Alex Walker
25 April, 2001
Period 1
Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead
Rock Legends of the 60s and 70s



Walker 2
Jerry Garcia's life was filled with wonderful things, many of which he never expected in the first place. After an almost fatal heroin overdose in 1986, " Garcia philosophically stated, ‘ I'm 45 years old, I'm ready for anything, I didn't even plan on living this long so all this shit is just add-on stuff.' " ("Garcia") This attitude shows why Garcia did all of the things he did and even how some of them came about. Garcia, who "functioned as the preeminent pied piper of the rock era," led a life of great artistic ability which he used in many ways("Grateful Dead_ Rockhall").
Jerry Garcia was born as Jerome John Garcia on 1 August, 1942 in San Francisco, California ("Garcia"/'Grateful Dead"). Garcia learned to play folk and rock & roll when he was 15 even though the third finger on his left hand was missing because of an accident as a child. In 1959......

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