photo: Jay Blakesberg
As we enter the Days Between, marking Jerry Garcia’s birth on August 1, 1942 and his passing on August 9, 1995, we share this piece, which draws together a spring 2020 conversation with Melvin Seals, who began performing with the Jerry Garcia Band in 1980, along with an archival interview with Jacklyn LaBranch, another Jerry Garcia Band alum, who joined the group in 1982, at Seals’ suggestion.
Melvin Seals, Jacklyn LaBranch and the Jerry Garcia Band (with Ashley Judd) recording a music video for “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” from the Wayne Wang film Smoke at Tosca Cafe in San Francisco, 4/17/95 (Photo credit: Jay Blakesberg)
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