In the year 1981 I flew to Paris France aboard the Air France Concorde Jet from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Paris Aéroport - Charles de Gaulle (CDG), flight lasted for 3 hours and 26 minutes. I shot these photos of Jerry and Grateful Dead at the Hippodrome de Vincennes / Hippodrome de Pantin, Paris, France with my Nikon Nikon F3 with motor - and ‘The Other One’ Bob Weir #JerryGarcia #GratefulDead #BobWeir #NikonF3 #JonHammond #Paris

Grateful Dead Hammond Organist / Keyboardist Brent Mydland photo by Jon Hammond Paris 1981

Jerry Garcia with his signature guitar - photo by Jon Hammond Grateful Dead in Paris 1981 #GratefulDead #JerryGarcia #Paris #NikonF3 #JonHammond #Concorde #AirFrance http://www.jonhammondband.com/blog....

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Jerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his work as the lead guitarist and as a vocalist with the band the Grateful Dead, which came to prominence during the counterculture era in the 1960s.[2][3]Although he disavowed the role, Garcia was viewed by many as the leader or "spokesman" of the group.[2][3][4][5]

One of its founders, Garcia performed with the Grateful Dead for their entire thirty-year career (1965–1995). Garcia also founded and participated in a variety of side projects, including the Saunders–Garcia Band (with longtime friend Merl Saunders), the Jerry Garcia Band, Old and in the Way, the Garcia/Grisman acoustic duo, Legion of Mary, and the New Riders of the Purple Sage (which Garcia co-founded with John Dawson and David Nelson).[2] He also released several solo albums, and contributed to a number of albums by other artists over the years as a session musician. He was well known for his distinctive guitar playing and was ranked 13th in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" cover story.[6]

Later in life, Garcia was sometimes ill because of his diabetes, and in 1986 went into a diabetic coma that nearly cost him his life. Although his overall health improved somewhat after that, he also struggled with heroin and cocaine addictions,[4][5] and was staying in a California drug rehabilitation facility when he died of a heart attack in August 1995 at the age of 53.[3][5] Birth name: Jerome John GarciaBornAugust 1, 1942
San Francisco, California, U.S.DiedAugust 9, 1995 (aged 53)
Forest Knolls, California, U.S.GenresPsychedelic rock, blues rock, folk rock, country rock, jam rock, bluegrass, roots rockOccupation(s)Musician, songwriterInstrumentsGuitar, pedal steel guitar, banjo, vocalsYears active1960–1995LabelsRhino, Arista, Warner Bros., Acoustic Disc, Grateful DeadAssociated actsGrateful Dead, Legion of Mary, Reconstruction, Jerry Garcia Band, Old and in the Way, Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Hart Valley Drifters, Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions Jerry Garcia's ancestors on his father's side were from Galicia in northwest Spain. His mother's ancestors were Irish and Swedish.[7] He was born in the Excelsior District of San Francisco, California, on August 1, 1942, to Jose Ramon "Joe" Garcia and Ruth Marie "Bobbie" (née Clifford) Garcia,[8][9][10] who was herself born in San Francisco.[7] His parents named him after composer Jerome Kern.[8][11][12] Jerome John was their second child, preceded by Clifford Ramon "Tiff", who was born in 1937.[13][14] Shortly before Clifford's birth, their father and a partner leased a building in downtown San Francisco and turned it into a bar, partly in response to Jose being blackballed from a musicians' union for moonlighting.[15]