In this final chapter of Garcia’s life, these old pals were having a blast revisiting folk and jug-band tunes and more in Grisman’s northern California home studio. for songwriting (or life) as anything I’ve encountered.Īs it happened, my love of writing and music merged into a career as a music journalist and editor of Acoustic Guitar magazine…which led eventually to an opportunity in 1993 to interview Jerry Garcia along with David Grisman-another musical hero of mine. Just start playing, listen closely, and go where the music wants to go: that is as close to an M.O. Their structured-chaos approach to group improvisation inspired many happy nights with friends trying out our own space jams, exploring sounds with no set roles and no plan for what key to play in or chords to use. In the ’80s, I caught the Dead when I could during their swings through the Northeast, marveling at how the band was like a car with six guys’ hands on the wheel-anyone could steer in a new direction at any time. I've been playing the songs of the Grateful Dead almost as long as I've been playing the guitar.Īs a teenager I wore out LPs of Workingman’s Dead and Reckoning in particular and copped many songs for an acoustic duo with my brother and for my high school band.
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