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Garcia played banjo, guitar and kazoo. He taught himself to play pedal steel guitar, an instrument popularized on the Hawaiian Islands and still heard often in today’s country music.

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With Garcia on banjo, Rowan playing guitar, and Grisman taking up mandolin duties, the ensemble also featured Kahn on bass. Greene, John Hartford, and Vassar Clements rotated on fiddle.

In 1964, the guitarist took a road trip, hoping to become Bill Monroe’s banjo player. The journey, and his longtime love of the genre, shaped the Grateful Dead. By Fred Goodman Reporting from ...

Bill Kreutzmann was only 18 years old when Jerry Garcia invited him to join some fellow Bay Area players in a jam session that would culminate in the creation of a new group: The Warlocks.

With Garcia on banjo, Rowan playing guitar, and Grisman taking up mandolin duties, the ensemble also featured Kahn on bass. Greene, John Hartford, and Vassar Clements rotated on fiddle.