Jerry Garcia  

Jerry Garcia was the guitarist and acknowledged leader of the rock band The Grateful Dead, whose legendary live shows carried the hippie movement from the '60s to the '90s, with a few breaks in between for rehabilitative drug treatments. An accomplished musician, Garcia also had a simultaneous solo career, straying from rock to dabble in folk and bluegrass music. He died in a drug treatment center in Marin County, California.
FOUR GOOD LINKS
* Jerry Garcia Interview 1972
Reprinted Rolling Stone interview
* News Accounts First
Reprinted news stories about Garcia's death
* The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics
Notes and comments on song meanings, plus band member discographies; dated but fascinating
* Jerry Garcia
Official site for more on his music and art, with interviews, photos and merchandise

Hi,
I have a number of Grateful Dead LPs at home.
The LP "Anthem of the Sun" is worth a listen because it is made right at the peak of the psychedelic era. The other LP I used to listen to was "Live Dead", which included the song St. Stephen, written for a concert in Dublin. Ron Pigpen McKernan, who died in 1973, had an absolutely crystal clear voice and the band used to sing great harmony versions of American traditional songs.
All the best