#merl saunders

[doomandgloomfromthetomb]

Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia - The Record Plant, Sausalito, California, July 8, 1973

I've been catching up with the latest season of the Good Ol' Grateful Deadcast, which hones in on the annus mirabilis of 1973. In 1973, Jerry Garcia was, arguably, reaching his peak, not only musically, but personally as well. Ensconced comfortably in Stinson Beach, he was eagerly exploring new avenues, getting jazzier and funkier with Merl Saunders and getting deeply rootsy with Old & In The Way. Oh yeah, he was also playing numerous outrageously amazing shows with the Grateful Dead (in bigger and bigger venues). Life was good for Garcia — at least that's the overwhelming impression you get from the remembrances collected in this great Deadcast episode.

Not that I ever need any excuse, but listening to the ep sent me back to those Saunders / Garcia / Kahn/ Vitt tapes, including this deliciously stoney summer evening in Sausalito, broadcast on KSAN-FM a half-century ago. The quartet sounds supremely laid-back but still exploratory, finding the confluence between rich R&B and "My Funny Valentine," digging into the Meters-esque groove of "Finders Keepers" and easing their way through a sweet/sad "Positively 4th Street." So very nice!

Of course, we should also check out some Old & In The Way from this period, too (Peter Rowan's Deadcast contributions are especially illuminating) ... so here's the group also at the Record Plant in March of '73, also broadcast on KSAN-FM. Down where the river bends!

#jerry garcia #merl saunders #old and in the way #peter rowan #the grateful dead

[the-birth-of-art]

10/2/73

#10/2/73 #winterland #new riders of the purple sage #mike bloomfield #jerry garcia #merl saunders #jack casady #jorma kaukonen #legal aid benefit

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders feat. Paul Butterfield - “Save Mother Earth” (Live, Jan. 19, 1972)

Part composition and part improvisation, “Save Mother Earth” was an oft-visited vehicle for Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders’ informal, early-1970s gigs in California.

So when Paul Butterfield came by on Jan. 19, 1972, to play with guitarist Garcia, organist Saunders, bassist John Kahn and drummer Bill Vitt, “Save Mother Earth” was featured and Butterfield blew harp like a man intimately familiar with the tune.

Out to preview side one of the forthcoming Heads & Tails: Vol. 1, this previously unreleased recording sports high-quality sound and music that’s both loose and tight. No noodles on this one. And when Garcia and Butterfield lock into some call-and-response action in the 13th minute, the lucky few in attendance must’ve been agog.

Out Nov. 3, Vol. 1 is backed with the Feb. 5, 1988, recordings of the Jerry Garcia Band’s versions of “Don’t Let Go” and “Think.” The LP is the first is a series of archival recordings from the back pages of Garcia’s repertoire.

“Save Mother Earth” is an auspicious first hit.

Grade card: Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders feat. Paul Butterfield - “Save Mother Earth” (Live - 1/19/72) - A

10/5/23

#Youtube #jerry garcia #merl saunders #paul butterfield #grateful dead #jerry garcia band #john kahn #bill vitt #save mother earth #heads & tails vol. 1

[pgoeltz]

My first installment of life changing music comes from Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders. "Live At The Keystone, Volume 1" & 2" Since I am a complicated person, and nothing is ever simple for me, I am also including "Keystone Encores", and even "Well Matched: The Best Of Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia" for everyone's listening enjoyment as well.

"Live At The Keystone, Volume 1"

CD re-release of live material performed by the Garcia / Saunders band in 1973.

Tracks

Keepers (Merl Saunders / John Kahn)

Positively 4th Street (Bob Dylan)

The Harder They Come (Jimmy Cliff)

It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (Bob Dylan)

Space (Merl Saunders / Jerry Garcia / John Kahn / Bill Vitt)

It's No Use (Clark / McGuinn) +

Merl's Tune (Merl Saunders / White)

Official playlist uploaded in 1080p High Definition...https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kanylQcWU-GtkYU2FqRHf7aSEJ5JprdSM

"Live at the Keystone, Volume 2"

CD re-release of live material performed by the Garcia / Saunders band in 1973.

Tracks

That's Alright Mama (Arthur Crudup)

My Funny Valentine (Rodgers / Hart)

Someday Baby (Sam Hopkins)

Like A Road Leading Home (Nix / Penn)

Mystery Train (Junior Parker / Sam Philips)

Official playlist uploaded in 720p High Definition...https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l2JwiUBx3vz7z3DPfexO8cdDV1WT0nm2o

"Keystone Encores"

CD release of material performed by the Garcia /Saunders band in 1973.

Tracks

Hi-Heel Sneakers (Higgenbotham)

It's Too Late (She's Gone) (Willis)

I Second That Emotion (Robinson / Cleveland)

One Kind Favor (Traditional)

Money Honey (Stone)

How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) (Holland / Dozier / Holland)

Official playlist uploaded in 720p High Definition...https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kY5rby3yqiEa8TN_hy9EsYNbUwxCDkK6Y

"Well Matched: The Best Of Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia"

A compilation of material from the 1970's including one previously unreleased track.

Tracks

Mystery Train (Parker / Phillips)

Lonely Avenue (Pomus)

Merl's Tune (Saunders / White)

Positively 4th Street (Dylan)

After Midnight (Cale)

Welcome to the Basement (Moore / Saunders)

That's Alright (Rogers)

Space (Garcia / Kahn / Saunders / Vitt)

I Second That Emotion (Cleveland / Robinson)

The Harder They Come (Cliff) .

Official playlist uploaded in 1080p High Definition...https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kf9pXJI8n3BI6kE-fJ6P74jK7XmCGy2qw

I suppose I will nominate either Alan Singer or Earl Guthrie, (or both) to share their life-changing musical selections with us. They are both very busy, and may not wish to partake in this madness. If so, I completely understand. This is precisely why I plan on getting the rest of them out of the way, tonight. HA HA HA!

:)

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[gimmefrisson]

#merl saunders #Spotify

[spilladabalia]

Merl Saunders - Sissy Strut

#merl saunders #sissy strut #funk #jazz funk #fusion #san francisco after dark #1982 #Youtube

[aquariumdrunkard]

#jerry garcia #merle saunders

[tfc2211]

Play ▶ Motown Jerry

Jerry Garcia Band – How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) 1980.2.28 – Kean College, Union Township, NJ (Officially released in After Midnight: Kean College)

Garcia & Saunders – I Was Made to Love Her 1972.1.19 – The Lion’s Share, San Anselmo, CA

Jerry Garcia Band – That’s What Love Will Make You Do 1975.11.17 – Keystone, Berkeley, CA (Officially released in Let It Rock: The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 2)

Jerry Garcia Band – Road Runner 1975.10.12 – Keystone, Berkeley, CA

Garcia & Saunders – Hi-Heel Sneakers 1973.7.10 – Keystone, Berkeley, CA (Officially released in Keystone Companions: The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings)

Jerry Garcia Band – I Second That Emotion 1977.7.30 Theatre 1839, San Francisco, CA (Officially released in Pure Jerry: Theatre 1839, San Francisco, July 29 & 30, 1977)

Jerry Garcia Band – The Way You Do the Things You Do 1977.7.23 – Keystone, Berkeley, CA

Legion of Mary – Boogie On Reggae Woman 1975.5.15 – Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA (Officially released in The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 1: Legion of Mary)

Garcia & Saunders – Ain’t No Woman (Like The One I’ve Got) 1974.3.9 – Keystone, Berkeley, CA

Garcia & Saunders – Are You Lonely For Me, Baby? 1974.2.16 – Keystone, Berkeley, CA

Jerry Garcia Band – When The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game 1993 – The Warfield, San Francisco, CA (Officially released in Shining Star)

#Jerry Garcia Band #Merle Saunders #Jerry Garcia #Motown Covers #Legion of Mary

[fugengulsen]

Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders - "How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You"

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[beenwaytoolongatsea]

[jdmira71]

Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders KSAN Live from the Record Plant PRE-FM SBD 1973-07-08 *gems* id=157862

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[littlehippiellc]

Did Merl Saunders Shape the Grateful Dead’s Sound with Jazz?

As one of the greatest rock ’n’ roll bands of all time, Grateful Dead, who gained popularity in San Francisco during the 1960s and 1970s, quickly became synonymous with the hippie movement and demonstrated how the counterculture of the civil rights era drew inspiration from Black art, and challenged the segregationist norms of the era. Both musically and idealistically, Jerry Garcia was ahead of…

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[mynoisycollectionstarlight]

Betty Davis

They Say I'm Different

(1974)

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Betty Davis - vocals

Debbie Burrell - vocals

Elaine Clark - vocals

Mary Jones - vocals

Trudy Perkins - vocals

Mike Clark - drums

Nicky Neal - drums, vocals

Willy Sparks - drums, vocals

Ted Sparks - drums

Pete Escovedo - timbales

Victor Pantoja - congas, percussion

Errol "Crusher" Bennett - percussion

Buddy Miles - guitar

Jimmy Godwin - guitar

Cordell Dudley - guitar, vocals

Carlos Morales - guitar, vocals

Larry Johnson - bass

Merl Saunders - electric piano

Fred Mills - keyboards, vocals

James Allen Smith - keyboards

Hershall Kennedy - Clavinet, keyboards, organ, electric piano, trumpet, vocals

Tony Vaughn - bass vocal, Clavinet, keyboards, piano, electric piano, vocals

#Youtube

[krispyweiss]

Album Review: Jerry Garcia - Heads & Tails Vol. 1

Heads, listeners win. & Tails, listeners also win.

Vol. 1 of Jerry Garcia’s new Heads & Tails album series puts the Grateful Dead man’s only known collaboration with Paul Butterfield on Side 1 and a couple of Jerry Garcia Band smokers on the flip.

The three-track LP pairs the Jan. 19, 1972, version of “Save Mother Earth,” by Garcia, Merl Saunders and Butterfield with JGB’s Feb. 5, 1988, performances of “Don’t Let Go” and “Think.” Listeners familiar with Garcia only through the Grateful Dead can expect an ear-popping listen.

Clocking in at 17 minutes, “Save Mother Earth” is a funky, loose-but-tight instrumental with oodles of improv but zero noodling. Butterfield blows his harp like a man intimately familiar with the song he’d never played. And when he and Garcia lock into some call-and-response action in the 13th minute, the lucky few in attendance must’ve been agog.

This 51-year-old recording is higher fidelity than the 35-year-old specimen on the back side. But the JGB material is welcome as Garcia plays the mad musical scientist on “Don’t Let Go,” virtually screaming along to the melody he plays on his axe and coaxing the band into wild improvisational territory, while “Think” proves Garcia a bonafide bluesman.

Grade card: Jerry Garcia - Heads & Tails Vol. 1 - B+

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#jerry garcia #heads & tails vol. 1 #2023 albums #merl saunders #paul butterfield #jerry garcia band #melvin seals #john kahn #david kemper #gloria jones #jacklyn labranch #grateful dead

[antoniohicksposts]

Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders "Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got)"

#youtube

[gimmefrisson]

#jerry garcia #merl saunders #Spotify