Jerry ("Captain Trips") Garcia

Guitar, Banjo, pedal steel guitar and vocals.
Born August 1st, 1942, in San Francisco.
Died August 9th, 1995 (heart attack), in Lagunitas-Forest Knolls.

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 Ken Kesey's Acid Tests.

"There's no way to measure his greatness or magnitude as a person or a player" - Bob Dylan