Garcia Live Volume Six

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.[1][2][3][4]

Garcia Live Volume Six
Live album by
Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders
ReleasedJune 24, 2016
RecordedJuly 5, 1973
GenreRock, rhythm and blues
Length179:25
LabelATO
ProducerMarc Allan
Jerry Garcia chronology
On Broadway: Act One – October 28th, 1987
(2015)		 Garcia Live Volume Six
(2016)		 Garcia Live Volume Seven
(2016)
Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia chronology
Garcia Live Volume Three
(2013)		 Garcia Live Volume Six
(2016)		 Garcia Live Volume Nine
(2017)

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.[5]

At the July 5 Lion's Share concert, a trumpet player whose identity is no longer known sat in on the second set.[1]

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."[6]

Track listing
Disc one
First set:
  1. "After Midnight" (JJ Cale) – 10:35
  2. "Someday Baby" (Lightnin' Hopkins) – 9:14
  3. "She's Got Charisma" -> (Merl Saunders) – 18:40
  4. "That's Alright, Mama" (Arthur Crudup) – 13:16
Disc two
  1. "The System" (Saunders, Pamela Carrier) – 18:45
  2. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" (Robbie Robertson) – 6:00
Second set:
  1. "I Second That Emotion" (Al Cleveland, Smokey Robinson) – 13:29
  2. "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 19:16
  3. "Finders Keepers" (General Johnson, Jeffrey Bowen) – 9:29
Disc three
  1. "Money Honey" (Jesse Stone) – 8:37
  2. "Like a Road" (Don Nix, Dan Penn) – 9:21
  3. "Merl's Tune" -> (Saunders, John White) – 16:44
  4. "Lion's Share Jam" (Jerry Garcia, John Kahn, Saunders, Bill Vitt) – 9:52
  5. "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland) – 6:04

Personnel
Musicians
Production
  • Produced for release by Marc Allan
  • Original recordings produced by Jerry Garcia
  • Associate producer: Kevin Monty
  • Recording: Betty Cantor-Jackson
  • Mastering: Fred Kevorkian
  • Curation: Marc Allan, Kevin Monty
  • Project coordination: Lauren Goetzinger, Robby Saady
  • Art direction, design, illustration: Ryan Corey
  • Liner notes essay: Benjy Eisen
  • Archival research: Merl Saunders, Jr.
  • Photos: Roberto Rabanne

References
  1. "Song Premiere: Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders "Finders Keepers"", Relix, May 17, 2016. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
  2. Kahn, Andy (May 17, 2016). " GarciaLive Volume 6 Featuring Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders Coming in June", JamBase. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
  3. "Jerry & Merl Volume Six Out June 24th", Grateful Web, May 17, 2016. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
  4. "GarciaLive Volume Six to Be Released on June 24th", JerryGarcia.com. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
  5. Gatta, John Patrick (November 16, 2012). "Bill Vitt Remembers His Keystone Companions: Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders", Jambands.com. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
  6. Beaudoin, Jedd (June 30, 2016). "Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders – Garcia Live Volume Six: July 5, 1973", PopMatters. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
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