Jerry Garcia - Jerry Garcia Collection 1: Legion of Mary
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Artist: Jerry GarciaEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2005-08-23
Music Label: Rhino
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Tough Mama (7/4/75 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA)
- That's a Touch I Like (3/1/75 Keystone, Berkeley CA)
- I Second That Emotion (3/1/75 Keystone, Berkeley CA)
- Since I Lost My Baby (5/22/75 Keystone, Berkeley CA)
- Tore Up Over You (5/22/75 Keystone, Berkeley CA)
- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (3/1/75 Keystone, Berkeley CA)
- Talkin' 'Bout You (7/5/75 Keystone, Berkeley CA)
- I'll Take a Melody (5/15/75 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA)
- Let It Rock (2/27/75 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA)
- Neighbor, Neighbor (2/27/75 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA)
- Money Honey (2/27/75 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA)
- Last Train From Poor Valley (2/27/75 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA)
- Mystery Train (7/7/75 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA)
- How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You (12/14/74 Paramount Theatre, Portland, OR)
Free Music Notes for Jerry Garcia Collection 1: Legion of Mary
Free Music Review: Legion of Jerry
Hit: 5 Stars
My friend Larry had heard that Jerry Garcia had been playing in Berkeley outside of The Grateful Dead. To keep everything low-key the band was called: "Legion of Jerry". It was right before Christmas 74, and since the "farewell" shows had just happened at Winterland in October and nobody knew if the Grateful Dead HAD any kind of a future at this point, it did look like Jerry had moved-on, and now was fronting a new band.
It's now 2007, and I'm listening to this great "Legion of Mary" release. This version of the Jerry Garcia/Merl Saunders band featured jazz great: Martin Fierro who had played with Sir Douglas Sahm & the Quintet, back in the 1960's and went on to form: "Zero" with Steve Kimock & Greg Anton, in The 1980's. Martin had toured with the Grateful Dead as 1/2 of their horn section in September 1973, just as: "Wake Of The Flood" was released. Things had not gone down so well for the Grateful Dead big horn band, as the fans weren't too crazy about an R & B flavored Dead. But, Jerry still wanted to explore and perform jazz & R & B, so as of July 74, Martin was asked to join the Garcia/Saunders Band and "Legion of Mary" begins.
Tapes of this band were traded amoung collectors back in the 1980's & 1990's, but they always were of poor quality and never a complete show. Now that Rhino Records is in-charge of the vaults, we are seeing more stuff pour outta them.
These two CD's are from Dec 74-July 75 and were recorded in Portland,Berkeley & San Francisco. This band sounds just a little more layed-back than the Jerry/Merl Band of July 73 that gave us "Live at The Keystone" recordings, and that said, lot's of The rock is gone, Jerry, had shifted gears here and jazz has taken the place of where there was once rock. Now the band had three solo stars in Jerry, Merl & Martin. Tunes increased in length and arrangements were altered to leave spaces for the reeds.
These Two CD's with 14 tracks and 160 minutes of music represent a fair chunk of what the "Legion" was all about. We get Dylan: ("Tough Mama"), The Band: ("The Night They Drove Ol' Dixie Down") and Elvis: ("Mystery Train"). Some folks have mentioned that they gon't like Martin's playing and this ain't jazz, as they wold prefer it to be. Well, maybe this isn't jazz, but you can't Slam Martin's playing here as he ADDS so much to this music. This is Jerry's band and this is Jerrymusic, and it's good & rockin', fun stuff. You don't get to hear much music like this anymore. There are no computers & lip-synch pop boys and girls here just five guys in a bar playing! Just like in Chicago in the forties, San Francisco in the sixties, these musicians sometimes take chances and go out there BUT, they are having good fun.
And Jerry? Right here, Mr. Garcia is in peak form. Listen to him sing: "The Night They Drove Ol' Dixie Down". I've heard him do this song many times, and this is the best! On: "Let It Rock", Jerry goes after Chuck Berry and takes his lead as a slow smolder that builds & builds. Martin, has some good moments as well, on yhis one. We get some rare tunes played: "Neighbor, Neighbor" & "Last Train From Poor Valley". Neighbor, is a blues, slow-burn with Jerry and Martin keepin' it right in the groove. "Poor Valley" is a stunner! I wonder why this is it's first appearance on record, you can only wonder just what The Grateful Dead, COULD have done with this gem.
These two CD's: "Legion of Mary" are really special. The powerhouse that The Grateful Dead, became in the late 70's after the break was BECAUSE of what Jerry mGarcia had learned playing with great musicians such as these. This is true American music, and we are lucky to have it at long last.
FIVE STARS !!!
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