been readily noticed from the G and B strings at the 10 th to the 15 th fret areas. I don't know what types of frets he prefered, most likely a material that could withstand a lot of string grinding, finger sweat and whatever abuse most other pickers throw at a fret board. I never got to meet Jerry in person, but would have loved to have asked that question of him. Thanks for this video. Bob
@@humanbeing2420 Dawg Grisman was the same way -- almost never played solos the same way twice. Norman Blake was also the same. That, to me, is the mark of a true musician, not just bluegrass, but jazz also. Bluegrass and jazz are siblings, if you listen to each enough, huh?? Classical is pretty much played as written.
Reckoning is probably my favorite dead album
“Grate” episode, thanks!
Saw the Dead approx. 150 times ‘72 thru ‘95, still miss ‘em dearly…
I saw approx 63 shows from 1989 to 1995...
These vids are just outstounding. Jerry was one of if not the most melodic player. THE beard seemed to have arrived with the SG.
One of if not the best improvisational melodically talented players
Beard arrived with the heroin
He was a melodic player definitely!
The best as far I'm concerned.
@@sloburnjo dont think Jer really started going head over heels for that until 77-78
We were an Alembic repair station… In Jackson Mississippi. This was back in 1975 or so… I say we but it was really Donald Thomas and Charlie England and we had one of the first basses that they produced with one of their preamp‘s for said bass… It was astonishing how clean it was and how accurate the instrument was. We were designing tuned enclosures for guitar and bass using resonant frequencies to design ports for speaker cabinets to improve their efficiency. We were also building copies of A2’s and A7’s for theaters and churches etc.… And we experimented with the Grateful Dead philosophy of placing the PA behind the band. That was the genesis of the in the round concept of the bluebird café. I knew it would work but I never had any idea how well until we did it. I am looking very much forward to this Jerry Garcia guitar thing! They broke a lot of ground!
The company was called Let’s Eat sound and it is still active today… Very quality stuff!
nice
I just did sound for a classic rock band (their first gig)...they asked me if I could place mains behind them...I did...I spent several hours fine tuning the system and got that "sweet spot"...it was a medium sized club. Band had worked hard on 3 part vocal harmonies...making it even more difficult. It went great! The band brought down the house...and want me to continue doing their sound reinforcement.
This is like being handed the holy grail with Keith saying "There you go!". Man oh man...
The Dead's relationship with Guild deserves a video of its own.
Weir designed one of Guild's most rare/legendary acoustics around the time of Working Man's Dead, an F50R with Artist Award neck/headstock/arched back. Allegedly 6 were built by Carlo Greco and Bob still owns his. John Denver's double pickguard Guild F50R "Artist Award" which he played in the first half of the 70s is one of the Weir designed F50Rs.
Very interesting stuff about the Guilds. I had an old beat up F30 in the seventies, it was the best acoustic guitar I’ve ever had. And I inadvertently picked an old 66 Starfire lll about twenty years ago, still playing it a lot. Guilds don’t get the respect they deserve imo.
THIS is the video for me. What a privilege to see those guitars up close. Thank you Keith.
Growing up, my dad and I had radically different tastes in music. We could really never see eye-to-eye on a lot. However, one day in high school, I remember my dad popping in "American Beauty" into the cd player of his car, and I was immediately captivated. I think it was that moment that started us on a journey to see and listen to as many artists as possible, regardless of whether or not we both liked the music. I know Jerry Garcia was and is immensely important to my dad, and while I'm not a guitarist, I really enjoyed learning about the different guitars, especially knowing the kind of music they made and what it means/still means to me and my dad.
same here. As a teenager growing up in Chicago I was a blues nut. Could not stand GD. My kids brought it to me later in life and it siounded much better?
I just started playing guitar again about year ago because I miss jamming to the dead. I saw many shows on the west coast from 89-95 and stoked that you are covering Jerry's guitars. Always wanted to know, so THANKS @five watt world
Always loved, never forgotten, never really gone….
Thank you for this. I first saw the Dead in Chicago in 77, they had a run of 7 or 8 shows in a row at the Auditorium Theater. Then in 81 at Alpine meadows and I was "on the bus". I went on tour, supporting myself selling photos of the band. I ended up seeing 362 shows, including the incredible European tour in 1990. My last was the Shorline show you mentioned in 1995. Little did I know it would be my last. I am now 65 years young and look back at that time as a true highlight of my life. I was lucky enough to meet Phil and Bob, but never Jerry, but I hope to see him when I walk through the final door of this life.
Such a unique player who blended so many styles to form his own. I was fortunate to have seen the Dead over 30 times. I was lucky enough to see the last Dead show at Soldier Field back in ‘94. Then that very day on the 9th of August 1995 Jerry died, I was on my way to Hampton Beach, NH to see Bob Weir. To my surprise the show went on as a tribute to his suddenly lost friend. I miss those days!
Love this video. I don't think people realize just how good a musician Jerry was
The BEST solo acoustic performance was Jerry Garcia at The Capital Theatre in Passaic, NJ, late 1978, '79. It's an UA-cam upload. I was at the show and listened to it on UA-cam. We were blown away, then and I'm blown away by it, now.
This performance is required listening to any Jerry Garcia aficionado.
RIP Jerry Garcia 🌹✝️🌹
Grateful Dead was my first ever concert, MSU auditorium, early 70's, I will never forget the loud, clean, amazing guitar tone, I was in awe!!
You’re a tremendous writer, Keith. Wonderful storytelling ideas and decisions.
I was quite happy to hear you mention the ZB pedal steel guitar Jerry owned. I am pretty sure that stands for Zane Beck.He was quite a steel player and steel guitar builder and innovator. Those interested might want to research him.I talked to John Cippolina on the phone when I was 15. He was quite nice and played lead for Quicksilver Messenger Service and was quite original. He knew Jerry.
Although Garcia changed his guitars and their details constantly, he always sounded like Jerry Garcia, immediately recognizable in as little as two or three notes. This is evident in the collection of thousands of live recordings of his work in the Grateful Dead, in his numerous solo projects, and in his guest appearances with other bands and artists.
As with the host of this video, my freshman year in a University in the late 1970s was the time I became interested in the Grateful Dead after meeting an assortment of Deadheads. In a period of 2 or 3 weeks, my entire sense of melody was remapped by Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh, and it aligned surprisingly well with my natural tendencies. Unlike the host, I became a dyed-in-the-soul Deadhead and attended hundreds of live concerts over the following decades. And I became the bass guitarist in one of Seattle's longest running Grateful Dead tribute bands in addition to other original groups. An extensive amount of experience has proven one thing for me and many others:
There is nothing like a Grateful Dead concert.
I'm a hardcore fan and know all this stuff by heart. I'm a fan of your stuff though so great to hear you explore it.
This was a great video, loved it! You should do a brief history of the Wall of Sound they used back in '73-'74, which would kind of be the antithesis of getting the most sound out of the least gear, as that was the about the most gear ever used in a live performance.
Winter 2004 and again in 2007, I spent a month in Reno flight training in the mornings and several times walked over to the UNR campus planetarium Imax theater and geology museum, wondering how they managed to keep the Wall of Sound from collapsing in the winds there. After returning home to Alaska, I discovered that those live concerts were recorded and being published in small lots, and managed to purchase the CD set of the concert held in the Harry Adams Fieldhouse at the University of Montana in 1975. The documentation was quite extensive, including the contract that specified the (astounding!) number of hours they would be allowed to play.
D'Angelico Guitars worked with Bob Weir to issue his signature design guitar several years ago, which may still be listed in their catalog.
Yes please! Wall of Sound would be great
Saw 2 shows with the Wall of Sound...nothing else compares...not even close!
I had sent a letter to the address listed in the Skull & Rose's album...they sent me a diagram of the planned Wall of Sound system...and sampler mini-records of upcoming albums.
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for me its "Seastones". love the Wall of Sound!
I'm a huge Jerry Garcia fan, so I'm very glad you made this video! His McIntosh amps were some of the loudest and most powerful guitar amps ever made!
The Dead were an absolutely magic band. I don’t think there will ever be another guitar player like JG.
Keith, thanks for this amazing retrospective of Garcia's guitars! This is one that I requested and I'm sure I'm not the only person who asked for it. Jerry and the band were always an amazing alchemy of sounds, technique and vibe. Their live shows were as captivating as anything I have ever witnessed. Jerry was so gifted in so many areas of musicianship and his untimely death was a sad loss.
One of the best Deadumentaries I've ever seen and I never knew Jerry used a Les Paul - fantastic stuff
Amazing history! I never realized Garcia used so many different guitars over the years.
Another terrific video. We can alwys count on this guy. Another guitarist he should cover would be Bob Weir. He went through as many changes as Jerry. Dont even mention the gear. The Deads wall of sound is the best pa system ever built to this day, in my opinion.
I bought an Eastwood wolf replica and it is the best guitar I have hands-down this was a great video thank you very much!!!!!
i seen the dead june 15th 1995 in highgate VT .. Bob dylan opened and it was a great experience ill never forget
Great video. Europe '72 was my 1st Dead album ( I got it when it was first released) and is still my favorite of their albums. Ever since then, I've always been interested in what guitars Jerry used. I was aware of a lot of the stuff you presented, but I ways enjoy getting new details and information. Thank you for sharing Jerry's gear with us.
Europe 72 my favorite album...has the very best China Cat Sunflower /Rider.
To me, Tiger is the most iconic signature guitar ever in terms of a custom-made instrument. Only Prince’s Cloud guitar can compare. Subtle hint for Keith’s next episode!
Keith, you really deserve an award for the work you put into your videos! You bring great information without bias. The joy that Jerry brought so many people, is amazing when you consider he passed away 27 years ago, and the band is still very popular. The knowledge he had linked with Alembic, Turner, Irwin, to create the on board effects loop, the Alembic Blaster along with the mods that were done along the way were just brilliant. I was not a huge fan of the midi sounds, but that was a personal thing. To me Wolf and Tiger were the ultimate guitars followed by the Travis Bean and the alligator. The addition of the Humbuckers and splitting the coils on the DiMarzio’s gave him such a great range of sounds, along with hands of magic that showed how great players use their touch. I was lucky enough to see the Grateful Dead and the Jerry Garcia band many many times. Even got to see him play solo acoustic once at the Capitol Theater in NJ, where he really played alone. The other solo shows had John Kahn on bass. I am thankful for every show I saw, tune I heard, well as mile
driven or flown to spend a night with my friends both on stage and in the audience. Thank you again Keith for a job well done.
Dog! Great vid. Saw the man 31 times. Some of the best times of my life! Jerry (and Bobby) have been great influences on my playing.
I want to thank you in particular for the history of Jerry Garcia gu guitars. I grew up in San Francisco and the peninsula with the Grateful Dead were ubiquitous. I married someone from Baltimore and began to follow the grateful dead with her brother. I cannot tell you how much joy Jerry gave tens of thousands of people at a time. Sometimes his solos Wood crest so high that an entire stadium was on their feet yelling and clapping. I have never ever seen any other Guitar Player do that and I have seen a lot of Guitar Player‘s.
Absolutely awesome! I know some folks who followed the Dead around in the early 70s. Their stories are amazing, I wish I could’ve been there too!
A very fine day in school, and Jerry was the forever tone seeker, jeezus talk about the lost Chord. 😂😂👍🥃Respect to you mate.
This was great! Jerry had the coolest mods. I hope you make a history of Bob’s guitars too!
Well done. Not just facts, but a real look into how the instruments were a part of the man. I was fortunate to have spent time visiting at Alembic with Mica, Susan, and Ron. Times were better then and I ordered a custom guitar from them and they really knocked it out of the park. It took a long time but in the end I had an instrument forged like sword from a Tolkien story. Layers of magical wood, the brass, the Tiger shape with a through body neck like Wolf. Based on my meeting with them and some conversations via fax, email, and telephone they came up with and inlay that blew my mind. My love of the Dead is similar to my love for Star Trek. They merged the two with an inlay of Mr. Spock Mind Melding with the Grateful Dead Skull and Lighting Bolt in a star field. Truly a work of art and a sonic pallet of tone. Truly one of my most treasured possessions for the sounds I can make, the memories it evokes, and the experience of working with the people of Alembic. All of which hit me every time I pick up Mind Meld.
I really appreciate this video.Thank you. Could you please do a video regarding the effects Garcia used throughout the years? Again,Thank you
Love Jerry. Love Jerry's guitars. Great history as usual, Keith. Thanks for doing this one!
Jerry got me into guitar when my dad showed me the Dead close to 20 years ago, thanks dad, and thanks Jerry ✌️
Thank you for pulling this together. Jerry usually overlooked and under appreciated by so many, it is nice to see such a wonderful anthology of his instruments.
Great video! Saw the Dead over 100 times; a lot of people (now) are under the misconception that Dead concerts were all full of hippies and "save the whales" types but, truth be told, there were all kinds of people there who shared a common connection through music. There were conservative stockbrokers in suits just getting to the show right from their trading jobs, construction workers, doctors, and lawyers all mixed in with the much more liberal attendees. Not uncommon to see a tie-died hippie chick dancing with a guy in an Armani suit as Jerry and the band were rippin' on Sugar Magnolia. People were able to put politics aside for three-plus hours and agree to enjoy their shared common bonds of music. Today that would never happen. That's what I miss the most about seeing the Dead...
Thank you for making this video. Not only was it excellent as all your others are, but it makes me so happy to see Jerry getting some overdue recognition. I still remember the day he died, and it makes me sad to think about, but at least we have his music to live on forever.
I thought I knew a lot about Jerry’s guitars. Wow, did you open my eyes. Thanks, Keith, you are the best.
I got to play that aluminum neck Travis Bean guitar at Draper's in Palo Alto, the day he bought it. I came in before the sales guy could take it off the floor.
He yelled at me, and was pissed!. 🙂 Very nice guitar, but the aluminum neck would take getting used to. Saw Jerry many times, mostly with strats and Wolf.
Great man!
It's always great when R.J. plays on a 5WW short history, another informative episode !
Jerry was such a special acoustic player too. Reckoning is in all likelihood my all time favorite Dead release. He could pull such immaculate tone out of an acoustic!
Keith, as an early to late '80s deadhead of a 150 or shows (I was on to other things by '87), and ex-guitar player whose only focal point of study, in my woodshed years, was Jerry; I must commend you on a most excellent job with this story. Thank you!
Why am I not surprised when you keep outdoing yourself. I can remember years back in our E-mails that I had a gut level thing I couldn't shake that if the whole guitar community knew this guy they would feel like me that even without personally knowing you I had a best friend :-) On behalf of us all thanx!!!
Thanks Paul. You've always been very encouraging and I really appreciate it.
I was never a dead head, but they had some great songs. Gerry was one of a kind. It's great to hear about his guitars.
Excellent job, Keith-I just found you. I see someone caught the Robert Hunter name thing, but I wanted to say that I was fortunate enough to see Hunter solo live shortly after I got into the Dead. Saw two shows (poss three?) at the Starwood club in West Hollywood around '77-'78 IIRC. He played acoustic guitar, and really belted out the vocals-lots of material from his Tiger Rose album. I've got some great photos from those shows.
I also caught seven GD New Years shows in a row '76-'82...but that's another story.
Cheers, Keith, thank you so much, really enjoyed your work.
Thanks for this video. I really enjoyed it. I saw the Dead once at Red Rocks amphitheater. Fantastic! Jerry Garcia was great.
Very nice presentation. As a self-described Dead Head, I followed them, off and on, for fifteen years, and loved every minute of it. Managed to get Doug Irwin's (RIP) autograph in a sort of sneaky way. He advertised for stickers and other gear in RELIX magazine, so I sent him a check for $9.00, for three Tiger Stickers. He endorsed the back of the check, and since you still got your checks back in those days, I framed it, with a picture of Jerry playing Tiger. My personal favorite of all his guitars. Just wish Mr. Irsay didn't own it. I'll never forgive his dad for moving the Colts out of Baltimore in the middle of the night.
When we have to comment? I will be the Grateful one. Gosh Keith, this was a good one. I needed to see Gerry and Ron playing like him to give me confidence to study and share Gerrys Genius to a few who would appreciate my channeling him live for them. Your scholarship and background clearly organizes wonderful positive perspective on someone often maligned in my "young" years. Afterwards, all your work helps to strengthen the fabric's weave in the music universe. Seriously, everybody helps, and you're putting the ball over the plate every time. Thanks, Sam
Five Watt World consistently does a great job on these videos. Thanks Keith!
Bless you and RJ, Keith, for such an enjoyable delve into Jerry’s guitars!
Thanks Keith! Best episode ever! Love R.J. too, great player.
First time hearing Old and in the Way. Jerry had such a sweet sounding voice and Wild Horses gave me goosebumps when I heard it
I love all your videos, this one made me wanna cry. I love Jerry's Playing and I love the respect that you gave to exploring each of his iconic instruments as much as possible.
I've been waiting for this one!! I would consider myself a casual Dead fan, but I've always enjoyed Jerry's tastes in guitars. Well done and great playing by R.J as always!!
Yes!!! One of the most unique and melodic players of all time. Garcia was a brilliant musician.
Little correction here: Neither Southbound Train nor Teach Your Children are on Graham Nash's solo album "Songs for Beginners". Or any of his solo albums for that matter. Southbound Train appears on Graham Nash and David Crosby's album "Graham Nash David Crosby" and Teach Your Children appears on the CSNY album "Deja Vu". Although both songs were written by Nash and Jerry is featured on them, the songs Jerry actually played on for Graham's album were I Used To Be A King and Man In The Mirror.
Thank you for mentioning Frank Fuller. He was a friend of mine and is largely missing from the history of Alembic and of the SF music scene. He taught Doug Irwin and Larry Robinson guitar making and inlay work and did a lot more work for the dead and other SF bands during their heyday. Sadly he passed away several years ago.
Jerry Garcia was a great friend and I. CRY everytime his name comes up I miss him. I can’t look back i first saw him in 67 was at the last shows he played in Florida I have tickets from msg he never made to.
Best I have seen on this subject!!
What an artist; Jerry Garcia. The Grateful Dead; they something else.🧑🎨♾️🎸🎤♾️🙂❤️🇺🇸
Tiger was by far my favorite Garcia guitar. I remember seeing the Dead at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor in 1989. That guitar sounded incredible.
As a Deadhead and a gear head (lower case), this kind of stuff can go one of two ways and your video went a great way. Excellent stuff and would expect no less from such a fantastic channel. Thanks very much.
forever Grateful for Jerry's hard work. and many thanks to you Keith! much appreciation here. Tom
Wonderful, Keith, as ever, your channel is proper. The mix of love of the craft, knowledge and research... Come on, man... You are the sort of thing that makes this platform worthwhile.
Got a Garcia nod in the works. Bless you mate!🍀 UK
I haven’t even watched the video yet and I already know it’s my fave. I saw the thumbnail and my jaw literally fell open. Love you brother Keith!✌🏼
As always, amazing video Keith. Looking through the comments, it's pleasant to see you like most everyone's comments as well. FWW is a special, and wholesome, corner of the internet. Thanks for that.
Didn't think I'd be that interested in this, but I really was captivated.
If you like Podcasts, Eric Krasno has a great interview with John Mayer where they talk details of Jerry's playing and how difficult it is to play lead like him. Anyone who has studied Garcia can relate to this lifelong challenge. Great video on his guitars, one could only imagine what it would feel like to hold or play one of these masterpieces.
Great video! I am well versed in all things Jerry and GD for that matter but I saw new photos and learned new Jerry tidbits. My first show happened to be Jerrys last show, but that weekend in Chicago July 1995 changed my life so profoundly I cant begin to explain. The Army you mention at the end is alive and well and I believe the one true hope humanity has! The music has power to change people and the World. Thanks Keith and thanks Jerry!!!
I thoroughly enjoyed this video even though I never cared for Garcia or the Dead. I reluctantly went to see the Dead at Rich Stadium in Orchard Park in 1993.I found myself getting into in. I also found a great deal of amusement in the fact I was one of the few sober people in the stadium. I learned quite a bit about Alembics thanks to you. I always like the great efforts you pour into these videos. Thanks again.
I’m not even that big of a Grateful Dead fan, but this was an excellent video. Bravo!
good stuff mang! I'm surprised tho you didn't mention his visit with Tony Rice thru David Grisman and the weekend of the Pizza Tapes! very cool Grisman picked up Rices old D28 that Roland White played and he sounded just exactly like Grisman on Tonys guitar lol gotta love those memories! Pam (Rice) was in awe! er.... I mean, they say! :D
Some of the happiest and most meaningful moments of my life (not including my wedding day or the bringing home of my children) were spent attending Grateful Dead concerts or Jerry Garcia Band shows. Jerry Garcia was a singular artist and I will cherish the moments I spent with him in the venues where I saw him! He opened my mind and musical experience.
fond memories of the white travis bean guitar garcia played circa 1977. i dug how the headstock would shoot reflective light around the winterland arena. also the bright (dayglo?) orange sticker with the words, in black block letters, "the enemy is listening"
very cool indeed
i was 5 years old when they played at memorial stadium in seattle, I just wish my dad would have brought me along that day. on august 9th 1995 I had gone to work with my dad, i heard them say it on the radio, my dad missed it and i said "did you hear what they said?" and he said no, so he heard it from me first, but he lives forever in our hearts
Thanks!
Yes!!!! Thank you Keith! Never thought you would do this, but this is what I’ve been watching for!
I was too dumb to realize just how God damn good the Grateful Dead sounded. It's a good thing I saw Jerry and Brent while they were still with us on this plain. RIP Jerry and Brent. Pigpen, too (who started the 27 club). What a great video you did on Jerry's iconic guitars. I worked at Furman Sound in 1989 in Greenbrae, CA with Ethan Turner, Rick's son. I had no idea what Alembic was when he told me his dad helped form the company. I now play Alembic basses and Peavey Cirrus basses, designed by Rich Lasner, who now runs VOX guitars in Novato, CA.
As a 75 yr old "Dead-Head", thanks for the memories and trip through his guitars
Keith, great video! I had run across a site showing Jerry's different guitars, but not nearly as comprehensive as your video!
Awesome homage to Gerry Garcia and his guitars! Most of us can only dream of what it must be like to say to a master luthier: “Build me a guitar - do anything you like and don’t hold back…..and don’t worry about the cost.” The stuff of dreams and legends. These guitars are elevated to the heady realms of Stradivarius when it comes to quality, rarity and desirability. Keep up the amazing work!!
I just found your channel, after picking up guitar again after a decade away. I love Jerry and the Dead so much, this is a great video. Thanks!
Loved the cast. I have a guitar mag with an interview from Doug Irwin where he states that the inlays for Tiger where taken as tracings from a Mosque in I believe Iran.
Yes! I’ve been wanting a Jerry video forever!!!! Long live The Dead! Thanks FWW!!!
I think Wolf is one of the most beautiful electric guitars ever built.
I’m a huge Deadhead and was psyched to see this pop up in my notifs! your research and presentation are incredible, thank you for doing what you do!
Again, another brilliantly researched and presented short info-documentary on one of music’s most iconic players. Loved RJ Ronquillo’s playing.