Jerry Garcia
Acting
1942-08-01 · San Francisco, California, U.S.
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerry Garcia, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
The Grateful Dead Movie
2025 · Movie
Grateful Dead Meet-Up At The Movies 2023
2023 · Movie
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022 · Movie
Grateful Dead: Tivoli Concert Hall, 4/17/72
2022 · Movie
History 101
2020 · Series
Stutter.
2020 · Movie
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
2019 · Movie
Grateful Dead: Giants Stadium 1991
2019 · Movie
WBCN and the American Revolution
2019 · Movie
Basketball: A Love Story
2018 · Series
Long Strange Trip
2017 · Series
Long Strange Trip
2017 · Movie
Grateful Dead: Cornell '77
2017 · Movie
DEADHEADS
2016 · Movie
Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne
2016 · Movie
Grateful Dead: Fare Thee Well - Playing for Change, Chicago, IL
2015 · Movie
Woodstock: Untold Stories Revisited
2014 · Movie
Grateful Dead: Sunshine Daydream
2013 · Movie
Grateful Dead: All The Years Combine - The DVD Collection
2012 · Movie
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
2011 · Movie
Grateful Dead: Crimson, White & Indigo
2011 · Movie
Woodstock: Untold Stories
2009 · Movie
All Tomorrow's Parties
2009 · Movie
Sex in '69: The Sexual Revolution in America
2009 · Movie
Grateful Dead: The Broadcast Archives
2008 · Movie
Grateful Dead: Rocking The Cradle - Egypt 1978
2008 · Movie
Sister's Keeper
2007 · Movie
Tom Snyder's Electric Kool-Aid Talk Show
2006 · Movie
The Last Great Traffic Jam
2005 · Movie
Jerry Garcia Band: Live at Shoreline
2005 · Movie
Grateful Dead: Still Alive And Well
2005 · Movie
Grateful Dead: Bird Song
2005 · Movie
The Grateful Dead Movie: Bonus Songs
2004 · Movie
Festival Express
2003 · Movie
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault IV
2003 · Movie
Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances
2002 · Movie
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault III
2002 · Movie
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault II
2001 · Movie
The Journey
2001 · Movie
Grateful Dawg
2000 · Movie
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault
2000 · Movie
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault
2000 · Movie
The Source
1999 · Movie
Classic Albums
1997 · Series
Grateful Dead: Anthem to Beauty
1997 · Movie
Grateful Dead
1995 · Movie
Infrared Sightings
1995 · Movie
And Miles to Go Before I Sleep
1994 · Movie
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
1993 · Movie
Truckin' With The Dead
1993 · Movie
Deadheads
1990 · Movie
In Our Eyes: The European Deadhead Odyssey
1990 · Movie
Deadheads: An American Subculture
1990 · Movie
Grateful Dead: Live at Foxboro
1989 · Movie
Grateful Dead: Truckin Up to Buffalo
1989 · Movie
Elvis Costello & Friends Live at Sweetwater
1989 · Movie
Grateful Dead: The Making of "Built to Last"
1989 · Movie
Grateful Dead: Downhill from Here
1989 · Movie
Grateful Dead: Ticket to New Year's Eve Concert
1987 · Movie
Grateful Dead: So Far
1987 · Movie
Rock ‘N’ Roll Goldmine: The San Francisco Sound
1986 · Movie
Hells Angels Forever
1983 · Movie
Heartbeeps
1981 · Movie
Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead
1981 · Movie
America's Top 10
1980 · Series
Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland
1978 · Movie
Deathsport
1978 · Movie
The Grateful Dead Movie
1977 · Movie
Grateful Dead: New Jersey Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo - Live at The Capitol Theater
1977 · Movie
Fillmore
1972 · Movie
Chromatic
1972 · Movie
Grateful Dead: At Old Renaissance Faire Grounds 1972
1972 · Movie
Introducing... Roy Buchanan
1971 · Movie
Gimme Shelter
1970 · Movie
Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!: The Rolling Stones in Concert
1970 · Movie
Grateful Dead: England 1970
1970 · Movie
Zabriskie Point
1970 · Movie
Woodstock
1970 · Movie
San Francisco Rock: A Night at the Family Dog
1970 · Movie
The Hippie Temptation
1967 · Movie
The Acid Test
1966 · Movie
Grateful Dead: Bits And Pieces About...
Movie
Conversations With The Deadheads
Movie