Kentucky's Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum will celebrate Jerry Garcia with a weekend of special events and musical performances.

In the early ‘60s, he met banjo player Jerry Garcia, who later asked him to join his rock band, The Warlocks, as their bassist — an instrument Lesh did not play. He accepted nonetheless ...

In the early ‘60s, he met banjo player Jerry Garcia, who later asked him to join his rock band, The Warlocks, as their ...

An innovative bass player whose jazz background strengthened his improvisational skills, Lesh helped found the Grateful Dead by befriending banjo player and guitarist Jerry Garcia and convincing ...

Such was the case with guitarist Jerry Garcia and bassist Phil ... shop where a young musician named Jerome Garcia was playing the bluegrass banjo. Hearing this novel form of music had a ...

While volunteering at Berkeley radio station KPFA, he met Jerry Garcia, a bluegrass banjo player at the time ... renamed themselves the Grateful Dead, playing their first show under the name ...