Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders - Garcia Live Volume 6 - 1973-07-05, Lion's Share, San Anselmo, CA (2016)



From February 1971 to July 1975, Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders played many live shows together when the Grateful Dead were not on tour. Their band's lineup for the Lion's Share concert was Garcia on guitar and vocals, Saunders on keyboards and vocals, John Kahn on bass, and Bill Vitt on drums. A few days later, the band played two shows at the Keystone in Berkeley, California that are documented in the albums Live at Keystone, Keystone Encores, and Keystone Companions.

First set:
"After Midnight" (JJ Cale) – 10:35
"Someday Baby" (Lightnin' Hopkins) – 9:14
"She's Got Charisma" -> (Merl Saunders) – 18:40
"That's Alright, Mama" (Arthur Crudup) – 13:16
"The System" (Saunders, Pamela Carrier) – 18:45
"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" (Robbie Robertson) – 6:00

Second set:
"I Second That Emotion" (Al Cleveland, Smokey Robinson) – 13:29
"My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 19:16
"Finders Keepers" (General Johnson, Jeffrey Bowen) – 9:29
"Money Honey" (Jesse Stone) – 8:37
"Like a Road" (Don Nix, Dan Penn) – 9:21
"Merl's Tune" -> (Saunders, John White) – 16:44
"Lion's Share Jam" (Jerry Garcia, John Kahn, Saunders, Bill Vitt) – 9:52
"How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland) – 6:04

Mp3 [V0] - HERE!

1 comment:

  1. A great share! Thank you. Saunders, Garcia and their rhythm section were always a delight. Those of us who lived in the Bay Area were spoiled

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