Jerry Garcia Family Explored Projecting Jerry Hologram
By Scott Bernstein Jul 2, 2015 • 7:20 am PDT
“We came very close to making the Jerry hologram,” Trixie said. “I met with people and was very interested in trying to make the Jerry hologram where he appears for a couple seconds –like a rainbow.” Billboard’s report added, “Complications over extending the license to other uses (like a tour) plus the time and effort required to pull off the technological feat, turned out to be prohibitive in the end.”
The article discussing the hologram was written by Shirley Halperin, who reported that Fare Thee Well organizers paid $50,000 to generate the rainbow that appeared over Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on Saturday night -a report that has since been debunked.
Trixie credits Fare Thee Well co-producer Peter Shapiro for bringing Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and Bob Weir together. “Pete is the guy who was able to do it. I had always hoped because all the guys are still around and playing music and it’s been a time of nostalgia for everybody and here we are thanks to Pete. He is really the one. He is magical,” Garcia said. Trixie also addressed the popular theory that Fare Thee Well guitarist Trey Anastasio held back a bit in Santa Clara. “People were saying they thought he was being timid but there’s a lot of great musicians on stage and the mark of a good musician is not trying to hog all the stage time. He’s a conscientious guy and I hope by the 4th and 5th he starts being a little pushier,” Garcia commented. She also added she felt her father’s presence at Levi’s Stadium, “How could you not when there’s 50,000 people channeling him?”
Fare Thee Well concludes this weekend at Soldier Field in Chicago.
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