
Jerry Garcia leads the Grateful Dead through their set at Rich Stadium in Buffalo, New York on July 4, 1986, playing one of his well-known custom-built guitars, believed to be “Tiger,” crafted by luthier Doug Irwin. The Dead shared the bill that day with Bob Dylan and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on the True Confessions Tour. Photographed live from the pit by Chuck Spang.