'There was a decided darkness about him': The 25th anniversary of the death of Jerry Garcia

On Aug. 1, Rolling Stone released a list of Jerry Garcia’s 50 greatest songs.

In the story, Rolling Stone reprinted parts of a 2015 interview with Garcia collaborator, Robert Hunter.

Hunter told Rolling Stone in 2015, “That man had an agony almost that he had to fight. I suppose it had something to do with losing his dad so young, and possibly his finger getting chopped off. Who knows, but there was a decided darkness to him. But you know, what great man doesn’t have that? His bright side, his ebullient side, far seemed to outweigh [it]. The darkness came into his music a lot. And without it, what would that music have been?”

Garcia, iconic guitarist and lead singer of the Grateful Dead, died 25 years ago today on Aug. 9, 1995, of a heart attack while he was at Serenity Knolls Treatment Center in California. He was 53 years old.

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Kind of surprised no one else posted this. Not a big Dead fan but recognize their importance.