Merl Saunders was an American multi-genre musician who played piano and keyboards,favoring the Hammond B-3 console organ.
The Jerry Garcia Band was a San Francisco Bay Area rock band led by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. Garcia founded the band in 1975;it remained the most important of his various side projects until his death in 1995. The band regularly toured and recorded sporadically throughout its twenty-year existence,generally,but not always,during breaks in the Grateful Dead's schedule.
Legion of Mary was an American rock band,formed by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead and his friend and musical collaborator Merl Saunders. The band existed from July 1974 to July 1975,and played about 60 live shows. Its members were Garcia,Saunders,John Kahn,Martin Fierro and Ron Tutt (drums). The previous lineup of the band,with Paul Humphrey on drums,is sometimes also referred to as Legion of Mary,but later research has shown that they did not use the Legion of Mary name.
Garcia Plays Dylan is an album composed of various live performances featuring Jerry Garcia playing covers of Bob Dylan songs. It is culled from performances from 1973–1995,and features Garcia playing with Grateful Dead,Legion of Mary,Jerry Garcia Band,and Garcia-Saunders. Garcia takes lead vocals on all tracks.
Legion of Mary:The Jerry Garcia Collection,Vol. 1 is an album by Legion of Mary,a jazz influenced rock band led by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. It was recorded live on various dates from December 1974 to July 1975,at the Keystone in Berkeley,California,the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco,California,and the Paramount Theatre in Portland,Oregon. It was released on August 23,2005.
Hooteroll? is a jazz-rock fusion album by Howard Wales and Jerry Garcia.
Excalibur is an album by American guitarist and singer Tom Fogerty. His second solo effort,it was released in 1972. The album features Jerry Garcia on guitar,Merl Saunders on keyboards,John Kahn on bass,and Bill Vitt on drums.
Live at Keystone is an album by Merl Saunders,Jerry Garcia,John Kahn,and Bill Vitt. It was recorded live at the Keystone in Berkeley,California on July 10 and 11,1973,and released later that year as a two-disc vinyl LP. It was re-released in 1988,with additional tracks,as two separate CDs,called Live at Keystone Volume I and Live at Keystone Volume II.
Fire Up Plus is an album by Merl Saunders and Friends. It contains most of the songs from two LPs from the early 1970s —Heavy Turbulence,and Fire Up. It was released on CD by Fantasy Records on July 9,1992.
Keystone Companions:The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings is a four-CD album by Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia. It was recorded live at the Keystone in Berkeley,California on July 10 and 11,1973,and released by Fantasy Records on September 25,2012.
Pure Jerry:Keystone Berkeley,September 1,1974 is a three-CD live album by the Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders Band. It contains the complete concert performed at the Keystone in Berkeley,California,on September 1,1974. The fourth in the Pure Jerry series of archival concert albums,it was released on December 28,2004.
Bill Vitt was an American drummer and keyboardist. He worked extensively as a live performer and as a session musician. In the 1970s he played with Brewer &Shipley,Jerry Garcia,Merl Saunders,and the Sons of Champlin.
Well-Matched:The Best of Merl Saunders &Jerry Garcia is a retrospective album by Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia. It contains selections from six of their albums,along with one previously unreleased track,all recorded between 1971 and 1974. It was released on CD by Fantasy Records on May 23,2006.
Garcia Live Volume Six is a three-CD live album by Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders. It was recorded on July 5,1973,at the Lion's Share in San Anselmo,California. It was released on June 24,2016.
Garcia Live Volume Nine is a two-CD live album by Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders. It was recorded on August 11,1974 at the Keystone in Berkeley,California. It was released on July 28,2017.
Jerry Garcia was an American musician. A guitarist,singer,and songwriter,he became famous as a member of the rock band the Grateful Dead,from 1965 to 1995. When not touring or recording with the Dead,Garcia was often playing music in other bands and with other musicians.
Garcia Live Volume 12 is a three-CD live album by Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders. It was recorded on January 23,1973 at the Boarding House in San Francisco. It was released on December 20,2019.
Garcia Live Volume 15 is a two-CD live album by Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders. It was recorded on May 21,1971 at the Keystone Korner in San Francisco. It contains the complete concert from that date except for the encore,which was "Deal". It was released on December 4,2020.
Fire Up is an album by Merl Saunders. It was released in May 1973 through Fantasy Records. The self-produced album features many high-profile collaborators,including Grateful Dead members Jerry Garcia and Bill Kreutzmann alongside Creedence Clearwater Revival guitarist Tom Fogerty. It peaked at number 197 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
Heavy Turbulence is an album by Merl Saunders. His second album,it was recorded in the fall of 1971,and released in February 1972.
