Podcast #45- Jerry Garcia 75th Birthday Tribute- Conversation with Jerilyn Lee Brandelius *** Plus Special Wishes

Podcast #45- Jerry Garcia Birthday Tribute- Conversation with Jerilyn Lee Brandelius *** Plus Special Wishes

This episode is a BONUS episode! And it so filled with love- stories- music wishes and more that it has content to be 3 podcasts!

Jerilyn Brandelius and I met last New Years  December 31, 2016. Our mutual friend Deb Soloman introduced us- and knew we would get on like a house on fire- and we did! We started talking about making a podcast- but knew we should wait until the timing was right- as the song goes “ All Good Things- In All Good Time “.

Many of you know of Jerylin – a true sister in the Grateful Dead Family from the beautiful book she created – The Grateful Dead Family Album- which was first released on October 1, 1989. I received it for Hanukkah that year- and was a very happy deadhead teenager! So much fun getting to know Jerylin, and very quickly feeling like family…….

Jerilyn has been working on a project which began as digitizing The Grateful Dead Family Album, with the ability to update, now and continuously. The project organically evolved into a community where the book will be well of The Wheel- which is composed of everyone that creates the Dead family – musicians- archivist- business people- plumbers etc…….Weir are Everyone!

The Wheel has been up- in more of an intro phase- and while the spoke are just coming together- today on August 1, 2017- the 75th anniversary of the birth of Jerry Garcia- its time to cover just a little more ground!

Jerilyn and I cover many fun topics! We start off with early days in La Jolla CA- her first time in San Francisco- the story behind the real muse of Sugar Magnolia- Frankie- who was a dancer and could really jump like a Willis in 4 wheel drive- The Grateful Dead Family Album- The Wheel- and some loving memories and sentiment for Jerry- for whom Jerylin was compelled to launch The Wheel for all the deadheads to climb aboard as a gift to Jerry- and the family.

The Wheel can be found at  http://www.thegdwheel.com Check it out- the more deadheads sharing their stories- music- and what’s going on now- the more fun it will be for everyone!

After the conversation with Jerilyn I was thrilled to talk to a few friend’s of Jerry- Susanna Millman- Sam Cutler and Dennis McNally who have incredibly heartfelt stories about Jerry- for his 75th- a true honor to hear & share!

As always- thank you for stopping by & enjoy!

Featured Music~

The Grateful Dead- New Years Eve Countdown-Sugar Magnolia, Winterland, San Francisco CA, December 31, 1978- January 1 1979

Grateful Dead-The Wheel, The Warfield, San Francisco CA, October 3, 1980

Grateful Dead-The Woman Are Smarter, Shoreline, Mountain View CA, October 1, 1989

Jerry Gacia Band- Run For The Roses

Grateful Dead- Ripple,  American Beauty

*** Beautiful Artwork- courtesy of Stranger Ink Designs