Jerry Garcia begun in the Berkeley, San Francisco Area. First playing in the college scene in places like Palo Alto. He got into the Grateful Dead in the early to mid 60’s. Then he rocked threw acid tests and many psychedelic shows till he and the The Dead ended up at Woodstock. His music attracts the hippy scene and many other people. In his glory days he attracted hundreds of thousands of people. The hippy scene was all about having no rules and you could see that in the environment of a show drugs every where no containment pure social chaos, it was a liberating site to see and experience to feel. He has a jazzy sound with amazing instrumental. Despite a missing ring finger, Garcia is widely considered to be one of the greatest guitarists of his time. Garcia passed away in 1995.