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The Untold Truth Of Jerry Garcia
ByChandler Stark
In August , the world lost a psychedelic musical giant when Jerry Garcia passed in his sleep at the Serenity Knolls treatment center in California.
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Born in San Francisco during WWII, Garcia grew up in various parts of northern California, excelling at both art and guitar (per ). He and his friends formed the Grateful Dead in , and they immediately took the psychedelic scene by storm.
They performed at Woodstock and became one of the defining bands of s counterculture. The band itself is legendary for its devoted cadre of fans, known colloquially as Deadheads, and Garcia found himself center stage for all the attention as the singer, main lyricist, and lead guitarist in the band.
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Today, he is remembered for his incredible musical contributions to rock and roll and is one of the most recognized American recording artists of the 20th century.
He died at the age of just 53, a stifling