Jerry Garcia Opens Up About Life In Long Lost 1988 Interview Tapes CBS San Francisco

[@SnazzyPiano]

I had the great fortune to take guitar lessons from Jerry Garcia. This was at Dana Morgan Studios in Palo Alto, California. He taught me licks by Elizabeth Cotton (Freight Train) and Mississippi John Hurt (Sevastapol)....which was my introduction to open D major tuning. I still love that tuning. It has a fantastically RICH sound....no kidding. He disappeared from Palo Alto suddenly, and then I heard he had gone up to San Francisco with the Dead, and played at the Fillmore. That was when they became famous. He was a very comfortable guy to be with, and never critical...a good teacher! I still play those licks at my godawful age of 83 now....mainly the Mississippi John Hurt one....as I still sing and play guitar at age 83, believe it or not! However I just do folk music, not the wonderfully wild Dead kind of music. JERRY GARCIA...A GREAT DUDE AND A FANTASTIC GUITARIST!

[@hounddig]

Thanks Jerrye. Jerry Garcia was a sincere & unpretentious soul. Im glad youre still playing music it gives me inspiration as even at 52 my hands are going, my energy slowing but ideas still flowing. Country blues picking is my favorite style. I hope this day finds you well and a song in the heart! Peace

[@musicandcoffee2853]

Jerrye Albert That’s a fantastic story to share brother, thanks! ⚡️💀🌹

[@givefit]

great story!

[@neddagenhard7597]

Thank you for sharing!

[@chrisdonegan2566]

Man that's a nice post. I met Jerry in a field next to a parking lot in 1991 or 2. I introduced myself as "Chris", and he said, "Hi, I'm Brandy."

[@Isaiki7114]

The past year Jerry and the Dead have changed my life. I went from a judgemental, stressted, by the book kid to a all loving, guitar playing, peace and love hippie. Complete 180°, and I don’t joke when I say a tear swelled up when he said the line about having a good time and cramming in everything into one life. I can’t explain how happier I am that I changed to be more easy going in life... that one line encapsulated who I am now. All because Jerry and his music inspired me to do so. Thank you Jerry.... would have given anything to hang with you.

[@curtiseverett1671]

yeah me too about enjoying your life and doing what you want to....

[@jackstraw61]

You are on the right path my friend. I have this escape hatch, no matter what is happening, I can put on some of their music, headphones, go for a drive, whatever, and I forget any troubles and am in a good mood. Check out my instragram, @chestnutsfromthearchive.

[@stefanschleps8758]

Jerry lives in your heart. What would Jerry do? Is a way of life. Peace brother.

[@stateworker]

"The businessmen they drink my blood, just like the kids in art school said they would." AF -- welcome to the club of laughers and beauty seekers.

[@SnazzyPiano]

That is beautiful...Isaiki....that Jerry Garcia ' s music changed your life. Thank you for sharing that with me. Jerrye Albert.

[@garcia4717]

jerry was the kind of person that kerouac talks about in on the road. to paraphrase, the stars that shine the brightest, the mad ones, the ones who inspire and touch you the most, the realest people. they never seem to be here very long on this earth. so you better enjoy them and love them.

[@rev.jimjonesandthekool-aid4488]

You usually don't recognize the other persons value till they are gone. Hopefully you told them that you love them.

[@bjornbanjo]

His music grows more in importance for every day. I hear a lot of his guitar solos in my head daily. They are unique melodies. Like J Bach's music.

[@twentiethcenturyamericanma4518]

"I laid down one day went to sleep and didn't get up, ( laughs)" - always the real deal. Always grateful man may people sing your songs forever

[@MsSmitty9]

I did get a laugh out of that one. I loved that laugh of his at the end. It just made ya laugh at his laugh. God Bless Ya Jerry. 🙏

[@stefanijoanneangelinagerma3862]

I love his smile and his laugh, incredibly sweet. Rest angel

[@stefanschleps8758]

He was an angel. He spread more light, without trying, than all those hypocritical preachers stealing peoples money. First time I saw him was 1973. The last time in 1988. He was the North Star for many, many of us. We are family. LG. From Wien.

[@buttsnstuff2521]

i luv his big meat instead. rather paint his smile with my white stuff

[@scarletbegonias2359]

I was at the first shows back from that diabetic coma. If memory serves me right I think it was Dec 15th 1986(?) Anyway, the crowd was thumping and singing, " You know our love with not fade away..." The band took the stage and the drummers joined the crowd and for a moment there it seemed like we were going to get " Not Fade Away," but then Jerry started in on Touch of Grey. You see the old recordings of the Beatles with the screaming fans, at this show the Dead Heads overwhelming the mics on stage. I have never been in a crowd so loud, there were three distinct swells of the crowd overloading the sound system, it was so intense. I think the Oakland Auditorium held somewhere in the vicinity of 19,000 people, that night it was oversold by thousands. There was so much love in that room, really an incredible experience.

[@thecentralscrutinizer304]

Just the coolest guy. Still a hole in this realm since he left, and a crying shame to this day.

[@solarwave]

We can still eat and drink, but we can't see Jerry. :(

[@stefanschleps8758]

We cherish the time we got to spend with him all the more since He's Gone. No regrets, just good memories.

[@numbernine2207]

I don't view anything about Jerry or the way he chose to live his life a crying shame. We are all eternal & his consciousness lives on. Opiates are not an easy thing to simply quit & leave behind forever. Towards the end he didn't appear to be having much fun. The Dead became more of a family obligation. I'm not sure he'd dig the fear based matrix program & lies we've all been experiencing since 9/11, social media /smart phones and the Orwellian dystopia that's here. He got outta here just in time. It's heartbreaking to see how lame humanity has become & how easily most are manipulated.

[@joegorman1864]

you can go at any moment still miss you jerry !

[@harrylupino6196]

Your laughter at the mortality question put a smile on my face, thank you Jerry.

[@kuma1388]

I’m not a Dead fan but this man was a friendly, happy, intelligent human being.

[@davids1632]

Jerry Garcia was on the right planet during the right time and his music will be worshipped by angels forever. It's not what goes in that makes the person it what comes out. Jerome John Garcia, born a Leo and died during the same zodiac sign. Thanks for recording your genius.

[@bennyshaversmusic590]

One of my all time favorite guitar players and such a good spirited guy.

[@beaulyons1977]

Rest Easy, Jerry & thanks for all of the wonderful music 🌹🖤

[@teresademaria7462]

Amen to that, my friend ❤️✌️

[@likeachimney]

I just love Jerry. He is sincere in his music and thought. Let's let the music carry one. It's the truth. Legitimate. Messy at times. But downright exciting. ;)

[@greenmeans2033]

That last little statement encapsulates the message of the Dead.

[@sammyboy7163]

Green Means so, sooo much

[@jahnsahn7695]

"Too much of everything is just enough."

[@bob733333]

Yeah, don't worry about figuring out how to get out of here.

[@SolaceEasy]

Have a good ring, baby, you can tell!

[@thehealer560]

I only saw two Dead shows. And it is true. There nothing like a Greatful Dead concert. Everyone was having a fun time and no one was fighting or anything like that. It was an uplifting experience that I will never forget! Captain trips will always be missed! 😞

[@sg1770]

This guy has been part of my entire family for the past 40 + years. Me and my brother are huge dead heads. My da would drive us to shows and he was not a fan. But he named his boat Grateful and had a bear painted for each of his grandchildren. Thank you Jerry for all that you gave us.

[@justinnardinechannel23]

The more time passes the more Jerry is my favorite

[@PaulMGardner]

I'd like to see the raw footage - uncut interview.

[@giantlaserbeams]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnSZf2SspbefZ7s

[@drgeff1]

Me too very much

[@NeverTrust298]

and would you like a drink also?

[@PaulMGardner]

@@giantlaserbeams Hey Thanks! Why would I get the notification 9 months later. Weird...

[@zachsimon9475]

Ugh this makes mysad

[@stefanschleps8758]

God Bless you Jerry. RIP Papa Bear. Blue Incantation. Thanks for sharing.

[@wildbill5670]

Jerry Garcia was definitely the Hippie of all hippies. What a wonderful man he was.

[@thewhitecommunity]

Very interesting. I saw the Grateful Dead in Sacramento at Cal Expo in 1985 and I too died in 1995. I didn't know we had so much in common.

[@albertomartinez2479]

Jerry Master Guitarist. My favorite incarnation was when he teamed up with mandolin master David Grisman. At his essence Jerry was a Blue Grass guy. And a friend of the Devil

[@TheNorcalmonkey67]

one of the last live clips towards the end...Owsley in the background to the upper left leaning on an amp looking towards something behind Jerry...just an FYI 3:06 mark wearing a Indiana Jones type hat

[@bilham030757]

He was (mosty) a generous interviewee to even the most insipid correspondent.

[@eray9934]

Yeah, he certainly crammed a ton of fun times into 53 years! BTW, I was thinking we'd see a couple of hours of an unedited "lost interview" instead of 3 min of a few snippets.

[@SnazzyPiano]

To al mocanu.....i do not have any way to record licks that jerry taught me. First...tune. guitar to open d major tuning. From top down d a d g b d. Then hit the top d

[@thecentralscrutinizer304]

No shit what a tease. And they covered the same usual stupidity that literally EVERY tv interview did then: how long hes been at it, the success of Touch of gray, bad evil drugs, and how he feels about dead heads.

[@ripplebear]

@@thecentralscrutinizer304 the full tape is available if you search lost Jerry Garcia interview

[@musicandcoffee2853]

I saw the Dead many many times and I’ll always remember Jerry as the one who drove the bus that took me on the most fantastic musical journeys. I miss ya captain ⚡️💀🌹

[@rickobrien1583]

I met him when he was touring with the NRPS..Super nice guy and we talked about Jazz for about an hour.

[@joeywright8431]

I totally agree with the person that said he is in a better place and he would hate the way the world is now. I do. Will always love the Grateful Dead.

[@mattslev]

My favorite musician who’s ever lived

[@elvinhayes7120]

For anyone mired in too much drinking/drugs: been there. Trust me: it takes time to get past it, but once you do, life on the other side is GREAT!

[@BigHeartNoBS]

I love him so much, I even have a Jerry doll. ❤

[@ryan918lauren]

Love him feel lucky to have seen the band live a few times 🌹

[@hazelvee9793]

I love Jerry’s laugh. I miss him.

[@kaboomerty1638]

jerry may be dead, but he definitely fulfilled what he wants to be remembered by

[@greengiant9739]

I miss Jerry soooooomuch..

[@jacobdesersa6765]

Fare you well, fare you well I loved you more than words can tell.

[@SithVideo]

ww found 2 full VHS tapes, here is 3 mins of it. bite me

[@scurfie2343]

Those were U-Matic 3/4inch tapes that gave you maybe 20min of recording time.

[@dershed]

More like a minute or so of broken up snippets, with more reporter narration than anything

[@mikel5582]

That's a valid complaint. But on the other hand, what we did get is pure gold.

[@thelisteningroom5818]

Happy birthday Jerry. ❤

[@dmar9658]

SOUTH CAROINA LOVES JER... RIP NOW

[@ReelAZMatt]

Miss you dearly, legend.

[@deanguando1335]

Great interview - I actually have a lot in common w/Jerry Garcia.

[@_noname617]

jerrys in a better place, he would hate this world

[@twentiethcenturyamericanma4518]

But he would love the way we are living on without him and passing his legacy along to other generations. These past few years have been great times for us in the deadhead community

[@Jbhyers123]

Jerry wasn't into hate, he was into what ever was fun.

[@ceecoursian]

There is enough of us still here that would keep him happy with the world

[@univibe23]

A good soul that one!

[@dannywilliams5621]

2:53 I can’t stop laughing at Jerry’s reaction

[@dannywilliams5621]

What a guy

[@twentiethcenturyamericanma4518]

The man was so much more than I could ever be as far as having a heart and knowing humility. And I try he was just like that

[@daviddoyle4516]

There you have it kids,,,live clean and live long,,,,,"Long May You Run" ,,,,heard that one?

[@MrStuVW]

what i heard was , some things are good and other things are not. i feel 15 but i am 63, never drink poison, Mainly stick with the natural plants and what they offer, except opium and cocaine, never do anything but Cannabis, mushrooms, and LSD, trump needs LSD to drop that creepy ego of his.

[@danielroberts3049]

We love you Jerry!

[@cynthiamadrid1430]

A hill in San Rafael stood overlooking the bay across to the city of San Francisco.... the road getting to my cousin Sara's House wrapped around the hill... magical. So it wasn't a surprise for me to be standing outside in her garden and witness, a hero of mine, Jerry Garcia slowly climbing on the one lane mystery tour past to his Nirvana, up further....... Peace.

[@nankypooh655]

All to brief, but very nice interview with the man. I hope somebody somewhere has the videos, and will post the whole interview somewhere.

[@Bunbeck-pf9iw]

That’s the way I lived but never got addicted ! I was still with Jerry in the 80 s full of love ❤for him plus the whole Dead family ! ❤️🐇🐰🌹🍄💀☠️🕊️🏴‍☠️👻👽🪐🛸🚀🌏🪽🕊️will love them who is left until we die together !

[@general5886]

such a badass

[@truthseeker318]

Miss you dude, you are a good soul. :(

[@jamiemcpoland1876]

"Thank you, for a real good time "

[@liamsdad33]

We miss you

[@NLT-pm4sq]

I wish I could've seen him play

[@LearnerChess]

Thanks Kate.

[@GregOliva]

Fascinating. Where is the rest of this interview, I wonder?

[@someotherdude]

1:28 to the right of the guitar on the wall.....it's Quaker Oats!! So really, this video is deep.

[@jgfunk]

I am sure there weren't oats in it....

[@wiscgaloot]

Damn, I forgot he was only 53 when he died. He looked like he was at least 65. A hard but joyful life. Quality over quantity, so good for Jerry.

[@davidflaneau2810]

but he's 45 here, am I right? Jeezez, all those drugs are indeed very bad, Jer, but sometimes they gotta be done. The body is weak, the spirit is willing.

[@palealien]

Suddenly re-realized in the Visions Of Johanna video how much he looked like his "stand in" on the Touch video.

[@jaybird2299]

RIP brother (~);}

[@stevenwalsh2119]

Love to all

[@gratefulaya192]

I was lucky enough to see the Dead when i was only 5 in 86 right before he went into his coma, then i got to see the dead almost every summer except in 91 and in 93 before Jerry passed away. Then in the summer of 94 I was lucky enough to go on a mini tour and was able to see them play several shows, and then in 95 I was able to go see them play at the last 6 venues, and in chicago where i live i was able to see them 2 out of the 3 nights. I was only 14 at that time and my grandma who raised me passed away just a couple days after Jerry.

[@tresorngray]

I If he was living today, i would be there as soon as i get my vehicles or at least after i lease my rv for a weeked of musis sitting out doors innc. Hope to see a lot of blue singere, pickers, at the Doc mere bluegrass weekend.,- hope to see a lot of you people there. Yeah. There may be a lot of jerry Garcia's look a likes.....

[@tresorngray]

Hope you can con come to the the doc & merle feat i bet there will me a lot of Jerry Garcia's look a likes there .i am going to rent a motor home to drive down for a week long trip. I cant wait. Hooe to see u there. Maybe we cab text to each other when we will arrive if you want. Linda

[@oubla]

wish we could see entire interview, agrees with Green ;)

[@khatarootube]

The whole interview: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnSZf2SspbefZ7s

[@tresorngray]

We would love to see the entire video.- please!!!

[@MilesBellas]

Release the full tapes.

[@giantlaserbeams]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnSZf2SspbefZ7s

[@richardm4857]

Two video cassettes and all there's not even three minutes of the interview? I'd like to see the whole interview. Oh well

[@wayhighradio4197]

im glad it worked out for her and the vhs tape did not get eat by the player and its on youtube now

[@stevek8201]

Never knew Jerry had put together any substantial clean time

[@dcronin777]

Steve K Allegedy🙄

[@LSPD1909]

Anything with the word Garcia shouldn’t be thrown away.

[@WhiteMountaingirl]

100% true

[@JDNicoll]

Miss you Jer ❤️

[@juliejackson2564]

If Serenity knolls had done Jerry’s vitals, I’m convinced his blood pressure would have alerted them to do an EKG. In my opinion they let Jerry slip away.

[@stefanschleps8758]

Jerry served more than most. But after your Dharma its time to go. Half his ashes ended up in the Ganges. So why worry? Let him rest.

[@juliejackson2564]

@@stefanschleps8758 I'm aware. You think about what you like and I will as well. Thank you.

[@daniellamont7265]

Well opinions are like assholes, everyone has one. And you're lucky because you have an opinion *and* you're an asshole. Jerry's arteries were almost completely blocked. If he didn't die then, he would have died soon thereafter.

[@timapple9580]

didnt realize he was only 53 when he passed

[@analogkid4957]

Yeah he always looked older than he was throughout his life

[@GordonFalt]

Jerry in very fine form

[@digitalbobby42]

Jerry Garcia ~ RIP

[@g0rgth3b0rg]

RIP Jer Bear!

[@rogerolin2432]

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[@patrickreilly7256]

I've been saying that since I was 27. Still here...!!! What went wrong???

[@lbshore]

Where did the tape come from? Man, the old KPIX tapes that I would love to get my hands on!

[@derekbullene3834]

I love you guys I was still an 11 year old captain 🐸☮️🥁 s Soo much D.T.B

[@johnnyribcage1]

you only got 3 and a half minutes on 1 video cassettes?

[@johnnsmith3784]

so why wouldn't she just play the entire interview, but no , she wanted to make it about herself and frame it how she wanted it seen, instead of letting Jerry speak. Reporters are awful people, well most of them anyways. wish we could just see the interview in its entirety

[@gratefulaya192]

most reporters get into this type of work because they are egotistical, self absorbed and "err it's early and I can't think of the word right now" people, i mean the movie Anchorman makes fun of these people do to the fact they're like this.

[@khatarootube]

The whole interview: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnSZf2SspbefZ7s

[@lucifer2b666]

Khataroo That's not the lost 1988 full tapes tho. The ones he's bitching about her not putting out entirely. That's what aired on tv in the 1980s.

[@Allenbass7]

I wonder if that is the same black t shirt at 3:00 as 3:07 as 3:12 ? :)

[@LudiCrust.]

It blows my mind he was only 46 or 47 here. Drugs and living a hard life completely destroyed his body not to mention his voice from smoking heroin. As bad as he looked here he looked even worse in the 90s and when he died at 53 he looked like he was in his late 70s.

[@gordonwest5505]

💙. nuff said

[@WALSTIB107]

where's the whole raw, unedited version of the interview?

[@ajbianchi85]

Jerry is a god. He was clearly dealing with some pain and darkness cause he never kicked hard drugs

[@electrolytics]

It would have been cool to have the entire contents of the video shown or available. But let's be honest, I've seen more than a few JG interviews, and if you've seen a couple you've seen them all. There always pretty much the same gregarious, self-deprecating, happy go lucky thoughts and attitudes. Always the same cosmic reflections on life. I like 'em. I'm glad there out there but I don't have to see everything. As long as the music is out there that's all that matters.

[@gratefulaya192]

i think if the dead "mostly Jerry" would have took a step back from touring as much and found some other interests he would have not started doing dope again, also i think that jerry would have still enjoyed playing as much as he did before Brent past away and Brent might be around still. it seemed after Brent past away he was not having as much fun on the stage, you could see he did not enjoy Bruce or Vince early on and by the time vince started to click it was too late. i think Jerry started to do dope again in 91 once in awhile just not all the time, and then during the end of summer tour in 94 is when he really got back heavy into using dope again. it's sad because that summer tour in 94 was going so well, musically speaking, there was a lot of pressure on him and the band though do to the mass crowds and some events that took place that year. I still feel that it was someone in the government that wanted the dead to stop touring because of what was going on and hired someone to befriend Jerry and offer him some dope knowing that Jerry would accept it knowing jerry was not good at dealing with stressful situations and knew he was already under a lot of stress to begin with. I try to live my life like Jerry did except for the Heroin and coke part,I do not smoke weed anymore but i have no problem with others doing it, honestly i rather be around people smoke weed than people drinking, drinking makes people stupid and it's much worse for your body. Also I have no issues with psychedelics as long as they're in the right setting, know what they're doing and they do not have any mental health issues that might cause them to do something stupid.

[@dannydine5263]

I do agree that after Brent died it seemed all downhill for Jerry.By the time of the 95 tour he sounded like an imposter.But no disrespect intended.I sure love and miss that man.

[@jaiguru9538]

Easy to say when you're not responsible for the livelihoods of scores of people because you broke away from the established recording industry and are running your own home-grown business. You're not wrong, but it's not black and white, either.

[@twentiethcenturyamericanma4518]

@Steven I was clean for four and a half years and went on Suboxone for preventive reasons. I've been on that for almost four years now. If it weren't for the fact that I get so sick just dropping the level of my dose I'd get off of that. I know I'm done. But that's bc I like something else much better.

[@patrickreilly2739]

I prefer the statement of Jerrys' when asked the same question, "How do you want to be remembered", he answered "I don't". Even though he was my friend, when people ask me about him I say "Who?"

[@krissteele2661]

PRICELESS 😎🇺🇸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸👍

[@mikeaustin4138]

I read that Jerry had undiagnosed sleep apnea. He stopped breathing while sleeping, his heart began racing, couldn't take the stress, and gave out. I don't know if that's true of not, but as someone who has sleep apnea I highly recommend that if you're a heavy snorer, wake up in the middle of the night with your heart racing, or find yourself nodding off in the afternoon you see your primary care physician ASAP. A CPAP machine in an inconvenience, but it's probably better than an early death.

[@anneglass8084]

Another lamestream reporter who only focuses on drug use and the GD. Lady, you missed the point entirely.

[@thegracienetwork7847]

Deadheads were so much nicer before the internet

[@Inertia888]

Ariel Prendergast, weren't mostly all who are using the internet? It holds a heavy weight on my heart, the common refusal to see the person that is on the other side of the screen as a human being with humanity, feelings, a story, pain, joy, fear, love, tears, and not only that and maybe even worse is the acceptance for this weakening of our humanity. Thoughts and words~ sound, which manifests itself in our world. What affects the person affects the people. ...... Here, I want to give you something. It's an imaginary cheesecake! share it with everybody! Trust me there is plenty! It's the hugest cheesecake that you or I or anyone who has ever seen a cheesecake has ever seen! And check this out it ... when you take an imaginary bite of my imaginary cheesecake it tastes like love! Can you imagine that? ...... whoa....I need some sleep... enjoy your cheesecake Ariel Prendergast! Cheesecake!!

[@bobouzala]

THE bus not only failed to stop for Joanie. Neil ran her over, too!

[@walterkersting1362]

Your mom is so lame...

[@jackstraw61]

100% correct. Their music is so amazing, so compelling, so enduring, and yet, let's talk about the drugs, or some bust 20 years ago. Lame doesn't begin to describe it. @chestnutsfromthearchive

[@mechcavandy986]

We miss you Jerry. Wharf Rat here. ✌🏻✌🏻♥️♥️

[@pretorious700]

Not much there if that's all they talked about. The problem with mainstream media interviewers are they are so woefully unimaginative.

[@ronaldhiler7449]

Anna of Anchorage is in my mind!👍🏼😘👌🏽

[@overkill7990]

Why should the tapes have been thrown out? What is with women being obsessed with throwing everything away?

[@rsohlich1]

Damn I love Jerry but he appears to be my Dads age here, mid 60's. And he was only 45. I'm sure it was all the touring and stresses over income and paying his staff's children's college funds. Must have been exhilarating but also extremely tiring.

[@johnchurch5101]

Sound advice

[@tgproductions97]

I love how he’s like “oh you kids”. Okay Jer you’re like 46 here, you shouldn’t feel that old 😢

[@bahr9755]

You know, I saw the Dead several times. What I like about this interview is that, I always that Garcia was this distant, removed person. But he's not, he's just a nice person.

[@andrenewcomb3708]

I found Indiana Jones after dissing him while hitching the Rocky Mountains. Sorry. I heard 'Live' in your voice. And the guy wouldn't let me have the tape either! He knew how important having that tape was and wasn't telling me. Oh well.