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The Grateful Dead was one of the Rock and Roll bands that emerged in the United States in the 1960s and influenced not only American music but also the lifestyle of many of their fans, later known as \u201cDeadheads.\u201d The late guitarist and singer Jerry Garcia was an essential part of the group and was praised over the years by many musicians, especially in the United States.<\/p>\n
Another artist from that generation was the late, legendary Allman Brothers Band guitarist Duane Allman<\/a>, who had the chance to see Jerry and the band perform live and shared his opinion about them.<\/p>\n What was Duane Allman\u2019s opinion on Jerry Garcia and Grateful Dead<\/p>\n \u201cI love the Dead! As for Jerry Garcia, (he) can walk on water, he could do anything any man can ever do. He is a prince, like I said about Eric (Clapton)<\/a>, they\u2019re both princes and geniuses in their own right, man. But not so much of geniuses as they can\u2019t be some good old cats, you know. If you see him (Jerry), you tell him how much I like him, man.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou tell him the same goes for me, because he is a beaut, man! He is a wonderful good man that cares a lot about you and people like you, man. He is solid, he is something else, man,\u201d Duane Allman said in a radio interview in 1970, featured on \u201cSkydog Tales<\/a>\u201d (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage).<\/p>\n The late Allman Brothers<\/a> guitarist had the chance to meet Jerry Garcia and the band for the first time during the Atlanta Festival in 1969. At the time, concert promoter Murray Silver called Duane to ask if he could rent his sound system for another band that was also part of the festival. When he found out it was for the Californian group, he told him they could use it for free, as long as he introduced him to Jerry.<\/p>\n He recalled:<\/p>\n \u201cThe Dead arrived in Atlanta without their equipmen. I called Duane Allman at home in Macon early on Sunday morning to ask him if I could rent his sound system. He asked me who it was for. When I told him it was for The Dead, he told me that I could have it for free in return for introducing him to Jerry Garcia.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe Brothers brought their equipment to Atlanta and the two bands met for the first time. At the end of The Dead\u2019s set, the Allman Brothers joined them onstage. They played a version of \u2018Will the Circle Be Unbroken\u2019 unlike anything that has been heard before or since. A few years later these two bands played before hundreds of thousands at Watkins Glen. But only 2,000 saw them at the Sports Arena on May 10, 1970,\u201d Murray Silver said<\/a>.<\/p>\n