The last time Tiger was in a cage, Andy Logan was not happy about it. He is talking about Doug Irwin’ s masterpiece, Jerry Garcia’ s primary guitar from 1979 to 1989, the cocobolo-topped, brass-appointed instrument so singular in its construction and mythology that it sold at the auction of Jim Irsay’ s collection in March 2026 for $ 11,560,000.

Before Jim Irsay bought the guitar for $ 957,000, acquiring it directly from Doug Irwin, Tiger had largely disappeared from view. For the next two decades, it remained more of a museum piece than a musical tool— a status that never sat well with Andy

42 | SUMMER 2026