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Jerry Miller, Moby Grape Lead Guitarist and Co-Founder, Dies at 81


Jerry Miller, a lead guitarist and founder of the influential 1960s San Francisco rock band Moby Grape, has died at 81..

Jerry Miller, greatly admired lead guitarist of the 1960s group Moby Grape and one of the architects of that era’s San Francisco sound, died Sunday at 81 in his hometown of Tacoma, Wash. News of the death was shared by friends and family on social media. Formed in 1966, the band broke up three years later, managing to release four albums for Columbia during that window, including a self-titled debut in 1967 (reaching a chart peak of No. After Miller’s passing, his daughter, Sarah Kabbani, also posted a message on Facebook, describing what it was like “to live with a legend…..and be the first-born kid in a wild time of some epic partying and revolutionary music.

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