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Long Lost 1988 Jerry Garcia Interview Surfaces In San Francisco TV Studio Archive

Apparently KPIX in San Francisco has been sitting on a 26-minute VHS tape interview with the late, great Jerry Garcia which never aired. As they tell us, "The Grateful Dead singer sat down with reporter Kate Kelly for the rare interview at the band’s studio on Front Street in San Rafael, where he talked about their first music video for the hit single 'Touch of Grey,' a modest success in 'the big world of grown up records.'"

The interview opens with Garcia talking about the impending reopening of The Fillmore Auditorium, which he says feels incredibly "small" now that he hadn't set foot in it in many years. But, he said, it was going to function like a big club. (What ended up happening was that it was only open for about year before sustaining damage in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, and then it would not reopen again until after promoter Bill Graham's death, finally re-reopening with a surprise show by the Smashing Pumpkins on April 27, 1994. Incidentally, that was just two weeks after the death of Kurt Cobain.)

Garcia would ultimately pass away in 1995, suffering a heart attack while staying in a rehab facility.

But here you can see him in the studio, smoking cigarettes, and talking casually about his legacy.


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KPIX in San Francisco
A 26-minute VHS tape interview with the late, great Jerry Garcia which never aired.
http://sfist.com/2015/05/19/long_lost_1988_jerry_garcia_intervi.php

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Thu Jun 11 2015 07:51:02 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Thu Jun 11 2015 07:48:42 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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