Seals teams with Boston Pops for Jerry Garcia celebration

Seals teams with Boston Pops for Jerry Garcia celebration

Melvin Seals logged more time with Jerry Garcia than anyone outside of the original Grateful Dead members. The keyboardist played in Garcia’s solo band for nearly two decades and is now a  “keeper of the flame” of Jerry’s legacy leading the JGB. Seals loves his ex-band leader’s playing and proudly embraces the jam band label. But don’t expect him to put on “Live/Dead” or “Europe ’72” at home. “I always loved orchestral music, classical and opera…