Jerry Garcia, the eclectic leader of the Grateful Dead, was a champion of melodic and harmonically rich guitar playing. The guitar solo to their hit song "Casey Jones" is no different. While matching, almost, note-for-note the vocal melody from the verse, Joe discusses how Jerry's use of bending and chromaticism create something poetic that completely serves the song.
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