A detail from a biography of Jerry Garcia

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Right before he died, Jerry Garcia’s favorite thing was being in the ocean. He liked it because he liked how water felt. (Fifty-three).

I searched for an image of him when his hair was in cool pigtails, and it led me to footage from their Egypt concert in 1978. I think they were playing almost right under the Sphinx.

Near the end some Egyptian gents come out and sing and drum and with them. Bill Walton is watching from the side.

There’s bonus footage of them sightseeing. Jerry has fun with a video camera. Then they sail out to Abu Simbel and you see that their wives and small kids are on tour with them.

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