In addition to his own solo efforts, Jerry contributed to many projects by other friends and musicians. He worked with other Grateful Dead members on their work. He was a member of New Riders of the Purple Sage (with Donna Godchaux) in the seventies. He recorded tracks on albums by the Jefferson Airplane (and solo works by Grace Slick and Paul Kantner) CSN&Y (and solo works by Graham Nash, David Crosby, and Stephen Stills), Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Papa John Creach, David Freiberg, Merl Saunders, David Grisman, Bruce Hornsby, Art Garfunkel, plus several more.
Some of the non -Dead artists who recorded frequently with Jerry were in his band were:
John Kahn - the late bass player was on many of Jerry's recordings and was a member of the Jerry Garcia Band.
Bill Vitt, Ron Tutt, and David Kemper - drummers
Merl Saunders and Melvin Seals - keyboards
David Grisman and Sandy Rothman - mandolin
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