I'm a 57 year old man, professional musician, lover of all things living and all things dead. Grateful Dead that is. I miss you Jerry I'm glad I got to visit with you today vicariously through this interview. You are a man among men
I am from the Bay and love it and proud of it...And was blessed to see Jerry many times with the Dead or JGB and even some of the shows that were not their best were still better than some of the Big name big shows I have seen it was the experience we all share at a Dead show that really is unshakable and keeps us wanting more And you can not express that to people who never got to experience the magic that is the Grateful Dead .....I miss it so much God Bless Jerry and the boys .And thank you for the great times we shared
What a wonderful interview….. so much fun to hear Jerry express his thoughts….. he is very articulate here….you can tell he is enjoying putting his ideas and feelings into words…. It’s like he’s playing his guitar only with words….truly a diamond in the rough… miss you Jerry
At 15 minutes in he basically explains how the bay area breeds innovation and creativity and makes things happen when the rest of the country sits idle ... this is pre tech boom... but he is spot on. I love jerry's music but his mind....i love even more
Thanks for pointing this out I love watching every minute of his interviews but I skipped right to this part to hear first, I hope our band Foxzen can help this way in Denver. Playing Live would help too "eventually you'll revive" he said as I typed that 💙🌹
@Paxin Oracle Next time you see Native American how they feel about us taking over their beautiful land and turning it into a garbage dump. When I was a kid in the 60s there was TV commercial showing an Native American crying seeing all the garbage and litter.
Woke a lil sad today. Found this, listened, and am now grateful for another day on this 🌎 Jerry’s perspective after his NDE-any day may be ur last, get busy-and his lifelong dedication to artistic endeavors & FUN help . More than he c/ ever know❤️🙏💀🙌✨🌎
Look here son I'm 70 and have one tooth left and it's as loose as buggery so don't complain about Jerry's teeth they are just fine. Seriously though it's the heavy smoking that destroys our teeth they become very brittle and snap off at the gum line.I stopped by taking up vaping but I suppose Jerry didn't hear about it then.
He lived the way he wanted to live can't blame him for that my friend i mean sure i wish also for selfish reasons but all in all I admire Jerry Garcia and always will
I am so thankful to have been able to see/hear Jerry live for so many years back in the day. 1988 (when this interview was supposedly done) was such a fun year in GD land. Spring at Brendan Byrne, summer in Roch, SPAC, Pitt, Oxford, ME...some of the best times of my life on the road with family and friends. I am fortunate to still get that vibe traveling around the country today with Phish, same communal-like spirit. TOTALLY different music- apples and oranges- can't compare. BUT, the scene is very similar. So thankful that we still have it to dip in and out of when needed. I personally haven't done much Dead-offs after Jer died. I did further in '98 but that's about it. However, it's so great to see generations of families take in Dead & Co and get a glimpse of the musical magic in those songs. I need to hear Jerry right now. Time to pop on my all time favorite song of his: "Mission in the Rain!" Great interview!!
Joejams17 your post brought back a lot of amazing memories for me of all the GD shows I am so grateful to have experienced in the 70s, 80s and early 90s. Pure magic. Those amazing vibes you talked about have never been recreated for me since Jerry left us. Now all the shows I got to be a part of don't seem like nearly enough. Like you, I saw Further a few times and Phil & friends a few times. Also D&Co a few times. Really good but never the same. Made me nostalgic. Even so, I also love to see younger people getting into it. That'll help the music to live on. I'm grateful to have recordings of some of the shows I was at and many I wish I was at. Amazing how this band has enriched my life. So fun to listen to Jerry in this interview!
Love it! Jerry was a genius, period. Just listen to his wording and watch his mannerisms. I grew up on the dead’s music but did not really get into them until the Go to heaven album. I’m 58 and a musician/ music lover. The world lost a lot the day Jerry died.
@@STSGuitar16 I’ve a theory that people who have been big users over the years- it’s perhaps a way of slowing themselves down. A way of dealing with some form of undiagnosed ADHD or similar disorder. Judging by how he sounds here, the acid didn’t make much of a dent lol
@@UncannyAleman I feel ya, I just know acid def has a way of killing one's ego through if it's used in higher doses, and The Dead all definitely tapped into that sorta "acid mental state" more than the average Joe ever could imagine. There's no way his thoughts and responses here haven't been influenced in some part by LSD. It's a pretty powerful drug that definitely makes you look at and think about things differently. Jerry's interviews always illustrate that idea really well, imo. His personality and overall persona was/is totally one of a kind.
@@STSGuitar16 It wasn’t just him. Thousands of his Fans Also were hooked on the stuff. All by design too. Timothy Leary was a Huge promoter and he is what you call “intelligence”. It’s all so fascinating!!!
@@AbeTheSigma007 I don't think "hooked" is the right word there; LSD isn't an addicting drug at all. I'd say the reason so many people were doing it then is largely because it was just everywhere in the entire Dead scene back then. You go to a Dead show and there was a decent likelihood that you might wind up being dosed. But yeah, it isn't an addictive substance itself.
Hey Jerry, you're back! The hippy scene I loved so much in SF was lost when you left. That said, you and the Grateful Dead OWN SAN FRANCISCO and MARIN COUNTY. Love you, Jesus.
Yep same he changed me on the electric guitar I love him and thank him eternally.. he was the reason that I wanted to improvise and solo more on the guitar and also look into the guitar more and more to decipher it e.g with scales
This is an awesome interview. I grew up at Dead shows from a baby. My parents are Deadheads that saw the Dead when they were the Warlocks. I’m Grateful to been blessed to have grown up with the Grateful Dead💀⚡️💀🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
How wonderful for you. I, unfortunately, ruined the dead for much of my family through the poor decisions I made while adoring them, so the fam associates the band with the underbelly of the crowd instead of the absolute joy that the band creates
Loved this interview, so real and authentic. As a 73 y/o who takes awhile to remember names of people, I appreciate his honesty about it. I'd say more but can't remember the whole interview :)
And thanks to the interviewer. Asked some questions that were more direct than others. Especially towards the end. Some of Jerry’s comments had me laughing out loud. Not fade away!
A Jerry interview is as good as his music. I listene with the same interest. My 1st show, the Greek theater Berkeley California 1981. Love at 1st sight. Dancing Dancing dancing in the Streets. It was a invitation across the nation a chance for folks to meet.. it doesn't matter what you wear as long as you are there.
LOVE JERRY, WE LIVED IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD IN SF, CALIF. HIS GRANDFATHER THAT JERRY STAYED IS ONLY FEW BLOCKS AWAY, STILL I PASS THERE ALMOST EVERYDAY. MISSED YOU JERRY, HAIGHT/ASHBURY FOREVER.
I was never really a dead fan . I know people who want to multiple shows a year . I just realized the attraction. As a hobby guitarist, I can't stand playing the same thing over and over. The dead had that same problem. Each show was different. I don't understand why this is just now occurring to me. I've got nothing but sincere respect for these guys. And hats off to Jerry Garcia for directly helping the down and out on his own without organized charities. God bless the Greatful Dead.
If you’ve never been to a Dead show while Jerry was playing you might as well try to describe the ocean to a blind man……you can give it a shot but it’s hard to give it justice
As opposed to soft openings... Dylan did that here in Denver reopening the Fillmore. “Extremely cold.” “It worked really well for us as well”. I love you Jerry. We all love you. Being loveable is the best source of merit. I love that coat and barber. “Live performing what act”. Lol. He’s adorable. Problems? Gasp. Yeah too many people. We is crowding the local environment people! We had better get smart about it. He warned us. “Significant. It’s just significant...” Certainly. “Certainly not freaky or anything”. Sure. Whatever you say man. Thank you so much for this interview. Thank you so much.
I think this may be the best interview ever. He’s just really talking to her and I think she knew she was going to get that kind of interview. He told her everything. Amazing interview. I’ve seen most of anything possible to see. This is really good and he’s really content with her to keep going. This is a great one. Thanks so much
1988 Jerry was on a rebuilding period of his life due to a diabetic coma he had in 1986 or 87. Can't remember exactly what year it was. He had to learn the guitar again.
One of the main eloquent minds in history- in words and in his playing. This band changed my life. There’s the me before my first show, and the me after. But not for nothing - the absolute GATOR TAIL Jerry must have railed right before this interview had to have been sold.
This interview 1yr after Jerry slipped into diabetic coma for 5days, he wasn't sure then if he'd play guitar again. He never gave up Heroin, showing signs here of his addiction, his love of playing n trips to Hawaii scuba diving helped sustain him another 8yrs...
He was clean for a few years in the 80s and 90s. He started up again off and on around the time Hornsby stopped playing with them. Was clean-ish again in 93, which shows in the solid performances they turned in that year. They never quite hit the peaks of stage energy they routinely hit in 89 and 90, but it was probably the last time they got close. By 94 and 95, Jerry was clearly on the decline again, though it was the decades of bad diet, diabetes, and smoking that really ended him.
@@christheghostwriter loved seeing Hornsby on keyboards, those shows w Neville Brothers opening were heaven to @Oakland coliseum, the Mardi Gras, Valentine Day n Chinese New Years @Kaisers n my life complete! 🌹💀⚡😍
I've been spending some time looking back in the days between his birthday and passing 8/1-8/9....I miss him and I miss those days when he was here with us, but I'm so Grateful for the Dead!!! I hope Jerry's happy in heaven now.
Jerry was the spoke person for The Greatful Dead very articulate. It is a sorry sad of affairs that he succumb to drug addiction. Luckily he rebounded after his first fall from addiction with the help of fellow Merle Saunders.He helped him to relearn HOW to play music again.But fate intervened and he left his legacy for future generations to digest.RIP JERRY GARCIA.
God the Bay Area is so terrible now. Tech bros have ruined everything. Nothing interesting will ever come out of there again unless there is a reckoning.
Say what you want, but Jerry gives thoughtful full candid answers in every interview I ever saw. Compare and contrast with the sound byte interviews with politicians and sports figures.
We are family♾ our people It was love motivated, not money driven! Only 1 Jerry Garcia Yah I live with the words at the tip of my tongue and can’t spit the words out I want to He came back from a coma, don’t try that at home kids
I'm still waiting for Bobby to reach out to me since nobody knows how to write songs over there at the grateful dead corporation anymore. I've got at least four compositions that would sound great.
I was at the Laguna Seca Weekend where Touch of Grey was filmed. After the show the word spread through the campground they wanted crowd for the shoot ...what an experience!
