Jerry Garcia’s Guitar Tells You What Drug He Was On
Every chemical era of Jerry Garcia’s life is audible on the tape. Acid, cocaine, Persian heroin, the 1986 coma — what to listen for, era by era.
Every chemical era of Jerry Garcia’s life is audible on the tape. Acid, cocaine, Persian heroin, the 1986 coma — what to listen for, era by era.
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