This Grateful Dead leader was named after "Show Boat" composer Jerome Kern
Based on Edna Ferber's best-selling novel of 
the same name, the musical ... After composing most of the first-act songs, Kern 
and Hammerstein auditioned their material for producer Florenz Ziegfeld, 
thinking... [DOC] [TLE] 20 Things You Didn't Know About Jerry Garcia - VH1 [PAR] Aug 9, 2015 ... As the leader of the Grateful Dead and a mammoth cultural icon on par with the 
all-time ... Jerry is named Jerome in honor of Broadway composer Jerome Kern, 
who, in turn, is best known for the musical Show Boat and the ... Cherry Garcia 
was Ben and Jerry's first ice cream flavor named after a celebrity.