Jerry Garcia Band - Don't Let Go
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Artist: Jerry Garcia BandEdition: Music CD
Format: Live
CD Release Date: 2001-01-23
Music Label: Arista
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Sugaree
- They Love Each Other
- That's What Love Will Make You Do
- Knockin' on Heaven's Door
- Sitting in Limbo
- Mission in the Rain
- Don't Let Go
- After Midnight
- Strange Man
- Tore up over You
- I'll Take a Melody
- Way You Do the Things You Do
- My Sisters and Brothers
- Lonesome and a Long Way from Home
- Mighty High
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Free Music Review: A mellow blues groove from the JGB
Hit: 4 Stars
"Don't Let Go" offers a nice selection from the Jerry Garcia Band catalogue. As others have noted, it is a complete show from 05/21/76 (plus one song), which is not that common, and adds to its appeal. With Donna Jean and Keith Godchaux in the band, along with John Kahn and Ron Tutt, I wasn't sure what to expect. Without an organ in the lineup, this version of the JGB is less funky and has more of a straightforward blues sound than in the configurations with Merl Saunders and Melvin Seals. The groove is mellow, perhaps a little too mellow for my liking at times, especially on disc 1, but never to the point of being snooze evoking, as several of the critics have suggested. Keith consistently provides some nice piano licks, which was not always the case in his work with the Dead, when he was MIA at times. The mellow groove and generally low decibel level also are in a range that works much better for Donna Jean's vocals (i.e., no screeching to be heard here), including her fairly rare lead vocal on "Strange Man." Jerry's guitar playing is solid throughout and his voice is strong though filled with tender sadness. Highly recommended, especially if you want to hear pretty good contributions from Donna Jean and Keith Godchaux--really.
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A particularly spry, nimble, and spacious incarnation of the Jerry Garcia Band is chronicled on this double-disc release, the first official CD release to present a JGB show in order and in its entirety. Recorded at San Francisco's Orpheum Theater on May 21, 1976, the band includes Garcia's Dead mates Keith and Donna Godchaux (on acoustic piano and vocals respectively) plus longtime bassist John Kahn and drummer Ron Tutt. It's one of the few Garcia ensembles to feature piano rather than organ, and everyone has plenty of room to maneuver here, as evidenced especially on a wonderfully funky, airy, slow-grooving "That's What Love Will Make You Do." Four of the cuts come from the then-recently released Reflections. Though many of these tunes remained staples of Garcia's repertoire for the rest of his life, there are a few gems that did not: the extended boogies on "After Midnight" and "Lonesome and a Long Way from Home," the Donna showcase on the blues chestnut "Strange Man," and the bonus cut, a romping "Mighty High" recorded four months later. Those fans familiar with only later versions of the JGB will be pleasantly surprised upon hearing this agile, streamlined crew at work. --Marc GreilsamerPop Music CDs
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