Happy Birthday Jerry Garcia: Jerry’s Best Interviews On Video

Twenty-one years ago today Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia celebrated his 53rd and final birthday, passing away days later on August 9, 1995. Not only was Jerry an incredible musician unlike any other, he had the personality and wit to match. Spend 40 minutes today watching an incredible compilation featuring some of JG’s best interview moments captured on video.

The compilation starts with a clip from 1967 and runs in chronological order through a segment titled “Jerry’s wishful words” in 1991. Following the interview footage, we watch as Garcia delivers a heartfelt “So Many Roads” at Sam Boyd Silver Bowl on June 26, 1994 in Las Vegas. Included within are Jerry’s appearances on Playboy After Dark, The Today Show, CBS This Morning, The Tomorrow Show and more. Check it out thanks to the efforts of LoloYodel:

• 0:16 1967 CBS TV “Hippy Temptation”
• 0:53 1969 01-18 Playboy After Dark
• 1:22 1974 “The GD Movie” Interview
• 3:49 1980 Press Conference : Garcia & Weir
• 5:46 1981 05-07 NBC “The Tommorrow Show”
• 7:45 1981 03-12 NBC “Today Show”
• 9:00 1982 4-13 Tonight on David Letterman
• 9:27 1986 10-14 Steven Marcus (initially 40 mins)
• 9:29 : Taper’s” attitudes
• 10:19 : Dylan Tours
• 11:05 : changing the GD “format”
• 12:37 : favorite venues
• 13:22 : waking up in the hospital (after his coma)
• 14:22 1987 9-17 Tonight on David Letterman
• 14:53 1987 explaining their Monterey Pop Festival
• 15:38 1989 10-13 CBS This Morning (initially 30 mins)
• 16:52 : Touch of Grey
• 17:05 : Dead Heads
• 18:15 : improvise
• 19:29 : hindsight
• 20:08 1989 “Today Show” Interview
• 21:00 1990 Hawaii, Boat chat
• 22:22 1994 History of Rock & Roll (initially 52 mins) (22:38 : musical influences 24:19 : Warlocks & Pig Pen 25:23 : Neal Cassady (!) 30:31 : a regrettable acid trip)
• 33:41 1991 02-27 Jerry’s wishful words …
• 34:26 1994 06-26 So Many Roads (Sam Boyd Silver Bowl, Las Vegas)