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The Grateful Dead's 50 Best Live Performances

By Blair Jackson

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How to Play Three of Jerry Garcia's Most Influential Grateful Dead Riffs

By Damian Fanelli

Three of the Grateful Dead frontman's most lasting contributions to the guitar lexicon.

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Grateful Dead Announce Massive Live Box Set, 'Pacific Northwest '73-'74: The Complete Recordings'

By Jackson Maxwell

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How 1970's 'Workingman’s Dead' Changed the Grateful Dead Forever

By Blair Jackson

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Plastic-Free "Ocean" Guitar Unveiled in Honor of Jerry Garcia's 75th Birthday

By Damian Fanelli

In honor of Jerry Garcia's would-be 75th birthday (August 1), the Jerry Garcia Foundation has commissionedluthierand artist TomLieberto create aneco-friendly, plastic-free electric guitar.

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Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia Talks Gear, His Near-Fatal Illness and 'In The Dark'

By John Swenson

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The Acoustic Stylings of the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia

By Dale Turner

Jerry Garcia is best known as the lead guitar player and primary singer/songwriter of the Grateful Dead.

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Jerry Garcia's "Wolf" Guitar Sells for $1.9 Million

By Damian Fanelli

Jerry Garcia’s infamous “Wolf” guitarhit the auction block last night in Brooklyn—and its sale wound up rasing more than $3 million for charity.

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Jerry Garcia's Custom "Wolf" Guitar to Be Auctioned in Brooklyn

By Guitar World Staff

Jerry Garcia’s infamous “Wolf” guitar will once again hit the auction block with Guernsey’s—but this time to benefit the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).

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See Jerry Garcia’s Tiger Played by Warren Haynes at Red Rocks

By Christopher Scapelliti

Warren Haynes celebrated the life and music of Jerry Garcia last night in a performance that featured one of the most famous guitars Garcia ever owned.

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Jerry Garcia's Tiger Guitar to Return to the Stage Tonight

By Guitar World Staff

Tiger, the custom guitar Jerry Garcia played during his final public performance with the Grateful Dead, will return to the stage in the hands of Warren Haynes tonight, August 1.

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Jerry Garcia’s Tiger and Rosebud: A Look at the Last Guitars He Played Onstage

By Christopher Scapelliti

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Jerry Garcia's Travis Bean TB500 Guitar to Be Auctioned in December

By Melanie Gottshall

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Hear an Unreleased 1972 Live Version of The Grateful Dead's "Playing In The Band" from 'Sunshine Daydream'

By Damian Fanelli

Today, GuitarWorld.com presents a live version of the Grateful Dead's "Playing In The Band," a track from Sunshine Daydream. The album was released Tuesday, September 17.

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Four-Disc 'Keystone Companions' Box Set by Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders Coming September 25

By Damian Fanelli

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

By Josh Hart

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