Jerry Garcia

Guitar, Banjo, pedal steel guitar and vocals. Jerry's first paid appearances were in 1961 at age 18 with Robert Hunter in Palo Alto. A succession of San Francisco area bands followed until in December 1965 The Grateful Dead came together and performed at the first of Ken Kesey's Acid Tests. "There's no way to measure his greatness or magnitude as a person or a player" - Bob Dylan.