Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders

Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders

Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders

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Top Songs

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It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry [Live]
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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
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I Was Made to Love Her [Live]
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The Harder They Come
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I Second That Emotion [Live]

Albums

  • Heads & Tails Vol. 1: 1/19/72, Lion’s Share, San Anselmo, CA

    Oct 2023 • 1 song

  • GarciaLive Volume 18: November 2nd, 1974 Keystone Berkeley
  • GarciaLive Volume 15: May 21st, 1971 Keystone Korner

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Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders

Biography

For five years in the early '70s, Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders headed up a loose-knit club band in the San Francisco area (the group never had an official name). They specialized in a graceful mix of jazz, R&B, blues, gospel, and light funk with hints of bop, fusion, and even reggae. Aside from the two-volume Live at Keystone (1973), most of the group's recorded output of the '70s appeared on various Saunders releases, but a steady stream of archival compilations has flowed for decades after their last appearance together. Garcia is in full flight as a guitarist on their duo r...
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