Jerry Garcia Drug Abuse: Jerry Garcia – Great Dead FrontMan or Artist?

When one thinks of bands such as the grateful dead, you hardly think of fashion attire, this is probably the reason why the marketing team at Stonehenge, decided to market there ties by the great ‘dead’ frontman as J Garcia, rather than Jerry Garcia ties.

Jerry Garcia was a genius of our times. With the grateful dead enjoying over thirty years of success, it’s not surprising that Garcia branched out into to the avenues to extend his creativity. Jerry Garcia ties are inspired by a number of paintings by the great man. But it’s not just Jerry Garcia Ties that the Garcia name is associated to. As well as being named as ‘Spiritual Advisor’ for Jefferson Airplane, Ben & Jerry’s actually named there Cherry Garcia Ice cream after the great man.

Garcia had quite a colourful history right upto his death of a heart attack in 1995. He had a musical upbringing with his mother being a quite a talented musician herself. Being an artist, had its drawback’s, especially in the 60s, when most rock bands were experimenting with Cannabis and LSD, his addiction to drugs would eventually curtail his life prematurely in the early nineties. However, it was not the drugs that caused his life to change, but a devastating car accident,where he actually he ended up in a nearby field after being thrown the windscreen on the vehicle he was travelling with. It was after this moment in his life that he found his love for painting.

So why would you want to wear Jerry Garcia Ties?. How could something designed by the grateful dead singer being good as a fashion accessory or even formal neckwear. The truth is Jerry Garcia Ties are vibrant but not garish making quite appropriate for both formal and work activities. The ties themselves are all based on sketches by Jerry Garcia, and then put onto material They come in a variety of styles, all with rather quirky names, and in a variety of colours. It is rumoured that there are over 100 different designs, however these are becoming increasingly difficult to find.

Many people do not realise that Garcia was not just a musician but he was also a very talented artist. In fact before he got into the music industry he actually studied at the California School of Fine Arts. This where the idea of the designs behind the Jerry Garcia ties came from. Owning a Jerry Garcia Tie is like owning a little bit of the artist/musician’s history.

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