Jerry Garcia- Before The Dead

The Garcia Family has released a 5LP box set of early Jerry Garcia recordings from the days prior to the formation of The Grateful Dead. Jerry's old time and grasser days are on display in a vividly clear and rare collection of early 60s material captured from birthday party, coffeehouse, and other informal stripped-down solo gigs and with groups like Sleepy Hollow Hog Stompers and Black Mountain Boys. You'll get 3.5 hours of mountain instrumentals like "Salt Creek" and "Raw Hide" and country blues gold like "Deep Elem Blues" and "Rosa Lee McFall."