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JERRY GARCIA’S “WOLF” GUITAR SELLS FOR AN AMAZING AMOUNT Eric Dahl
Jerry Garcia, much like the band he helped form, Eagle, Rosebud, Tiger, and Wolf Jr. The name the CEO of HubSpot, Brian Halligan, who paid
The Grateful Dead, has almost a cult following of the Wolf guitar was taken from the cartoon 1.9 million!
amongst his millions of music fans. One of the sticker that Garcia had applied to the bottom of iconic guitars he was associated with during the guitar under the stop tail piece.
his impressive musical career was “Wolf,” a
Garcia’s “Wolf” guitar can also be seen in the
1977 film he directed, “The Grateful Dead
custom guitar built by luthier Doug Irwin. A total Jerry’s guitar sold for an astonishing 1.9 million Movie,” and the cartoon figure adorned many
of five guitars were created. Three were stage dollars on May 31st through Guernsey’s band posters and t-shirts. In mid-May Martin
favorites, by Irwin for Garcia including Wolf, Auctions of New York. The winning bidder was Scorsese’s film documentary on the Dead was
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