Jerry Garcia News

Hastings-based Matt Turk & Friends will share its special brand of acoustic artistry at two local venues in December, playing the Capitol Theater in Port Chester and Philipsburg Manor in Sleepy Hollow.

Items from some of the world's biggest music stars are hitting the block. Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills, California is holding its annual Rock N Roll sale.

Walk On Dead plays the Cliffside Pub on Dec. 14 at 10 p.m., with doors opening at 9 p.m. 'Even though Jerry Garcia has been dead for about 15 years or more, the music still resonates with me... and a lot of people,' he said.

When two best friends who shared a passion for fashion and the Grateful Dead got together they created something special: Grateful Girls.

MUSIC : Badge @ the Parting Glass , Saratoga Springs. The North Country rockers reunite for their first gig in almost 30 years.

Rhino recently released another in their series of live Grateful Dead performances from the Dead's 30 years of shows.

Bubbly's Boutique will be selling scarve inspired by the artwork of legendary guitarist and visual artist Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead.

This week focuses mostly on DVDs, with the exception of one live CD of the Jimi Hendrix Experience that hasn't been previously heard.

Rock collectors around the world are rejoicing at the news of the list of memorabilia that's going up on the auction block just in time for Christmas.

Chris Hillman, who's played with the Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Manassas and the Desert Rose Band, has been at the center of not one, but two musical revolutions - the birth of folk rock in the mid-1960s and the birth of country rock at the end of the decade.

STEVE KIMOCK AND FRIENDS 9:30 p.m. George's Majestic Lounge. $20. Guitarist Steve Kimock has long been hailed as one of the heirs to Jerry Garcia's melodic fretboard wizardry.

Most of us remember vividly where we were on September 11, 2001. In my case, I was in Danbury, Connecticut in the board room at Bristol Technology meeting with their CEO, Keith Blackwell.

He doesn't like to talk about it, or maybe he just doesn't recall, yet. But Dave Segal is a Widespread Panic fan.

Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia debuted a Travis Bean TB500 guitar on December 31, 1976 and used the axe extensively throughout the band's epic year of 1977.

To gauge the current stature of musicians popular many years ago, look to the Tonic Ball.

Ready to travel back in time? The latest rock-and-roll themed auction from Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills includes items connected to Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Michael Jackson, Guns 'n Roses, Jim Morrison, Carlos Santana, Elvis Presley, Keith Richards, Eddie Vedder, Spinal Tap, Cher, Bruce Springsteen and more.

These days, everyone makes an IPA. Dogfish Head, in Milton, Del., makes two particularly good ones.

A custom Travis Bean TB500 electric guitar owned by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead is one of the highlights of the " Icons and Idols: Rock n' Roll" to be held by Julien's Auctions Dec. 6 and 7, the auction house announced Nov. 14. Garcia debuted the guitar at the Grateful Dead concert on December 31, 1976 at the Cow Palace in Daly City, CA..

It could be said that John Kadlecik has had the ultimate gig in improvised music.

San Francisco's Poor Man's Whiskey has the potential to make just about any other bluegrass band on Earth green with envy.