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Title: A moment of....well, silence isn't right; loud music, then
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on August 01, 2025, 11:09:43 AM
The esteemed Mr. Jerome John Garcia would have been 83 today; we miss you, Jer!


And in 8 days he will have been gone for as long as the Dead were together.  Still feels like yesterday.


Peter
Title: Re: A moment of....well, silence isn't right; loud music, then
Post by: lbpesq on August 01, 2025, 06:56:55 PM
I was at his 31st birthday when The Band opened for the Dead at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City back in ‘73.  The last concert with Alligator.   Twelve days later I moved to California.

Happy B-day Jer.   Hope you and Phil are enjoying a fatty!

Bill, tgo
Title: Re: A moment of....well, silence isn't right; loud music, then
Post by: sonicus on August 01, 2025, 08:27:59 PM
Each birthday of Jerry's I remember my interactions and conversations with him. He was generous with his sincerity and conversational outreach in my memories. He did not put him self on a pedestal despite his fame. I remember the topics of conversation at the old 60 Brady Alembic location with that was my first interaction with him, where he told me about concepts of geometric relativity of a guitar finger board to musical intervals, as well as his study of guitarist Howard Roberts. I still use what he taught me in that conversation to this day.  Another conversation was at a show in Stockton that I was working at for BGP /Bill Graham Presents, where he remembered me by my first name. I was really amazed !