Jerilyn Lee Brandelius

Jerilyn Lee Brandelius (June 25, 1948 – August 31, 2020) [1][2][3] was an American writer and photographer and was known as the author of The Grateful Dead Family Album.

Jerilyn Lee Brandelius
Born(1948-06-25)June 25, 1948
La Jolla, California
DiedAugust 31, 2020(2020-08-31) (aged 72)
San Francisco, California
OccupationWriter, photographer
GenreNon-fiction, photojournalism, music
Notable worksThe Grateful Dead Family Album

Early life

Brandelius [2] was born in La Jolla, California to Dorothy Anne Reid a homemaker and Edwin Carl "Brandy" Brandelius II, a US Marine (Ancestry.com). She was the first of five children. Early on her parents moved to Detroit, Michigan to help with her great-grandmother toward the end of her life. Brandelius father Edwin "Brandy" is from the 1st marriage of his fathter Edwin Carl Brandelius (Ancestry.com) who immigrated from Sweden.

Her father's second marriage was to singer and environmental activist Katie Lee.

Career

In 1968 Brandelius began working for Translove Airways Productions at the Hippodrome Ballroom in San Diego which led to her meeting members of the Grateful Dead, Steve Miller Band, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Velvet Underground, Electric Flag, and more.[4] She had a relationship with Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart.[5]

In 1969 Brandelius moved to San Francisco, met music promoter and cultural icon Chet Helms (founder of the Avalon Ballroom and father of San Francisco's 1967 Summer of Love). Brandelius worked for him At the Family Dog Ballroom as a personal assistant until it closed, at which point Brandelius went to work for Pete Marino (close friend of Liberace) at WEA as a production assistant.

Brandelius' photographic archive includes rare images from the Grateful Dead's 1978 tour to Egypt.[6]

In 1989, Brandelius published the book The Grateful Dead Family Album. Cover art by Stanley Mouse. The book was originally signed to a small publisher but re-signed and pushed into full production with Warner Bros. following Jerry Garcia's hospitalization and near fatal diabetic coma in 1986.[7]

Television and documentary

Brandelius appears in the 1995 documentary "Tie-Died" which offers a look at the band and the fans known as "Deadheads.[8] Brandelius appears in American Experience, a television documentary series aired on PBS, in a 2007 episode titled "Summer of Love"[9]

References
  1. Whiting, Sam (September 9, 2020). "Jerilyn Brandelius, Author and Member of the Grateful Dead Family, Dies at 72". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  2. McNally, Dennis (September 3, 2020). "Grateful Dead Family Member Passes". Grateful Web. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  3. "In Memoriam: Jerilyn Lee Brandelius, Author of 'The Grateful Dead Family Album' (1948-2020)". Jambands.com. September 4, 2020. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  4. "San Diego Concert Archive". www.sandiegoconcertarchive.com.
  5. "Jerry's Girl". Observer. July 17, 2007. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  6. "egyptpage.htm". www.ukrockfestivals.com.
  7. "Jerry Garcia 11/12/1987". www.yoyow.com.
  8. "Movie Reviews". August 28, 2020 – via NYTimes.com.
  9. "Jerilyn Brandelius". IMDb.

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