Was Jerry Garcia a Good Musician?
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If you didn't see Jerry live , you don't have a clue. Underrated as a musician. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Totally agree!! 😎😎
If you saw them live, you don't remember it.
Most of his records are live lol
I saw Jerry Garcia perform live on a number of occasions, I can confirm that he was a brilliant musician.
He really was! 😎
Absolutely agreed
Phenomenal improviser. Perhaps one of the best
I love how you wrapped up this video and I agree that Jerry is underrated by the masses but not by other musicians. The Beatles and the Dead are the two bands most studied in music schools and colleges. In 100 years, Hunter/Garcia tunes will still be sung. Hunter/Garcia will be mentioned in the same breath as Lennon/McCartney, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Jerome Kern (who Jerry was named after), Burt Bacharach, and Bob Dylan. I was fortunate to know Jerry and hang out with him for a bit in the '80s after his coma. I love him and miss him every day.
Without a doubt; have been to hundreds of live shows from WSP, Dennis Chambers, Allman bros, local bluegrass, Greg Brown, Neil, CSN, etc. and few and far between have provided the ride Jerry graced me with-
Jerry definitely deserves the designation of musical genius. Vastly underrated, if anything.
Jerry is yoda of rock n roll. Welcome aboard 😀
I like that!
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Came here simply to say: Yes
Only if you like music ❤️🔥
You have to consider Jerry Garcia with Bob Weir as a guitar
duet.
Weir is one of the most underrated players... He's a wizard in his own right. And, yes, they are a very tight weave in the Grateful Dead. Thanks for your comment and view!
Jerry 's #1
He had his own style and when you heard it you knew who it was. That's what you strive for. Plus he had different styles of playing too: pedal steel, acoustic finger style or flat pick etc,
His version of Bob Dylan's "I shall be released" is my favorite. His guitar is superb, and his voice oddly fitting. I was never a dead head, but friends of mine were so I have listened to them over the years.
He's great with gospely stuff. 👍
I loved Jerry's playing.he had a style all his own.jerry and dicky Betts made me want to play guitar I love that loose improved style
The greatful dead is the greatest touring band in the history of rock&roll a fact that was true 50 years ago a fact that is true today and a fact that will still be true until the end of time!!!
Nah
You can quibble about a lot of aspects of Jerry playing. His biting trebly tone(a bluegrass banjo player at heart and his tone reflects that), long meandering solos that require patience and the willingness to just let it happen in order to appreciate. Chord changes and song structure that seem simple, until you try to play them and realize how deceptively complex many of them are. Now try to memorize hundreds of those tunes along with lyrics that are commonly different not only on the verses, but the choruses and bridges as well. Then add on top letting those tunes evolve over 40 years and play each one in the moment like its the first time you heard it. Its a great musical accomplishment but it requires effort and patience to appreciate About as far form your standard 3 min pop song written by committee as you can get. For myself its about the closest thing to jazz that I enjoy. The improvisatory freedom is there, but without a lot of the complex extended harmonic structures common to jazz that require so much mental effort for my feeble brain to follow. There are jazz elements, but they are surrounded mostly by harmonic structures that have their roots in the simple folk music like the blues, rock n roll, and country that I grew up on. For me the Deads music goes down easy, but its varied and complex enough to never tire of. IDK if I could say the same about Hendrix's stuff. Yes he had awesome technique and r&b and blues chops, but I dont think his output was anywhere near as varied and complex, or incorporated so many different genres into an individual voice. Maybe if he had lived as long as Jerry but as it stands, to me once you've heard a half doz Hendrix tunes you pretty much have heard it as far as what he did. Groundbreaking and jaw dropping, sure, but it was only a snapshot of what he was capable of if he had continued to play for 40 more years, thousands of more shows, and hundreds of more tunes.
Great post! 😎
This was fun to read. Thanks. You summed up the thesis I wrote for music theory class in college in 1975. Back then I was studying Jerry's chromatic choices in the longer extended jams. Nobody in rock was playing like that back then.
I wouldn't take anything away from his guitar prowess, but I will comment on his emotional state. I saw them about 3 times, so I don't qualify as a dead head. But the vibe I got from him was he was a very sad fat guy who was just trapped in this role for the rest of his life. He had this whole nation dependent on him, he had to carry the weight of all these peoples expections and even livelyhoods on his shoulder. In the end he escaped into drugs. He was probably happiest freebasing all alone in his BMW.
Indeed. But even in the infamous, rip snortin' "Frets" interview he showed signs of joy. I agree with your comments though. Appreciate your input! 😎
Fantastic guitarist...better musician... very few, if any, have blended as many genres as he was able to do... folk, blues, funk / reggae, bluegrass / old time music, straight up rock & roll...there were bits and pieces of *all* of it in his playing... "If you get confused, just listen to the music play..."
lmao at the question
What a fantastic video have a wonderful day also Jerry Garcia is a fantastic guitarist in my opinion ❤😊
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The best ever!!!
yes end of video
Just listen.
Hunter S. Thompson
Sphere & Loathing
He had a very distinctive sound that was instantly recognized. That's a tough thing for a guitarist to achieve.
He was very good, not great, but perfect for The Dead
Not great? Compared to who? Don't say David Gilmore. But if you are into Jazz. I won't put him in the same category as a Joe Pass or George Benson.
Of course, what a silly question.
Haha Garcia is the greatest electric guitar player of all time. Sold more concert tickets than any other person in history, if you need a metric.
McDonald's has sold more hamburgers than any other restaurant in history, if you need a metric.
@@nazfrdeApples and oranges.
How is this even a question? anyone that knows music or actually plays guitar knows he was brilliant and im not even a dead fan
Good enough to survive.
Was Jerry Garcia a good guitarist? Is a frog's ass water tight?
lol
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In b4 the zappa cultists enter lol.
He's not someone that Simon Cowell would have taken an interest in and helped make him famous.
Jerry's greatness lied in his level if care an sincerity. He meant it when he played and sang. That his songwriting collaborator was Robert Hunter is evidence of that.
Simon Cowell lol. that guy is SCUM
Good point about sincerity. I just uploaded a vid on 5 great lyricists and Robert Hunter is one of them. Appreciate your comment and view! 👍
He certainly wasn’t left handed
Jerryi and Hendrix equal
Hee could literally play asleep
I heard Bob say that!
Not really. But when you've consumed a hero's dose it doesn't really matter. The melody carries the mind to unexpected places.
Depends on who you're comparing him with, Eric Clapton, no--Johnny Depp, yes
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He was infinitely better than Clapton, there's no comparison there. Jerry had way more soul, feel, and spontaneity in his playing. Clapton kind of just sucks dick.
Love Clapton but he was a one trick pony. Still is. Garcia was a much better improviser and had a wider pallet of melody/harmony under his fingers.
Clapton lol
@@SamuelAging well I just flat out disagree, Garcia toe to toe with Clapton and Clapton comes out ahead every time.
They created a movement and following. But no, he is not an awesome or great guitar player.
You're probably somebody that has never picked up a guitar before. His guitar playing was pure genius.
He was the definition of a great guitarist. He created a style all his own which is probably the most challenging thing any guitarist can accomplish, especially given how many guitarists exist. On top of that his improvisation skills were rarely matched in rock music. Did he have Steve Vai chops? Nope. Who cares?
@@maxsalas8815 no I own plenty and have been playing for 25 years.
Totally an overrated noodler. Not bad, but not any type of genius.
Noooo his tone sucked and he was wasted most of the time….Ooooverated