Grateful Dawg (2000)★ 7.2/10
- Documentary
- Music
Directed by: Gillian Grisman
Details the deeply rooted musical friendship between Jerry Garcia and David Grisman. Includes live Garcia/Grisman performances as well as rare and unique personal moments from the studio, backstage and home-style jam sessions. Interviews with friends and family are intertwined with live and archival elements, creating an intimate portrait of Jerry and David's relationship. Traces the Garcia/Grisman connection from their earliest days as budding bluegrassers, through the creation of the legendary Old & In the Way in the mid '70s, to the Garcia/Grisman Band that highlighted their love of traditional acoustic music in the '90s.
- Original title
- Grateful Dawg
- Storyline
- Details the deeply rooted musical friendship between Jerry Garcia and David Grisman. Includes live Garcia/Grisman performances as well as rare and unique personal moments from the studio, backstage and home-style jam sessions. Interviews with friends and family are intertwined with live and archival elements, creating an intimate portrait of Jerry and David's relationship. Traces the Garcia/Grisman connection from their earliest days as budding bluegrassers, through the creation of the legendary Old & In the Way in the mid '70s, to the Garcia/Grisman Band that highlighted their love of traditional acoustic music in the '90s.
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 361
- Companies
- 11th Hour Productions & Entertainment Inc., Acoustic Disc, Sony Pictures Classics, Columbia TriStar Film Distributors, Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina, LK-TEL, The Criterion Channel, Sony Pictures Video
- Release dates
- US October 14, 2000
- AR May 14, 2002
- DE July 4, 2002
- NO October 23, 2002
- GB December 13, 2002
- JP August 27, 2003
- SE August 8, 2008