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How Sweet It Is (Jerry Garcia Band album)

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Released
  
April 15, 1997

How Sweet It Is (1997)
  
Don't Let Go (2001)

Release date
  
15 April 1997

Genres
  
Rock music, Rock and roll

Recorded
  
Spring 1990

How Sweet It Is (1997)
  
Breakdown (1997)

Label
  
Grateful Dead Records

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Producer
  
John Cutler & Steve Parish

Artists
  
Jerry Garcia, Jerry Garcia Band

Similar
  
Jerry Garcia Band albums, Rock music albums

How Sweet It Is is the second live album by the Jerry Garcia Band. It was released in 1997, two years after Jerry Garcia's death. Like the band's self-titled first live release, it was recorded in the spring of 1990 at The Warfield in San Francisco, California.

Contents

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Critical reception

On Allmusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine said, "... How Sweet It Is captures the Jerry Garcia Band running through a selection of originals and covers. While it isn't as fluid or surprising as the double-disc 1991 set Jerry Garcia Band, which was culled from the same shows, it's nevertheless an entertaining set, especially for devoted fans, who will cherish previously unheard Garcia covers of songs like 'Think' and the title track."

In The Music Box, John Metzger wrote, "How Sweet It Is is the long-awaited follow-up to the two-disc Jerry Garcia Band set that was released in 1991. Culled from the same period of live performances, this effort delivers ten more songs that explore the magical relationship between Jerry Garcia, bassist John Kahn, and keyboardist Melvin Seals."

Track listing

  1. "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland) – 6:20
  2. "Tough Mama" (Bob Dylan) – 5:41
  3. "That's What Love Will Make You Do" (James Banks, Eddie Marion, Henderson Thigpen) – 8:03
  4. "Someday Baby" (Lightnin' Hopkins) – 8:54
  5. "Cats Under the Stars" (Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia) – 8:59
  6. "Tears of Rage" (Dylan, Richard Manuel) – 7:54
  7. "Think" (Jimmy McCracklin, Deadric Malone) – 7:18
  8. "Gomorrah" (Hunter, Garcia) – 6:38
  9. "Tore Up over You" (Hank Ballard) – 7:19
  10. "Like a Road Leading Home" (Don Nix, Dan Penn) – 10:12

Jerry Garcia Band

  • Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
  • Melvin Seals – organ
  • John Kahn – bass
  • David Kemper – drums
  • Gloria Jones – vocals
  • Jackie LaBranch – vocals

    • Production

  • Producers – John Cutler, Steve Parish
  • Recording and mixing – John Cutler
  • Engineers – Jeffrey Norman, Dave Roberts
  • Mastering – Joe Gastwirt
  • Sound – Mike Brady, Uwe Willenbacher
  • Photography – Ken Friedman
  • Cover photography - Mike Conway
  • Design – Gecko Graphics
  • Liner notes – Steve Silberman

    • Songs

    1How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You)6:21
    2Tough Mama5:41
    3That's What Love Will Make You Do8:03

    References

    How Sweet It Is (Jerry Garcia Band album) Wikipedia
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