Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia was born on August 1, 1942 in San Francisco and died on August 9, 1995 at Serenity Knolls in Lagunitas, California. The nine-day period between Garcia's birth and death is now known, in Deadhead circles, as The Days Between, which is the name of a Dead song written by Garcia and Robert Hunter; it appears on the So Many Roads compilation (listen below).
There were days
And there were days
And there were days between
Polished like a golden bowl
The finest ever seen
This year wouild have been Garcia's 80th. Many events have been scheduled to celebrate that as well as The Days Between.
August 1
• Jerry Garcia Foundation Fundraiser, Blue Note, Napa, CA; featuring David Nelson Band
• Jerry Garcia Night, Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY; bobblehead giveaway at Mariners-Yankees game
• Jerry Garcia's 80th Birthday Celebration, The Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO; featuring A Very Jerry Band
• Jerry's 80th Birthday Dance Party, Garcia's at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY; featuring Stella Blues Band and Dee J. Heals
• The Garcia Project, The Stone Church, Brattleboro, VT
• Jerry Garcia's 80th Birthday Celebration, Salvage Station, Asheville, NC; featuring Very Jerry Band
• Jerry's 80th B-day Bash, Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley, CA; featuring Big Steve Parish & the Assbites
• Jerry Garcia 80th Birthday Celebration, The Junction, Mill Valley; featuring Stu Allen & Mars Hotel
• Jerry Garcia's 80th Birthday, Crossroads, Garwood, NJ
• Long Strange Trip: The Untold Story of the Grateful Dead movie screening, Woodward Cinema, Cincinnati, OH
• Jerry Garcia 80th Birthday Celebration, Cinema Arts Centre, Huntington, NY; lecture and Q&A with film archivist Bill Shelley
August 2
• Jerry Garcia Tribute Night, Oracle Stadium, San Francisco, CA; Garcia t-shirt giveaway at Giants-Dodgers game
• Phish, Blossom Music Center, Cayahoga Falls, OH
August 3
• The Garcia Project, The Katherine Hepburn Theater, Old Saybrook, CT
• Comes a Time: A Jerry Garcia 80th Birthday Celebration, Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, VA
• Phish, Pine Knob Music Amphitheatre, Clarkston, MI
August 4
• MIHALI (from Twiddle), Garcia's at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY
• The Garcia Project, NBT Summer Concert Series, Norwich, NY; featuring Maria Muldaur
August 5
• Deadication: A Jerry Garcia Celebration, Thunderbird Music Hall. Pittsburgh, PA
• The Garcia Project, The Narrows, Fall River, MA
• Jerry Garcia's 80th Birthday Celebration, High Horse Bar, Louisville, KY; featuring the Stolen Faces
August 5-7
• The Days Between, Black Oak Ranch, Laytonville, CA; Dark Star Orchestra, Melvin Seals & JGB, Keller Williams' Grateful Grass, Jerry's Middle Finger and more
• The Jerry Dance Party, The Showboat, Atlantic City, NY
• Phish, Atlantic City Beach, Atlantic City, NJ
August 6
• Jerry Day, Red Rattler's, Melbourne, Australia; featuring Shakedown Pirates, Ramblin Roses and more
• The Garcia Project, Payomet Performing Arts Center, North Turo, MA
• Jerry Garcia's 80th Birthday Celebration, Basement East, Nashville, TN
• Jerry Garcia's 80th Birthday Celebration, Lighthouse Amphitheatre, Fairport Harbor, OH
August 9
• Jerry Day, Fenway Park, Boston, NY; bobblehead giveaway and pregame set by Playing Dead at Brave-Red Sox game
