AP - Jul 28, 2007
The man who bought Jerry Garcia s house 10 years ago is selling everything, including the kitchen sink. Henry Koltys — who sold the deceased Grateful Dead guitarist s toilet and other fixtures...
More »AP - Feb 7, 2007
The widow of Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia is suing to gain access to unpublished tapes of her late husband s musical performances. Deborah Koons Garcia filed a civil suit Jan. 31 in Marin County...
More »AP - Dec 7, 2006
To Jerry Garcia s brother, the Grateful Dead guitarist s oil paintings were never rare works of art, just stuff that took up space in his garage. For nearly 50 years Clifford Tiff Garcia held onto them...
More »Reuters - Aug 28, 2006
You may have seen the recent photos of Bob Dylan looking uncannily like Charlie Chaplin, and his 44th album, Modern Times, shares a title with Chaplin s 1936 classic about automation, big business and...
More »AP - Apr 2, 2006
The long, strange trip continues for Jerry Garcia s toilet. Police say the Grateful Dead leader s commode was stolen recently from a driveway along with three other toilets and a bidet, The Press Democrat...
More »Reuters - Jun 18, 2004
Phish kicked off their farewell tour on Thursday night amid torrential rain at New York s Coney Island, winding down two decades of touring for the jam band hailed as successors to The Grateful Dead....
More »Reuters - Jun 16, 2004
The Grateful Dead were pioneers in releasing recordings from the band s vast archive of concert tapes, but the vault of side projects by founding guitarist Jerry Garcia is only now opening widely....
More »AP - Apr 29, 2004
It s been more than 40 years since a fateful New Year s Eve encounter connected Bob Weir with Jerry Garcia and started a rock band, the Grateful Dead, that would become the eternal poster child for...
More »Reuters - Feb 18, 2004
Remastered and expanded editions of five Jerry Garcia albums will make up the bulk of a new box set due April 20. All Good Things: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions (Rhino) collects all of the late Grateful...
More »AP - Nov 20, 2003
For the last 25 years, all an aging Grateful Dead fan had to do to win the instant admiration of a Gen-X or Gen-Y counterpart was to utter these eight words: I was there the night they closed Winterland...
More »Reuters - Nov 10, 2003
The way it is: BMG Heritage has set a Jan. 13 release for two sets celebrating the career of pianist Bruce Hornsby . The CD Greatest Radio Hits is Hornsby s first greatest-hits package. His first DVD...
More »USRN - Mar 16, 2000
(3/17/00, 12 p.m. ET) - The shoe manufacturer Birkenstock has distributed limited-edition Jerry Garcia sandals to more than 100 Birkenstock retail stores nationwide. The J. Garcia name and artwork are...
More »USRN - Feb 15, 2000
(2/16/00, 7 a.m. ET) - Toy Fair is the place to be in New York as cartoon, baseball, and rock action figure mogul Todd McFarlane debuted his current line of rocker toys. He also announced that he s secured...
More »USRN - Jul 30, 1999
(7/30/99, 5 p.m. PDT) - This Sunday (Aug. 1) would have been the 57th birthday of the late Grateful Dead leader Jerry Garcia. While he was undoubtedly the leader of the Grateful Dead, Garcia didn t relish...
More »USRN - Apr 22, 1999
(4/22/99, 1 p.m. PDT) - Items from the Grateful Dead s Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir, Carlos Santana, B.B. King, and the Rolling Stones are just a few of the goodies set to go on the auction block in the...
More »USRN - Oct 13, 1997
(10/13/97) - Late-night host David Letterman has compiled 14 live recordings of musical performances from his Late Show With David Letterman for a new album to be released on Reprise Records November...
More »USRN - Sep 17, 1997
(8/20/97) - To mark the 30th anniversary of the Summer Of Love and raise funds for various charities in San Francisco, where the famous counterculture movement originated with Timothy Leary s Golden Gate...
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