You just go up and down mixolydian scales together.' There's an element of truth to that, of course, but you also need years of experience or moments of true abandon to when to go up the scale and when to come down.”Īlmost every Grateful Dead fan I've ever met, particularly ones that are musicians, has had a conversation similar to this at one time or another with a non-fan.Īrguments and other instruments aside, Jerry's unique improvisational approach on guitar is what made him stand out among his peers.Īlthough Garcia may not have been a traditional jazz guitar player, he inherently used jazz approaches in his playing, fueled by a lifetime of being a lover of the genre. A guy in my dorm used to razz me by saying ‘Getting together and playing like the Dead is the easiest thing in the world. “When I was a freshman at the University of Vermont in 1983, I traveled to Dead shows when I should have been studying electrical engineering. Jerry is most well known as a guitar player who blended rock, folk, blues, county, bluegrass and countless other influences into a style that was all his own.ĭespite devoting his life to pushing musical boundaries with the Grateful Dead and a host of other groups and musicians, he is often viewed by onlookers as someone who noodled, and spent his time on stage running scales.Įven Mike Gordon of Phish famously threw his two cents on this idea in The Phish Book by Richard Gehr: He was a multifaceted professional: a singer, songwriter, pedal steel player, 5 string banjoist. Jerry Garcia was one of the most iconic musicians of the 20th century.
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