Herb GreenPicture this: an 18-year-old Jerry Garcia strumming at a birthday party ― before the Grateful Dead, before fame, before the “Deadheads” came to be. That’s what can be heard on “Trouble in Mind” and “All My Trials” ― two previously unreleased recordings believed to be Garcia’s earliest known recorded performances. Jerry Melrose Jerry Garcia in 1962. But he does some fingerpicking.”The Garcia Family Jerry Garcia in 1964. “As you listen to this and as you listen to people listen to him, you realize that at 18, he had this presence.

Source: Huffington Post April 23, 2018 14:26 UTC