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Jerry Miller, Moby Grape Co-Founder & Renowned Guitarist, Dies at 81
Jerry Miller, one of the music world's most beloved and admired guitarists and co-founder of Moby Grape, died in his Tacoma, Wash., home.
Jerry Miller, one of the music world’s most beloved and admired guitarists and co-founder of Moby Grape, died on Sunday (July 21) in his Tacoma, Wash., home. Miller was born in Tacoma, Wash., in 1943 and grew up playing in various local bands including the Elegants, the Incredible Kingsmen and the Frantics. The band name, chosen by Mosley and Spence, was inspired by the punch line of the joke: “What’s big and purple and lives in the ocean?”
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