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Hole Notes: The Acoustic Stylings of the Late Jerry Garcia

Posted 04/02/2013 at 10:11am | by Dale Turner

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Jerry Garcia is best known as the lead guitar player and primary singer/songwriter of the Grateful Dead. Though they are regarded as pioneers of the “jam band” genre that rose to prominence in the late Sixties, the Grateful Dead, unlike many of their counterculture contemporaries, never faltered with the changing times.

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Interview: Punch Brothers Guitarist Chris Eldridge Discusses the Band's New Album, 'Who’s Feeling Young Now?'

Posted 02/08/2012 at 12:16pm | by Ethan Varian

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Punch Brothers are not a bluegrass band. While you might be fooled into thinking otherwise by their traditional instrumentation and blinding picking chops, a quick listen will prove they are a highly evolved mutation of Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys. Led by mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile, the group takes influences ranging from Radiohead to Bach to Earl Scruggs and combines them into a strikingly unique brand of acoustic music.

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The Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia to Be Subject of New Documentary

Posted 01/05/2012 at 2:47pm | by Josh Hart

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According to Rolling Stone, Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia is to be the subject of an upcoming documentary by filmmaker Malcolm Leo.

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Biography: Phish

Posted 11/09/2011 at 12:40pm | by Reed Hazen

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What do the University of Vermont, a restaurant named Nectar's and Michael Jackson's Thriller have to do with each other? They were all instrumental in the formation of one of the world's most recognizable jam bands, Phish.

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Interview: Jimmy Herring Discusses Influences and Incorporating Outside Sounds into His Playing

Posted 11/01/2011 at 1:10pm | by Ethan Varian

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Jimmy Herring is a stunning jazz/rock virtuoso. Though his resume includes touring with classic rock legends The Allman Brothers Band, fusion icons Lenny White and Billy Cobham, and jam staples The Dead and Widespread Panic, he has remained relatively unknown within the guitar community.

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Jerry Garcia Discusses His Gear, Near-Fatal Illness and the New Grateful Dead Album, 'In The Dark'

Posted 09/16/2011 at 12:48pm | by John Swenson

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Jerry Garcia looked around the Grateful Dead’s rehearsal studio in San Rafael, California, and smiled. “It’s good to not die,” said Garcia, who suffered a nearly fatal diabetic coma in July of ’86. The legendary guitarist whose mercurial improvisations are the life’s blood of the Grateful Dead’s music has made a miraculous recovery from an illness that at first left him incapable of walking, speaking clearly or playing.

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Grateful Dead Announce 2009 Arena Tour

Posted 01/01/2009 at 4:34pm | by GuitarWorld Staff Member

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Begins April 12 in Greensboro, North Carolina

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