Sunday, May 31, 2015

Jerry Garcia































Artist:  Jerry Garcia
Birth Name:  Jerome John Garcia
Born:  August 1, 1942.  San Francisco, California, USA.
Died:  August 9, 1995.  Forest Knolls, California, USA.
Genre:  Rock, Folk Rock, Country Rock, Bluegrass, Blues Rock, Jazz
Occupations:  Musician, Songwriter
Instruments:  Guitar, Pedal Steel, Banjo, Vocals

Jerry Garcia was an American Musician and Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter, he was best known for his Lead Guitar work, Singing, Songwriting and as a founding member of the band The Grateful Dead.

He had in a variety of side projects with The Saunders-Garcia Band, Jerry Garcia Band, Old and in The Way, The Garcia/Grisman (Acoustic Duo), New Riders Of The Purple Sage, he also played pedal steel "The Farm" on album Volunteers with Jefferson Airplane, the hit single "Teach Your Children" with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young on album Deja Vu, and he helped a lot of artists included Jefferson Airplane, Tom Fogerty, David Bromberg, Robert Hunter, Peter Rowan, Warren Zevon, Country Joe McDonald, Ornette Coleman, Bruce Hornsby, Bob Dylan, Brewer & Shipley's album Tarkio and many more.














Artist:  Jerry Garcia, John Kahn, Bill Kruetzmann
Title:  Pacific High Studios San Francisco, CA, 06-02-72  (2015)
Genre:  Rock, Folk Rock, Country Rock, Bluegrass, Blues Rock
Label:  Echoes
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

Disc 1:

 1.  It Takes A Train To Cry  (7:52)
 2.  Expressway  (13:32)
 3.  That's The Touch  (8:02)
 4.  Save Mother Earth  (9:30)
 5.  Imagine  (8:34)

Disc 2:

 1.  That's All Right Mama  (10:21)
 2.  Who's Loving You Tonight  (9:48)
 3.  When I Paint My Masterpiece  (6:48)
 4.  I Was Made To Love Her  (9:21)
 5.  Lonely Avenue  (9:56)
 6.  How Sweet It Is  (8:02)

Personnel:

Jerry Garcia:  Vocals, Guitar
John Kahn:  Bass
Bill Kreutzmann:  Drums
Bill Vitt:  Drums, Keyboards
Merl Saunders:  Piano, Keyboards, Hammond B-3

Pacific High Studios San Francisco, CA, 06-02-72 is the rare and electrifying performance from some of Bay Area a finest musicians such as:  John Kahn, Merl Saunders, Bill Vitt and Bill Kreutzmann, one of the finest performance by Jerry Garcia, at Pacific High Studios San Francisco, CA, 06-02-72, was released on February 23, 2015 by Echoes Records.


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