Released June 24, 2016 Length 179:25 Release date 24 June 2016 Genre Rock music | Recorded July 5, 1973 Producer Marc Allan | |
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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.
Contents
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.
At the July 5 Lion's Share concert, a trumpet player whose identity is no longer known sat in on the second set.
Critical reception
On PopMatters, Jedd Beaudoin said, "A total of eight official releases from that [Garcia and Saunders] partnership exist, including a 1974 date from the Keystone. But this one, tracked at the small-ish Lion's Share just after Independence Day '73, is the one that takes them all.... The song selection is choice and the group sounds hungry for new musical heights.... Now, if we could just find out who the heck is playing trumpet we'd be in great shape."
Track listing
- "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
- "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