Asking for a friend: Jerry 84 photos

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She is looking for a head shot of Jerry at his greasyist no shower phase

Preferably not performing on  stage.

A google search didn't give her the results she was looking for. 

I thought the zone could help

Thanks for being!

Why would one want such a thing?

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1984.  The one above is 1983.

The last one is from January, 1985.

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Found this by searching Augusta. This is what my friends at the time called the Gravy Stain tour because it was on his pants the whole tour. Cleary visible here.

 

In 84 most freaks could fit their entire stash in their fanny pack, not Jerry.

Why would one want such a thing?

Hmmmmmm, slow day at the ...um...office?

^^^^ nice little coke sesh during the interview. lol. 

And people say Jerry looked bad in 94.........   

 

 

Now 95 is a different matter altogether

At the '84 Richmond show my first thought when he walked on stage was that they had simply folded him up after the show in Charlotte the night before, packed him away like any other piece of equipment, pulled him out and shook him off and sent his rumpled ass out on stage.

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Man look at his fat calves in that Augusta pic.I remember the 12/28/84 show when he seemed to have a hard time walking up the steps to get onstage. Like it took his breath away just those few steps.I could clearly see it from where I was sitting.

That’s what stuck out to me too doc. They are disproportionately large, even for someone with horrendous physical conditioning. Camera angle may be providing added effect here.

Bloato Bloatarsky

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^ Never seen that one before.  Cool shot.

the calves are definitely scarier. holy f

Believe this is around the time he was living in the San Rafael apartment with Rock, blinds drawn.

Crazy that he was only 42 in 1984. He could have passed for 75, no problem.

Those calves look like they might have some kind of bandage on them. I think he might have shot up in his legs? Remember reading something where he ran into an old friend  (maybe former manager John McIntire)and said he's been a junkie for years.and maybe showed his legs.?

Here's another pic from 11/14/84 

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Ok let's have happy laughing Jerry for a second. (Frost '87 I believe, photo by Mrs. localcountyine)

Yes his legs were seriously swollen in '84, possibly cellulitis; terrible diet, zero exercise, tons of coke and smack.

It is amazing he lived through that time.

The sores on his legs in 84 were prob. from his uncontrolled diabetes - believe he generally smoked that shit rather than shot it.

Ugh.  That spectacular man reduced to a blob by drugs and bad health choices.  I don't know why you'd want pic from this era.  Subtract ten years.  You may feel better about what you see.

The picture of Jerry being interviewed was January 1985 for Frets Magazine. Close enough for the time frame I you're looking for I guess. here is a link to the interview:

 ftp://gdead.berkeley.edu/pub/gdead/interviews/JerryGarcia-complete-1985-...

This excerpt at the beginning is telling:

....friends who are tell me that my meeting
with Jerry took place during one of the lowest points of his life.
Garcia, unwashed and disheveled, shuffled slowly into the living room,
his black T-shirt sprinkled with white powder. His fingertips were
blackened in a manner consistent with "chasing the dragon," as smoking
heroin was commonly referred to in the Bay Area. Ten minutes into our
interview, Garcia nonchalantly chopped a large rock of cocaine into
about twenty lines and consumed all of it during the next hour.


jerry frets 85

She and I thank you for your efforts but she still hasn't found what she is looking for.

 

Maybe backstage at the New Years run?

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> Man look at his fat calves in that Augusta pic.

Man listen to the Dew from that October 12th Augusta show. And the Worcester shows weren't too shabby on that tour also.

https://archive.org/details/gd84-10-12.aud.ladner.30192.sbeok.flacf/gd19...