{"product_id":"garcia-an-american-life-paperback","title":"Garcia: An American Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eHe was there when \u003cb\u003eDylan\u003c\/b\u003e went electric, when a generation danced naked at Woodstock, and when \u003cb\u003eKen Kesey\u003c\/b\u003e started experimenting with acid. \u003cb\u003eJerry Garcia\u003c\/b\u003e was one of the most gifted musicians of all time, and he was a member of one of the most worshiped rock 'n' roll bands in history. Now, \u003cb\u003eBlair Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e, who covered the Grateful Dead for twenty-five years, gives us an unparalleled portrait of Garcia--the musical genius, the brilliant songwriter, and ultimately, the tortured soul plagued by his own addiction. With more than forty photographs, many of them previously unpublished, \u003cb\u003eGarcia: An American Life\u003c\/b\u003e is the ultimate tribute to the man who, Bob Dylan said, \"had no equal.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn unparalleled portrait of Jerry Garcia -- the musical genius, the brilliant songwriter, and ultimately, the tortured soul plagued by his own addiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was there when Dylan went electric, when a generation danced naked at Woodstock, and when Ken Kesey started experimenting with acid. He was one of the most gifted musicians of all times, and he was a member of one of the most worshiped rock 'n' roll bands in history. Now, veteran rock journalist Blair Jackson has stitched together Garcia's story from more than a hundred of his own interviews with Garcia and his friends, lovers, and bandmates, and from thousands of pages of source material from the '50s through the '90s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith more than forty photographs, many of them previously unpublished, Garcia: An American Life is the ultimate tribute to the man who, as Bob Dylan said, \"had no equal\".\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51113231286495,"sku":"9780140291995","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/JJU4J2lmcd9780140291995.webp?v=1786279917","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/garcia-an-american-life-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}