Veteran music photographer Bob Minkin is hoping to release his next photography book on the late Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia, through the help of the Dead community. On Friday, the photographer announced his plans to launch a Kickstarter campaign to financially support a proposed limited edition coffee table book of never-before-seen Jerry Garcia photographs, which were taken starting in 1977 until the guitarist’s death in 1995.
According to the campaign’s page, the proposed title for the large format photo book will be “Just Jerry,” and is set to feature over 150 color and black & white images of Garcia displayed full page or larger. Minkin had browsed through every single photograph he’d ever shot of the famous guitarist in hopes of finding and selecting the most special shots to include in his latest collection. Some fans will remember that Minkin released a book just last year titled, “The Music Never Stopped,” which is filled with Grateful Dead photographs taken over the years.
The proposed coffee table book will include shots of Garcia taken at notable venues ranging from Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre and San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom, to New York’s Radio City Music Hall, The Capitol Theater, and Madison Square Garden, just to name a few. The book will also include a mix of anecdotes submitted by people who were close to Garcia. Minkin only plans to print a total of 1,000 copies, which will all be hand signed by the photographer himself.
Fans have until the end of March to help raise money for the campaign, which, as of 4 p.m. on Friday afternoon, has already raised nearly $6,000 towards the overall goal of $20,000. Fans can head over to the campaign’s Kickstarter page for the full list of details and donation options.
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