Calling All Deadheads!

Calling All Deadheads!

Calling All Deadheads!

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The name Grateful Dead floods Baby Boomers, the X-Generation and even the Echo Generation with memories of the great periods of their lifetimes. The band formed in 1965 when the Hippie movement was being born out of the Beatnik movement. The Hippie movement, though blossoming at the corner of Haight and Ashbury streets in San Francisco, now known as Haight-Ashbury, quickly spanned the globe. By 1967, The Summer of Love had participants gathering on every continent with youth dissenting against the values of their elders. The Grateful Dead wrote songs and sang in sympathy with the movement and became a major musical expression of the time. Though many say their popularity lasted for 30 years, until 1995, due to their sounding different every time they sang a song, could it really be that teenagers to 25-year-olds in every generation are disgruntled by their parents’ lifestyle and belief system? Jerry Garcia was always considered to be the leader and spokesperson for the group, though he always denied it. As lead guitar, vocalist and songwriter for the entire length of the band’s career, Jerry was a multi-talented musician and though rarely mentioned, had trained talent as a fine artist. The Hippie movement gave the world many of the values we still cherish today, but also introduced us into the world of drugs, through which we have lost so many. Jerry Garcia succomed to his years-long battle with drugs and poor health habits in 1995 when he was found dead in his room at a rehab clinic from a heart attack. This is the house he owned at the time of his death.

On the top of a bucolic hill in Nicasio, California, spanning a full 10.5 acres, is Jerry Garcia’s former home. If you’re expecting black walls, a disco ball hanging from the ceiling and a lot of pillows and mats surrounding an opium pipe, you’ll be vastly disappointed! Instead, this charming 7,189sf home has pristine off-white walls, white ceilings and sunshine pouring through huge double windows and clear pane French doors. Windows and doors take full advantage of the views of Tam and the East Bay, as well as connecting the interior with gardens, flowers, pools and the natural vegetation beyond. The house has 5 bedrooms and 7 baths. There is also an artist’s studio and a 6-car garage.

Jerry Garcia’s sunny hilltop retreat. Priced at $3,595,000.

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