Blair Jackson was the editor of BAM magazine in the late seventies and wrote the definitive biography on Jerry Garcia.
To have him on my program puts me one step closer to the pre-coma years that I covet so much. Blair was a great sport putting up with my eccentric questions related to Garcia's physical appearance in '84, how to tell what year a particular Shakedown Street was played and how the band traveled from Burlington to Rochester.
Slight tape warble at the 8:00 min. mark!
Have at it!
JF
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