![]() ![]() It’s the same thing I do, and of course I loved it. We think of him in collaboration, whether with the Dead or playing bluegrass or with other side projects or just playing on albums like yours. When we think of Jerry Garcia, we never really think of him in any kind of isolation, the way we would so many music superstars. And he was very, very bright and curious and interested in science and in the world and in people. He was a sweet guy and he was funny as s. And you can’t ignore a thing like that, if it happens right in front of you over and over again. But every single time that I sat down with him to play anything, it got magical. And the minute he and I started to play anything, it got good, right away, immediately - which is not possible, all the time. But what he really wanted to do was pick up the guitar. He would walk in the room and, yeah, he would talk to you about regular s- and he could be a regular guy and you could go have a meal or a beer. ![]() The most valuable thing in the world to him other than his family was the music, and he wanted it all the time. I don’t know how to explain it really well, but we’ve got to try. If I had had to pick somebody to represent musicians to the world and to the universe, I would have picked him. Of all of the people that I can think of that I’ve really loved as musicians - and then there are some stunners in there that I miss I miss (Jimi) Hendrix, I miss Janis (Joplin), I miss my friend Cass (Elliott), I miss a lot of people that I lost - yeah, I probably miss him the most. Is that still who you’d name, if you had to?ĬROSBY: Yeah. VARIETY: At one point on Twitter, someone asked you who you from the music realm you missed the most, and in one word, you said Garcia. ![]()
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