“The date that holds significance for me is 2012. That’s Terence McKenna’s alpha moment, where the universe undergoes its most extraordinary transformations. He talks about these cycles, which, in ...

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.

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 ...

Long before Vince Herman crisscrossed the nation showcasing Leftover Salmon’s unique brew of polyethnic Cajun, country, ...

The first instrument Jerry Garcia ever played in front of an audience was the banjo. Garcia started playing the instrument in 1950 and after playing for years he became a master picker.

Excavating Jerry Garcia’s Crucial Bluegrass Roots In 1964, the guitarist took a road trip, hoping to become Bill Monroe’s banjo player.