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'Dear Jerry: Celebrating The Music Of Jerry Garcia' Premieres On AXS TV, August 19th
August 17, 2017 at 12:37 PM (PT)
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The broadcast premiere of "Dear JERRY: Celebrating The Music Of JERRY GARCIA," will air SATURDAY, AUGUST 19th on AXS TV at 9p (ET) in conjunction with AXS TV's Summer of Love programming, a month-long music event honoring the Love Movement's most important artists.
The original concert took place on MAY 14th, 2015 at MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILIOHN in COLUMBIA, MD. The two-and-a-half-hour concert film and companion audio recordings feature over 20 performances by PHIL LESH & COMMUNION, BOB WEIR, BILL KREUTZMANN's BILLY & THE KIDS, MICKEY HART, ERIC CHURCH, JIMMY CLIFF, THE DISCO BISCUITS, PETER FRAMPTON, DAVID GRISMAN, JORMA KAUKONEN, LOS LOBOS, BUDDY MILLER, moe, O.A.R., GRACE POTTER, ALLEN TOUSSAINT, TRAMPLED BY TURTLES, WIDESPREAD PANIC and YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND..
The concert film includes some of GARCIA's most beloved songs like "Touch Of Grey," "Friend Of The Devil," "Sugaree," "Uncle John's Band," "St. Stephen," "The Wheel," and many others, all captured and presented in HD with DOLBY 5.1 surround stereo.
Producer and music director DON WAS presided over the all-star house band which included: BUDDY MILLER, AUDLEY FREED, SAM BUSH, RAYMOND WEBER, MATTHEW ROLLINGS, RUSSELL PAHL and the McCRARY SISTERS.