Jerry Garcia Family Members Unveil Rock Legend’s NFT

Inspired by musician, artist and visionary Jerry Garcia, Jerry Garcia Music Arts has announced an exciting partnership with fellow ecologically focused Aerial to release the artist’s first NFT to feature a mix of his music and visual art.

The historic cryptoart piece titled “Mandolin Player” is set to release on the SuperRare platform on July 12, 2021, just months after the recent debut of Garcia’s fine art NFT, “Gift.”

The “Mandolin Player,” soundscape is composed of an instrumental segment of “Jack-A-Roo” (also known as “Jack-A Roe”) performed in studio by Jerry Garcia and mandolinist David Grisman. The beloved tune, which Garcia performed with the Grateful Dead on more than 108 occasions, has now been remixed and produced in spatial audio by electronic musician and sound poet Jair-Rohm Parker Wells.

Beyond his illustrious career with the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia Music Arts’ namesake continues to be a celebrated fine artist, philanthropist and environmentalist by bringing the world together through his music. Garcia was an original champion for artists’ rights and the democratization of creativity. In recent years, as the worlds of technology and art come together, Garcia’s vocal dedication to artistic autonomy is becoming a reality with the rapidly expanding NFT platform.

In tribute to Garcia’s prolific and steadfast beliefs in the power of creative expression and environmental conservation, 3 percent of NFT net proceeds from “Mandolin Player” will be donated to the Jerry Garcia Foundation, supporting ocean preservation and the arts. Gift grants will then be provided to the Psylodelic Gallery and selected ocean conservation organizations.

An additional environmental component of this cryptoart project will engage the carbon offset tools made available by Aerial, an ecologically focused platform built by climate-conscious technologists who aim to mitigate humanity’s carbon emissions. The “Mandolin Player” release will support Aerial’s forest conservation work, which is fully verified by the American Carbon Registry and Climate Action Reserve.

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