Moon Jasmine: The Night Jerry Garcia Forgot To Tell Me Something And I Forgot To Ask
Al Aronowitz, Blacklisted Masterpieces of Al Aronowitz, The, 1978
1. San Francisco
Jerry Garcia wanted me to write a story about him. That was the deal. I was managing this folksinger who needed heavy help in the studio. The folksinger had some tunes I thought he ought to record with a rock band and so I'd told him I'd get him a rock band. All I had to do was write a story about Jerry Garcia.
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