In addition to being the leader of the Grateful Dead, Jerry embarked on other various music projects like the New Riders of the Purple Sage, the Jerry Garcia Band and Old and in the Way. He recorded over twenty albums apart from the Dead including Cats Under the Stars (1978), Garcia Almost Acoustic (1988), Run for the Roses (1990), Jerry Garcia and David Grisman (1991), and Jerry Garcia Band (1991).
Jerry died in his sleep on August 9, 1995, of heart failure. He had just entered a rehabilitation center. |
