Jerilyn Lee Brandelius
Jerilyn Lee Brandelius was an American writer and photographer and was known as the author of The Grateful Dead Family Album.
Early life
Brandelius was born in La Jolla, California, the eldest of five children born to Dorothy Anne Reid, a homemaker, and Edwin Carl "Brandy" Brandelius II, a US Marine. Early on, her parents moved to Detroit. Brandelius' paternal grandfather 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. She had a relationship with Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart.In 1969, Brandelius moved to San Francisco, met music promoter and cultural icon Chet Helms. She worked for him as a personal assistant until she went to work for Pete Marino at WEA as a production assistant. Her photographic archive includes rare images from the Grateful Dead's 1978 tour to Egypt.
In 1989, Brandelius published the book The Grateful Dead Family Album with 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.