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Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia gets a street named

Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia has childhood street named for him in San Francisco
Several hundred fans turned out to name a tiny street in San Francisco after celebrated Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia.
Billy Strings joins Dead & Co for ‘Wharf Rat’ on Jerry Garcia’s birthday in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Billy Strings joined Dead & Company on stage, delivering a musical nod to Jerry Garcia on the rock legend’s birthday. Billy Strings, 32, a native of Ionia County, Michigan, opened the weekend celebration Friday,
Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia gets a street named after him in San Francisco
The dedication, held in the Excelsior District where Garcia grew up, kicked off a weekend of celebrations including Jerry Day and three Dead & Company concerts in Golden Gate Park.
San Francisco honors Jerry Garcia with a street name and a citywide Grateful Dead celebration
San Francisco honored Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia on what would have been his 83rd birthday by renaming a street in his childhood neighborhood “Jerry Garcia Street.”
San Francisco street named for Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia during celebration of legendary band
A few hundred people gathered Friday to name a tiny San Francisco street after legendary Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia on what would have been his 83rd birthday.
Never-before-published photos show S.F.'s epic memorial for Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia
Long-forgotten photos from the Chronicle archive capture the scene at Jerry Garcia's Golden Gate Park memorial, where 20,000 fans gathered to sing, dance and mourn the Grateful Dead guitarist.

San Francisco's Grateful Dead weekend kicks off with a monumental night at Golden Gate Park

The walk up to the park was an event unto itself. RVs decked out in Dead murals lined the Panhandle, and a few blocks later ...

Fans toast Grateful Dead’s 60th with concerts at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park

Fans of the Grateful Dead are pouring into San Francisco for three days of concerts and festivities marking the 60th ...
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On this day in history, August 1, 1942, Jerry Garcia was born in San ...

Jerry Garcia's birthday is August 1. He was born in San Francisco in 1942 and proved a master of American musical styles, most notably with The Grateful Dead.
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Jerry Garcia High? San Francisco Considers Naming School After Grateful ...

Will the students at Jerry Garcia High get in trouble for smoking weed? For now, the question remains a hypothetical, but following a controversial vote by the San Francisco School Board on ...
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23rd Annual Jerry Day In San Francisco Celebrates Legacy Of Jerry Garcia

Friends of Jerry Garcia Amphitheater have announced the 23rd Annual Jerry Day, San Francisco's civic and cultural celebration of native son and one of the greatest rock guitarists of all ...
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San Francisco Mulls Naming School After Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia

Following a vote by the San Francisco School Board, Jerry Garcia is reportedly under consideration for one of 44 new school name vacancies.