March 10, 2012 (Jerry Garcia-crack a book)

When I feel like I’m really seriously stale, that’s when I start to crack books, because you really need something to move. And there’s so much to music, there’s no excuse for feeling stale. Nobody is such a great musician that they could be burnt out on all of music, you know. [Laughs.] So for me, it’s just a matter of going out and putting a little bit of effort into it, and I can almost always find something that I don’t know anything about and pick up on it and start a sort of itch-scratch cycle.-Jerry Garcia

From a 1985 interview; another gem from the Jas Obrecht Archive.

It's an interesting though coming from a musician who was doing so much improvising. There are always more ideas out there, just got to look.

Here's a cool video of and entire Grateful Dead show from Columbia, Maryland in '83. Pretty good audio and lots of Jerry stretching out...sounds to me like he was digging his tone...

Set 1
Alabama Getaway
Greatest Story Ever Told
Dire Wolf
Me & My Uncle
Cumberland Blues
Cassidy
Big Railroad Blues
It's All Over Now
Loser
Looks Like Rain
Might As Well

Set 2
Touch of Grey
Women Are Smarter
Terrapin Station
Estimated Prophet
Eyes of the World
Drums
Space
Throwin' Stones
Black Peter
Around n' Around
Good Lovin'
U.S. Blues