Jerry Garcia MTV Interview

Special thanks to BrandoFunk for posting this uncut Nina Blackwood interview filmed June 2, 1983.



Cliff Notes Version:

Pre-interview
Jerry Garcia Band solo tour
Playing different instruments
Jerry Garcia Band's Matrix Club S.F. roots
The Deadheads
Jerry's early years learning to play the guitar
Meeting and getting to be friends with Phil Lesh
Pigpen
Grateful Dead studio albums
Grateful Dead playing live
Grateful Dead on film
Songwriting to get a new album ready
Grateful Dead video plans
Grateful Dead in the 1980's
End of formal interview
MTV station ID's
One more question before the tape cuts
00:30:07