Everyone to his own liking of course but Jerry Garcia had an evocative and complex style. Don’t go by that ‘’Casey Jones’’ crap, even Garcia wasn’t crazy about that tune. The Dead’s ‘’Dark Star’’is a psychedelic symphony. Phil Lesh the bassist, along with drummer Mickey Hart, was really the only one with any formal musical training having studied classical music at U. of Berkley. Mick Hart was a drummer in the Air Force band before joining the Dead.
Garcia, like Neil Young, had his own unique sound, you knew within a few seconds it was them.