Interesting facts about Guaraldi:
- He was a life-long resident of the San Francisco area.
- According to this bio: " In 1971 he became an unofficial member of the Grateful Dead, jamming with them in Bay Area concerts while the group was between permanent keyboardists.
- He is on the back cover of the Grateful Dead's album Aoxomoxoa which was released in 1969.
- However, I can't find any recordings of Guaraldi with the band, which is so frustrating because there are so many recordings of Grateful Dead concerts in 1969 - 1971.
- (I blogged about Janis Joplin sitting in with the Dead back in 2011.)
- He died of a heart attack at age 47 during a gig.
Here is a short documentary about Guaraldi.