AMA Jerry Garcia

Hey now, friends—

I’m gonna pull up a chair, tune the strings, and spend a little time with all of you for an Ask Me Anything. Music, memories, guitars, the road, the shows, the songs, and all the strange little turns along the way—bring your questions and let’s see where the conversation leads us.

No script, no setlist, just a good old-fashioned hang and a chance to share some stories.

Come on by, ask what’s on your mind, and let’s make it a beautiful trip together.

— Jerry

 

The name came from whom? Who dug it up?

 

“I think it’s something that happens to every guitar player as he keeps on playing through the years. You’re struggling to learn a whole body of material, and you finally learn it and can play it expertly, and then you get bored. It becomes a 'now what?' situation. You’re struggling to obtain ground and you reach a plateau, and then your boredom finally drives you to develop to new levels.

“I think that’s a healthy and normal thing. I seem to go through it about once every year and a half or two years pretty regularly. That’s pretty much how my metabolism seems to work. I think of myself really as a guitar student as much as a player or performer, because there’s so much being developed and so much that’s already been done that I’ll never learn it all.”