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When did Jerry Garcia start making music?

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Jerry Garcia's first song “Love Scene” released in 1970.


Jerome John “Jerry” Garcia was a psychedelic wizard with a hypnotizing presence born in San Francisco, California on August 1, 1942. Jerry is immortalized as a rock icon — The Grateful Dead was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 and in 2003, Rolling Stone ranked him at #13 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All-Time.... Read More
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