The day he died, by Mickey Hart www.rollingstone.com/music/mu.... KPIX San Francisco. See the interview transcript here www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/...
Reminds me of the documentary "Jazz" where they discuss how the Doctor/Forensic person who went to see/take Charlie Parker's body at age 33 and thought he was 60+... and he was a physician who saw him in person...another musician who dragged himself over a hard road.
As I get older I can't believe he was 53. Looked 73. Such a hard life but as he would admit "A fun condensed life". Im glad I had a chance to meet him, although I was only 12. My dad worked for a sound company in Novato in the early - mid 70s that helped equip their home studios. Later he worked for apple and set up many of the family members at fifth & Lincoln.
@@EricD777 I havent been there in years. Its beautiful. My dad was with Alembic and electrical engineer. He wasnt super close with Jerry or anything they were seldomly around for long. He didnt tour with them but did work the bay area shows. He helped with Jerrys studio in Stinson , Bobbys studio and Front St.
@@EricD777 My dad didn't do too much at Front St but he did help install Jerrys home studio when he lived in Stinson Beach. He also installed a reel to reel machine and 2 track recorder at the Keith and Donnas.
@@rossthomas159considering everyone in the world is addicted to something, youre right. Everyone is lying all the time because no one is or has ever been in contact with reality.
He did countless hours of guitar lessons, if you get confused just listen to the music play. He said paying guitar was like driving past a corn field on a curved road. It looks all mixed up then as you come around the curve you see that it's all is in rows. @@haikat4 Makes me think of The Wheel.
My music teacher growing up was an old hippie who was very much part of the San Fran scene back in the day to the point where he knew Jerry personally. One of the most open minded, creative and intelligent men I’ve ever met and I was beyond blessed to study w him. Shoutout Mr. Bagale
So much soul in that man! I'm so glad I got to see him play as much as I did, he was truly one of a kind. At least now we have Dave's Picks. Thanks for the great music and vibes Jer! It always felt like family at GD or JGB shows
I've been to a lot of concerts seeing a lot of the greats and the great guitar players of that generation but none of them brought to the table what Jerry did......
I’m a head through my dad, never got to see them as I was born in 91 but my father said the same thing, out of all the amazing bands and musicians he’s ever seen the only one that stood out the most and that’ he would pay anything to go see again today was Jerry. He first saw him open with Shakedown Street in 83 and saw him close in 94 with Midnight Moonlight with JGB… Beautiful music 🎶
I was at Soldier Field '95 and I already stopped touring since '92 and a lot of Heads were saying this was the last of Jerry he's been back on the dope and he's not doing well. I was taken back because I had hopes of bringing my daughter to hear and see Jerry but she was just a newborn at the time. I thought back to all the good times growing up with the Dead and I realized how much respect I had for this artist that I wanted my 1st born to bear witness. Soon after he passed and I was in awe of that fate placed me that close to the last music leaving his hands. My daughter is a nurse in CA now and she recently sent me a pic of her walking away with the Shakedown Street dude patch on the back of her jean jacket.
It makes me think ...him seeing tht as a kid and the effect had be straight fuckn torture forever in his life and yet i believe he found piece somehow bc he really got into snorkeling and scuba diving in Hawaii (awesome place to get into such a thing jerry grt idea..lol).but anyways i think he may had a fear of drowning as well ..and he fought all tht hell to find PEACE through tht gauntlet ..and tht shows me bravery and unfathomable courage in tht man and he inspired me to the same with my shit ..and when i die one day i hope im able to be front of him some how in the great beyond...So i can thank him ..i really do hope so ...and ill kiss his ass and we will laugh about lol....I THANK YOU ALL my dead family i love u and i kiss ur assses too and laugh about it ..i promise lol ........im trippn my ass off and i hope this makes sense to at least one person lol...gd night kisses
Yea he smoked cigarettes and did his fair share of drugs over the years but that's not what killed him.....he wasn't some out of control drug addict. Some people think because they didn't have a preset concert that is was just good old fun jamming on stage but Jerry worked so hard as a musician and he was all business on stage where performing was his priority and his health was secondary. The stress of constant performing along with the traveling and not eating and sleeping well took its toll over time.
@@Kirill_is_a_HOFer97 Heroin isn't bad for your body. So long as you never OD and don't go into withdrawal, the main impact is...literally that, impacted bowels.
Jerry could have done anything he wanted. That's the difference between him and an out of control addict on the street. Jerry had resources readily available, the best $ can buy and the addict on the street has none. He chose to live the way he did because it was his idea of having 'fun'. The only time he attempts to get clean is when he doesn't want a wife to leave his side. Even the band couldn't get him to quit. He chose that lifestyle and that's hard for a lot of people to contend with.
Course it killed him. You don’t get away with freebasing cocaine and smoking heroin for twenty years. Sounds like he was going through a brief case full every day lol
Its not the quantity of years that matter, but the quality. Jerry lived out his dreams and had a good time doing it. All you can really ask for, he made a positive impact on a lot of lives with his gift.
Psilocybin and LSD are fine under the right conditions. They are not addictive and no amount will kill you. If Jerry had stuck to those, he would have lived longer. However, those drugs do not make you high. Perceptions change but vastly different than the opioids.
@@bob733333 yeah, I figured he just did a little bit everything & was a “how am I feeling” kind of user. I’m sure when he woke up he did some opiates/opioids, if he’s getting anxious take some benzos & maybe he’s trying to get some energy he’d do some blow. I’m sure his stash was choice.
Jerry loved drugs. He was never meant to be straight, mainstream, a sheep, or ordinary. He was destined for greatness, and he achieved it. Drugs played a powerful role in shaping him. Without drugs...no Jerry...no Grateful Dead.
I am not trying to be an apologist for irresponsible drug experimentation but Make no mistake: What killed Jerry Garcia was “cheeseburgers, French fries and milkshakes”. He simply struggled to “take care of his heart” from a lifestyle standpoint and he was physically more fragile than he probably thought. Being the leader of an enterprise that employed hundreds and brought about its own considerable pressures and stresses…his breezy interview persona notwithstanding. Also…because of Garcia’s physical appearance and cultural significance, he was incapable of going almost anywhere incognito. He was instantly recognizable to millions. Unlike someone like David Bowie who could donn sunglasses, a hat, boring normcore clothing and slip out for some Saturday morning shopping in SOHO, Garcia really stood out and was in a very real sense trapped by counterculture celebrity.
Not to even mention the speedballs and anxiety for being a shitty father and husband, Jerry made tons of bad excuse to keep having his hardcore drug addictions going
@@fchampd4512 And yet, there are people who still believe Jerry Garcia died of a drug overdose…and can’t wrap their heads around the idea that our beloved 60s icon with all of his indirect associations with 60s era rebel counterculture drug use might have actually died from the same prosaic diet and lifestyle malady that is sending thousands of contemporary teenagers to hospitals with fatty liver disease.
He always seemed like a very practical human being, and I’m sure he would still be if he was alive today. I just hate that certain drugs just do a thing to people that they can’t get past at the end of the day. He was a shining bright light in this world.
I was working the morning Jerry’s death was announced, my old friend: Richard Lingstrum called me at work to tell me Jerry had passed. I couldn’t deal with that news, I remember thinking it was bound to happen, I read that Rolling Stone article the Debra his wife instigated and thought, she doesn’t love him, she’s in this for the money and prestige and she knew Jerry was dying, thus Black Debra…💔💔💔💔💔💔
I still love the Grateful Dead Since I was a kid in the fildhouse in UVM still love following the graphed Good Old Grateful Dead still enjoy the music and fun samoas always
Heart attack was related not only to drugs but multiple packs of cigarettes daily, severe diabetes w no matience and a horrible hot dog and milkshake diet. Those three alone are a recipe for a major heart attack. Plus he almost died of a diabetic comatose. They say 85% of his heart was clogged with cholesterol when he died.
@@chinacat3818 I am 19 years old and I never experienced them. My dad did in summer 89, there best year in my opinion, he doesn't act like it's big deal. Try learning to play the guitar, make you appreciate their brilliance even more.
Yep but so many intelligent and beautiful people are lost. Hard drugs provide a quick and effective "fix" but it's temporary and begins a long battle many lose. RIP JG
Can you imagine the stress of tens of thousands of people thinking you are God, and hanging onto everything you do and say? The weight of that would drive any person to hard drugs.
He can’t finger pick, ‘cause his hand’s incomplete, He needs 2 drummers just to find a beat, His words are sullen like a cloud of smoke, If this guy’s deep, then I’m the Pope🤣🙈💩.
It’s a miracle we had him around for as long as we did, he truly was great
He was an old 53. But he made more people happy in those 53 years than most people do in ten lifetimes.
The Warlocks
A thousand lifetimes
Reminds me of the documentary "Jazz" where they discuss how the Doctor/Forensic person who went to see/take Charlie Parker's body at age 33 and thought he was 60+... and he was a physician who saw him in person...another musician who dragged himself over a hard road.
Dude, I’m 51 and I look about 25 years younger than Jerry in this video.
Bottom line, he was a human being. We all loved him for who he was, and that is remarkable. That's all that matters.
As I get older I can't believe he was 53. Looked 73. Such a hard life but as he would admit "A fun condensed life". Im glad I had a chance to meet him, although I was only 12. My dad worked for a sound company in Novato in the early - mid 70s that helped equip their home studios. Later he worked for apple and set up many of the family members at fifth & Lincoln.
Very interesting. I work part-time in Novato and also visit San Rafael (Dead studios at one point) often.
@@EricD777 I havent been there in years. Its beautiful. My dad was with Alembic and electrical engineer. He wasnt super close with Jerry or anything they were seldomly around for long. He didnt tour with them but did work the bay area shows. He helped with Jerrys studio in Stinson , Bobbys studio and Front St.
He had more talent and put on a better show than NWA.
Do you know Wiz (Dennis) with Alembic? He was close with my housemate until my housemate’s passing.
@@EricD777 My dad didn't do too much at Front St but he did help install Jerrys home studio when he lived in Stinson Beach. He also installed a reel to reel machine and 2 track recorder at the Keith and Donnas.
"the experimentations have already been done, kids"
Thus the emergence of research chemicals and synthetics
@@idontcare2851 those were really my downfall all the dissos psychs stims and more
Experimentation!? Jerry made dope a career move. He forsook all for it. Sad.
Hypocrite. Kiss-ass. Shut up and play your guitar.
Why not keep experimenting to find out if something’s different? I’m special I can do drugs successfully!
He had a high time living the good life.
well, I know
I see what you guys did there !
Jerry is always smiling when he talks. RIP Jerry, you deserve it.
"He'd been clean for two years." LOL "Sure Jan..."
Well for sure addicts lie anyway but I guess re the law he had legitimate reasons to say he was clean
He's high in this video.
@@bob733333 Absolutely 😂
How do you know when an addict is lying?
His lips are moving….
@@rossthomas159considering everyone in the world is addicted to something, youre right. Everyone is lying all the time because no one is or has ever been in contact with reality.
He looks like that cool music teacher we all wish we had.
I wish Jerry would have done one of those 80s VHS guitar lesson tapes! 😅😅
Some of us did.
He did countless hours of guitar lessons, if you get confused just listen to the music play. He said paying guitar was like driving past a corn field on a curved road. It looks all mixed up then as you come around the curve you see that it's all is in rows. @@haikat4 Makes me think of The Wheel.
My music teacher growing up was an old hippie who was very much part of the San Fran scene back in the day to the point where he knew Jerry personally. One of the most open minded, creative and intelligent men I’ve ever met and I was beyond blessed to study w him. Shoutout Mr. Bagale
So much soul in that man! I'm so glad I got to see him play as much as I did, he was truly one of a kind. At least now we have Dave's Picks. Thanks for the great music and vibes Jer! It always felt like family at GD or JGB shows
And Chris Hazard doin the upgrades.. so much left 😊
I think everyone can agree, not too many people who've ever lived have had as good a time as Jerry did.
Not here for a long time, here for a good time.
miss him almost everyday
He gave me lots of smiles....rest easy, Jerry
I've been to a lot of concerts seeing a lot of the greats and the great guitar players of that generation but none of them brought to the table what Jerry did......
I’m a head through my dad, never got to see them as I was born in 91 but my father said the same thing, out of all the amazing bands and musicians he’s ever seen the only one that stood out the most and that’ he would pay anything to go see again today was Jerry. He first saw him open with Shakedown Street in 83 and saw him close in 94 with Midnight Moonlight with JGB… Beautiful music 🎶
Wish he would have said- remembered as a musician who still loves playing at 80.
At least that young kid Phil has that honor...
The good news is, there is so much music that he left for us, he will be remembered as a musician who is still playing eighty years from now.
Jerry wasn’t “sober” for two years at the time of this interview. Hardly.
I miss Jerry.
I remember the night after he died the weather in the Bay Area was extraordinary this intense electrical storm it was definitely him in the night sky
I found out on my lunch break, and just left work and went home without telling anyone. I was heartbroken.
But the following Saturday you went to Stacks in Burlingame and made love to your pancakes/waffles ❤
I was 3 years old and had just shit my pants
@@chrisandme23 probably had undigested corn in it 💩 🌽
I was at Soldier Field '95 and I already stopped touring since '92 and a lot of Heads were saying this was the last of Jerry he's been back on the dope and he's not doing well. I was taken back because I had hopes of bringing my daughter to hear and see Jerry but she was just a newborn at the time. I thought back to all the good times growing up with the Dead and I realized how much respect I had for this artist that I wanted my 1st born to bear witness. Soon after he passed and I was in awe of that fate placed me that close to the last music leaving his hands. My daughter is a nurse in CA now and she recently sent me a pic of her walking away with the Shakedown Street dude patch on the back of her jean jacket.
Love that guy one of the greatest guitarist got to see many times at the keystone in Palo Alto ca.
Good Advice Jerry. You were fortunate to have lived at a time where there was much musical talent, a creative explosion. Losing tru talents. ❤
I don’t expect anybody to be around for long. Love the ones you’re with! There’s plenty to go around.💗💗💗
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JERRY!! ❤🎵🎈⚡🎉🎼🌎🍄🎹🎵💀🌹💕🤗
I love my grateful dead family. Th
Asks Jerry, and thanks all of you
Jerry packed more life into his years than any ten of us combined will.
Jerry is the best. So sad
His dad drowned in front of him when he was a kid. That's PTSD right there.
So true! Losing a Father figure at such an early age probably was a major factor
in his addiction. He was such an amazing musician , did it his way.
It makes me think ...him seeing tht as a kid and the effect had be straight fuckn torture forever in his life and yet i believe he found piece somehow bc he really got into snorkeling and scuba diving in Hawaii (awesome place to get into such a thing jerry grt idea..lol).but anyways i think he may had a fear of drowning as well ..and he fought all tht hell to find PEACE through tht gauntlet ..and tht shows me bravery and unfathomable courage in tht man and he inspired me to the same with my shit ..and when i die one day i hope im able to be front of him some how in the great beyond...So i can thank him ..i really do hope so ...and ill kiss his ass and we will laugh about lol....I THANK YOU ALL my dead family i love u and i kiss ur assses too and laugh about it ..i promise lol ........im trippn my ass off and i hope this makes sense to at least one person lol...gd night kisses
Yea he smoked cigarettes and did his fair share of drugs over the years but that's not what killed him.....he wasn't some out of control drug addict. Some people think because they didn't have a preset concert that is was just good old fun jamming on stage but Jerry worked so hard as a musician and he was all business on stage where performing was his priority and his health was secondary. The stress of constant performing along with the traveling and not eating and sleeping well took its toll over time.
@@Kirill_is_a_HOFer97 Heroin isn't bad for your body. So long as you never OD and don't go into withdrawal, the main impact is...literally that, impacted bowels.
And diabetes and heroine and cigarettes
Yes he was lmao
Jerry could have done anything he wanted. That's the difference between him and an out of control addict on the street. Jerry had resources readily available, the best $ can buy and the addict on the street has none. He chose to live the way he did because it was his idea of having 'fun'. The only time he attempts to get clean is when he doesn't want a wife to leave his side. Even the band couldn't get him to quit. He chose that lifestyle and that's hard for a lot of people to contend with.
Course it killed him. You don’t get away with freebasing cocaine and smoking heroin for twenty years. Sounds like he was going through a brief case full every day lol
Went to his memorial at Golden Gate Park.
Anne Wroe in her obituary for "The Economist": "Jerry Garcia lived longer than he should have and died before he should have."
Spent 3 and 1/2 weeks with him in the summer of 1987. Great times.
Funny how he didn't mention Cocaine and Heroin smh
They didn't do much to fry his brain obviously so..
It's cause that brain of his loved Heroin. As does mine!
@First Last, yeah but the fucking killed him… along with sugar and cigarettes.
@@tannermcgown7041 and cheeseburgers. He really let it all go when he was touring.
Does he have to name every single drug?
Rest easy Mr. Garcia
Gerry. Played his own style on guitar playing those clear hi notes he sounded really nice on Truckin an scarlet I really admired his style Legendary 😊
Its not the quantity of years that matter, but the quality. Jerry lived out his dreams and had a good time doing it. All you can really ask for, he made a positive impact on a lot of lives with his gift.
Psilocybin and LSD are fine under the right conditions. They are not addictive and no amount will kill you. If Jerry had stuck to those, he would have lived longer. However, those drugs do not make you high. Perceptions change but vastly different than the opioids.
Jerry did Opiates.
@@bob733333 Jerry did everything*
@@ezpzyogi Ya, when he ran out of Heroin he would do Valium. Opioids are different from Opiates. Valium is a Benzo..
@@bob733333 yeah, I figured he just did a little bit everything & was a “how am I feeling” kind of user. I’m sure when he woke up he did some opiates/opioids, if he’s getting anxious take some benzos & maybe he’s trying to get some energy he’d do some blow. I’m sure his stash was choice.
Jerry loved drugs. He was never meant to be straight, mainstream, a sheep, or ordinary. He was destined for greatness, and he achieved it. Drugs played a powerful role in shaping him. Without drugs...no Jerry...no Grateful Dead.
You would have thought seeing Brent die would've straightened him out. It's really sad how that hard shit took them from us
Love his laugh ❤
Jerry still looks down on me from my Warlocks poster from 1964! They played at Palo Alto High school, the price was $1.50! The Dead will never die!
Note that Bear is right behind Jerry at 1:20...he would die in a car crash in Australia a few years later.
I am not trying to be an apologist for irresponsible drug experimentation but Make no mistake: What killed Jerry Garcia was “cheeseburgers, French fries and milkshakes”. He simply struggled to “take care of his heart” from a lifestyle standpoint and he was physically more fragile than he probably thought. Being the leader of an enterprise that employed hundreds and brought about its own considerable pressures and stresses…his breezy interview persona notwithstanding.
Also…because of Garcia’s physical appearance and cultural significance, he was incapable of going almost anywhere incognito. He was instantly recognizable to millions. Unlike someone like David Bowie who could donn sunglasses, a hat, boring normcore clothing and slip out for some Saturday morning shopping in SOHO, Garcia really stood out and was in a very real sense trapped by counterculture celebrity.
20 years of cocaine does insane damage to the heart
Not to even mention the speedballs and anxiety for being a shitty father and husband, Jerry made tons of bad excuse to keep having his hardcore drug addictions going
@@fchampd4512
And yet, there are people who still believe Jerry Garcia died of a drug overdose…and can’t wrap their heads around the idea that our beloved 60s icon with all of his indirect associations with 60s era rebel counterculture drug use might have actually died from the same prosaic diet and lifestyle malady that is sending thousands of contemporary teenagers to hospitals with fatty liver disease.
@@josephhuether1184 he didn't die of a OVERDOSE, he died cuz his hart gave out after years of massiva amount of drugs and unhealthy lifestyle
@@josephhuether1184 i never said overdose, that was your assumption.
He always seemed like a very practical human being, and I’m sure he would still be if he was alive today. I just hate that certain drugs just do a thing to people that they can’t get past at the end of the day. He was a shining bright light in this world.
I love. Him
Wow he died at 53 years old. He looks at least 65 here.
Old soul he was
I was working the morning Jerry’s death was announced, my old friend: Richard Lingstrum called me at work to tell me Jerry had passed. I couldn’t deal with that news, I remember thinking it was bound to happen, I read that Rolling Stone article the Debra his wife instigated and thought, she doesn’t love him, she’s in this for the money and prestige and she knew Jerry was dying, thus Black Debra…💔💔💔💔💔💔
The interview was not about addiction.
Dang I’m 53 now. I know what he was going through 😳
R.I.P. Jerry
And my dad Jerry 🪦 R.I.P.
As he once said "I packed a lot of time in the years" rip Jerry!
I still love the Grateful Dead Since I was a kid in the fildhouse in UVM still love following the graphed Good Old Grateful Dead still enjoy the music and fun samoas always
“Doncha let that deal go down …”
He should’ve listened to his own song.
✌️
What a question to ask? Media at its worst.
"Clean for two years" yeah right! He’s high in this interview
Poor Jerry
I miss Jerry
"Lost interview"
😂😂😂
Thats what Love'll do for ya, thats what LOve will make you do.
Like Sinatra said, he did it his way..😊
If you pardon the turkey this makes for a pretty good Thanksgiving meal. We should all enjoy a good meal and celebrate more often . God Bless.
A musical god
He died at age 53?! You mean in dog years?
I don't know who this guy is..? When Jerry was asked yrs ago how he wanted to be remembered he said "I don't". I can respect that...WHO???
53? Damn I thought he was 62.
I also thought he had an overdose of heroin kill him not a heart attack.
Ken Cranston Many drug relapses, especially opioids, can result in respiratory failure and heart attacks.
Heart attack was related not only to drugs but multiple packs of cigarettes daily, severe diabetes w no matience and a horrible hot dog and milkshake diet. Those three alone are a recipe for a major heart attack. Plus he almost died of a diabetic comatose. They say 85% of his heart was clogged with cholesterol when he died.
@@jerry-st7rc ;( it's so sad I'll never get to really experience the grateful dead.
not with that attitude
@@chinacat3818 I am 19 years old and I never experienced them. My dad did in summer 89, there best year in my opinion, he doesn't act like it's big deal. Try learning to play the guitar, make you appreciate their brilliance even more.
Jerry was a Juicy double cheese burger, an American classic.
JERRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
His addiction was only part of his health problems.
There has to be a back story to the sport jacket 😅
"I can SO imitate the Hulk".
This wasnt list. I've geard it several times. No big whoop. Js.
Thanks Jerry all drugs have their place, balance is the most important
PCP and crack, like Jerry said, have no place...they are pure poison.
what is the thing he says after pcp and crack? sounds like he said "long shots"
Long johns?
I thought he was just saying "a lot of drugs will definitely kill you"
@@adambailey537 yeah, that’s what I heard too. Still going with “long Johns” though. Haha
He said, "a lot of drugs will kill you"
Clean 2 year? And is holding a tobacco cigarette in the interview tobacco kills,cannabis heals.
We ALL know better, but oh, that sweet tooth...
Drugs have killed many great artists
From Patti acornell😊
That’s not right.
What’s not right?
eddie vedder looks like jerry garcia
Love the music but I’m not taking addiction advice from Jerry
My goal was to outlive JG, and I did....im 57.
It's a shame he had to get into hard drugs. It did no good at all.
Yep but so many intelligent and beautiful people are lost. Hard drugs provide a quick and effective "fix" but it's temporary and begins a long battle many lose. RIP JG
Can you imagine the stress of tens of thousands of people thinking you are God, and hanging onto everything you do and say? The weight of that would drive any person to hard drugs.
Maybe the drugs are what made him who he was
@@BigTyronie Yea the psychedelics, opiates and benzos do nothing but turn people into burnt out husks
@@nahnope8581 you're an idiot. psychedelics are a sacrament, a medicine. there is no such thing as an LSD fiend.
trouble ahead, Jerry in red?
more like jerry in his yuppie suit
this is the KOONS Era Jerry....
Santa Clause... I believe !...
He can’t finger pick, ‘cause his hand’s incomplete, He needs 2 drummers just to find a beat, His words are sullen like a cloud of smoke, If this guy’s deep, then I’m the Pope🤣🙈💩.
Another victim of the cartoon entertainment industry $$
He was pretentious
He had a near death experience with LSD I bet
matheus campos lol what the fuck
impossible
More like coke and heroin
that's not normally known to happen with LSD.
@@ncrmh maybe if you're being dumb on acid your actions will get you killed but it's impossible to die from taking too much LSD
I miss Jerry.