Who taught Jerry Garcia?

Wally Hedrick
The teacher there was Wally Hedrick, an artist who came to prominence during the 1960s. During the classes, he often encouraged Garcia in his drawing and painting skills.

Who Built Jerry Garcia’s guitars?

Doug Irwin
Doug Irwin is a luthier, best known as the designer of 5 custom guitars for Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. The guitars he built for Garcia included Eagle (Alembic), Wolf, Tiger, Wolf Jr. (headless) and Rosebud.

Is Jerry Garcia self taught?

Jerry: My father was a professional musician, my mother was an amateur. I grew up in a musical household and took piano lessons as far back as I can remember. My step-father put it in an open tuning of some kind and I taught myself how to play by ear.

Who owns Garcia’s Wolf guitar?

Brian Halligan
Wolf was then sold again in 2017 to HubSpot co-founder Brian Halligan for $1.9 million, making it the third most expensive guitar ever sold at auction. Today, both Wolf and Tiger reside at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

How much is Jerry Garcia’s guitar worth?

FILE – Late Grateful Dead front man Jerry Garcia’s custom-made “Wolf” guitar sold for $1.9 million at auction in 2017 to benefit the Southern Poverty Law Center.

What happened to Jerry Garcia’s guitar?

In fact, Jerry Garcia’s guitar playing, along with the rest of the band, of course, has allowed the Grateful Dead legacy to continue many years after the band stopped playing following Jerry’s death in 1995. And Jerry did it all with a missing finger.

What did Jerry Garcia do for the Grateful Dead?

As one of the primary architects of the Dead’s music, Garcia was responsible for the band’s uncanny synthesis of psychedelic folk, blues, and jazz, and his electric and acoustic guitar playing has been an influence on legions of jam band lead guitar players, from Phish’s Trey Anastasio to the String Cheese Incident’s Bill Nershi.

When did Jerry Garcia start playing the banjo?

In 1960, after a brief stint in the Army, Garcia discovered folk music, picked up a banjo, and began playing bluegrass, while also studying at the San Francisco Art Institute.

What kind of guitar did Garcia play in the Train Jam?

It may be the Strat he’d been using the past few months. Garcia also plays a sunburst Stratocaster during the June/July Festival Express train jams. This could be the same guitar he’d played earlier in the year (the whole body isn’t seen onscreen), or a new one.