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This is very cool, Enthusiasts: from a source who asked to remain anonymous (though I can’t imagine why, but whatevs) comes this never-before-seen shot of Garcia as a young man:

Jerry Garcia high schoolThe caption is cut off, but this is from Garcia’s junior year in high school. It’s a bit tough to tell it’s him, actually, but the beard does make a big difference.

42 Comments

  1. fuck you!

    Excellent trolling. Rate 7/10

    • maggiemay

      oh my god I hope my comment name doesn’t show up as “fuck you” because I put that in there as a joke (WordPress normally recognizes my email, and therefore my name, so even if I write such profane imperatives, it will change them to my real name) but for some reason it’s showing up that way

  2. Augwest386

    Pretty cool – that is one I’ve never seen. Well done ToTD! Exceptional sleuthing.

  3. gratefulmaggs

    I’m completely screwing things up.

    All that I wanted to say was: Excellent trolling. 10/10 would cry because dank meme. *tips le fedora*

  4. Michael

    That’s not him..

  5. Finster

    when I save the pic, it tells me it’s fidel castro…

    • gratefulmaggs

      lolololol same on my email it is displayed as a link titled “fidel-castro”

  6. Boogaloo

    Rick Rolled

  7. wtfwjd?

    BTW, the rug store in Little Aleppo is Krazy Kamali’s House of Persian Imports. JG would go pick a few out whenever Kamali got a new rug shipment in. John Kahn would usually go along, to verify the quality.

    And also to smoke the heroin that was rolled up inside the rugs.

    • spencer

      I knew John Kahn was involved somehow

  8. Boogaloo

    Anagram of – “Fidel Castro Jerry Garcia”

    A Farcical Orders Trey Jig

  9. wtfwjd?

    Jerome Garcia = Rejoice! A gram!

  10. Dan

    Hmmm…no sparkle in those eyes, not sure I believe that’s Garcia, either.

    • thoughtsonthedead

      Totes.

      • Mike

        Yeah the eyes look dead. Not him…no cleft in the chin either

  11. Mike

    Totally Fidel

  12. gratefulmaggs

    I still don’t understand how this is under debate.

    It’s clearly Chad Kroeger before his hair got light.

    • thoughtsonthedead

      Nickelback jokes are beneath both of us, young lady.

      That’s Jerome Jerevicious Jehoshaphat Garcia right there, anyway.

      • gratefulmaggs

        I really admire your commitment to trolling all of us. Really, I do. You’re such an inspiration to me. Very wow much rickroll

        • thoughtsonthedead

          I was making dank memes when you were sucking your mother’s dick, young lady.

    • gratefulmaggs

      Don’t make me pull my internet lingo on your ass, Mr. Dead.

      • spencer

        She called you Mister, thems fighting words

    • thoughtsonthedead

      Hey, man – Jerry wasn’t a classically beautiful man, but let’s not call him a “troll.”

      • gratefulmaggs

        I feel kind of bad for thinking Fidel Castro was hot

        • thoughtsonthedead

          Your feels are bad, and you should feel bad.

          If you want to really hate yourself, check out what young Joseph Stalin looked like.

          • gratefulmaggs

            There goes all of my self-respect. Thanks, Mr. Dead.

      • gratefulmaggs

        Also, tbh – one of the main reasons I got into the Dead, aside from my parents being huge Deadheads and me wanting to expand my musical palate, was because Bobby Weir is damn fine and I couldn’t miss out on that.

      • gratefulmaggs

        But, you know, Weir never committed any human rights violations (at least, in mass numbers) and was mostly pleasant.

    • Rodeoamy

      B. Real 😀

  13. cgrand

    y’all are all high…
    that’s obviously antonio banderas

  14. Finster

    Looks like Fidel was doing the Spock-eyebrow-thing long before Nimoy.

  15. Rodeoamy

    It’s definitely Fidel. But can you spot the clever reference to Sinatra?

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