Jerry+Garcia

Mykaela As you research your selected guitarist, you will need to note some specific information from his or her life and career. Include the following in your final writing: Details for your written assignment: ,
 * Introduction
 * Biography
 * Discography
 * Legacy
 * Conclusion

Written Information : As you enter information, the area will expand. Make sure to check the required details of the assignment.

Jerry Garcia played the style of the Danelectro guitar. The styles of music that he played were rhythm blues folk music and electric. He lived from August 1,1942 - August 9,1995. He went to Denman Junior High School and Balboa High School and worked at his family's saloon washing dishes and stocking supplies in his spare time. He enrolled in an art class at California School of Fine Arts on weekends. He got his first guitar when he was fifteen. When he was five his dad died in an accident, it was on vacation and he was on shore while his father was in a boat and he watched his father go under. Several months after his fathers death, he lost the top two joints in his middle finger on his right hand while chopping wood with his grandfather. He had asthma that often forced him to remain in bed. when his family moved 25 miles from San Francisco, Garcia started listening to a rythm and blues station, and started to love that music. He was arrested for stealing his mothers car. He had two choices a sentence in jail or a stint in the army. He ended up choosing the army. After basic training he was station at the Presidio in San Francisco. He was in a car accident in 1961 with several friends. He had minor injuries but his friend Paul Speegle died and Jerry was deeply affected by his death. During the 1980s a number of bad habits began to catch up with Garcia. Hard drugs became a day to day thing. He finally agreed to seek help in January of 1985. He was clean of drugs in the summer of 1986 but he still had health problems and felt sluggish. In august of 1986 he went into a diabetic coma. After close to death he was forced to relearn his motor skills again including guitar skills. on Valentines Day in 1994 he still battled with health and drug problems. 1992 he collapsed from exhaustion. A week after his 53rd birthday at 4 am he was pronounced dead cause was a heart attach. He earned more than $162 million in 1992 with the band Greatful Dead. He became a cultural icon. He had three wives and was still with the third one when he died.

(With the Grateful Dead) Workingman's Dead, Warner, 1970. , and (With the Grateful Dead) American Beauty, Warner, 1970. These are important because he was in the gretful dead until he died. the music that infulenced him was a rhythm and blues station helped him developed a love for music.The people that infulenced him were the rest of the people in the band of Greatful Dead. all his other band members.

He has infulenced jimi hendrix and the rolling stones.

He had a lot of rough times in his ife but he was able to get over them and do what he is best at which is playing music. His music is normally happy he doesnt have any sad songs.

Works Cited

Include the source information for all of the articles or web sites that were used to complete your project. Source information is found at the end of each article in iCONN.They should also be listed in alphabetical order by the first word of the source citation. //sample:// "Carol Kaye." //Contemporary Musicians//. Vol. 22. Detroit: Gale, 1998. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 8 Jan. 2012. "Selected Websites on Carol Kaye's Life and Works." //Gale Biography in Context//. Detroit: Gale, 2008. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 8 Jan. 2012.

Your Source List: "Jerry Garcia." //Contemporary Hispanic Biography//. Vol. 3. Detroit: Gale, 2003. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 21 May 2012.

"Jerry Garcia." //Dictionary of Hispanic Biography//. Gale, 1996. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 23 May 2012.

"Jerry Garcia." //Contemporary Hispanic Biography//. Vol. 3. Detroit: Gale, 2003. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 23 May 2012.

"Jerry Garcia." //Contemporary Authors Online//. Detroit: Gale, 2003. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 23 May 2012.

"Jerry Garcia." //Contemporary Hispanic Biography//. Vol. 3. Detroit: Gale, 2003. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 11 June 2012.

Guitarist Research Notes Table
(With the Grateful Dead) American Beauty, Warner, 1970. These are important because he was in the band the Grateful Dead until he died in 1995. || What do you like about his/her style? || Similar artist are David Grisman, Jimi Hendrix, and The rolling stones. ||
 * ** Information Feature ** ||= **Your Findings** //cells will expand as you enter your findings// ||
 * The guitar style I am researching is: || Danelectro guitar ||
 * The artist I am researching is: || Jerry Garcia ||
 * This guitarist lived from || August 1,1942 in Californina San Fransico- August 9,1995 in Forest Knolls California ||
 * Describe the guitar style you are researching. || it is a rock one. there are all different kinds of instruments in the danelectro type of music. ||
 * What kind of musical training did the guitarist have? || He practiced all the time ||
 * What types of music influenced this artist? || a rhythm and blues station helped him developed a love for music. ||
 * Name some musicians who influenced the guitarist you are researching. || the rest of the people in the band of Greatful Dead. all his other band members. ||
 * Has this guitarist played more than one style? If so, what other styles? || Rhythm, blues, folk music, electric, ||
 * What type of guitar does this musician play? || electric and danelectro ||
 * What are some interesting facts about your guitarist’s childhood? || He went to Denman Junior High School and Balboa High School and worked at his family's saloon washing dishes and stocking supplies in his spare time. He enrolled in an art class at California School of Fine Arts on weekends. He got his first guitar when he was fifteen. When he was five his dad died in an accident, it was on vacation and he was on shore while his father was in a boat and he watched his father go under. ||
 * What did this guitarist do before he became famous? || He dropped out of school and he had to work in his family's saloon and ||
 * List two interesting facts about the guitarist’s life. || Several months after his fathers death, he lost the top two joints in his middle finger on his right hand while chopping wood with his grandfather. He had asthma that often forced him to remain in bed. when his family moved 25 miles from San Francisco, Garcia started listening to a rythm and blues station, and started to love that music. He was arrested for stealing his mothers car. He had two choices a sentence in jail or a stint in the army. He ended up choosing the army. After basic training he was station at the Presidio in San Francisco. He was in a car accident in 1961 with several friends. He had minor injuries but his friend Paul Speegle died and Jerry was deeply affected by his death. During the 1980s a number of bad habits began to catch up with Garcia. Hard drugs became a day to day thing. He finally agreed to seek help in January of 1985. He was clean of drugs in the summer of 1986 but he still had health problems and felt sluggish. In august of 1986 he went into a diabetic coma. After close to death he was forced to relearn his motor skills again including guitar skills. on Valentines Day in 1994 he still battled with health and drug problems. 1992 he collapsed from exhaustion. A week after his 53rd birthday at 4 am he was pronounced dead cause was a heart attach. He earned more than $162 million in 1992 with the band Greatful Dead. He became a cultural icon. He had three wives and was still with the third one when he died. ||
 * List two albums or songs your artist released, the dates they were released and why they are important. || (With the Grateful Dead) Workingman's Dead, Warner, 1970.
 * Who is playing this style of music today?
 * What legacy has this guitarist left to the world of music? || Everyone was devestated when he died people said he was the leader of the Greatful Death but he didnt consider himself a leader. alot of people liked listening to him. ||