Garcia Live, Vol. 3: Dec 14-15, 1974 Northwest Tour

by Jerry Garcia Band, Jerry Garcia, Legion of Mary

Overview

The third installment of the Garcia Live series, an ongoing concert-recording archive for die-hard Grateful Dead/Jerry Garcia Band fans, finds over two and a half hours of previously unreleased material from a two-night stand by one of Garcia's more obscure incarnations Legion of Mary. The project quietly grew during a year-long Grateful Dead hiatus in 1974, starting out as a collaboration between Garcia and organist Merl Saunders and quickly expanding to include drummer Ron Tutt, bassist John Kahn, and multi-instrumentalist Martin Fierro. Garcia Live, Vol. 3 includes unheard audio from some of the group's first shows, and the vibe is more experimental, proggy, and coldly adventurous than much of the rest of Garcia's massive ouvre. Beginning with an incredibly jammed-out 18-minute cover of Stevie Wonder's "Boogie on Reggae Woman," things just get wilder from there. A painfully slow reading of "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," jazz improvisations, and burning, manic renditions of classic soul tunes make up a large patches of the set, and things culminate with the unbelievably slow-burning intensity of the almost half-hour-long Saunders tune "Wondering Why," which simmers endlessly in a silent, moody fog without ever reaching a predictable boiling point. With the oceanic amounts of live recordings from Garcia and the Dead, even the biggest Deadheads can get bogged down by the repetitive elements of their complete catalog of live shows. Legion of Mary represents some truly reaching and challenging sounds even for the ever-searching Garcia. It's an anomaly and a somewhat lost page in the Garcia history book, certainly one of the more interesting releases of its type, and a must-hear addition to anyone even remotely interested in the countless hours of Dick's Picks/Live Dead material. ~ Fred Thomas

Product Details

Release Date:	10/15/2013
Label:	Ato
UPC:	0880882190828
Rank:	50611

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Boogie on Reggae Woman
2. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
3. Freedom Jazz Dance
4. Mystery Train
5. How Sweet It is (To Be Loved by You)

Disc 2

6. You Can Leave Your Hat On
7. Neighbor, Neighbor
8. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Disc 3

9. It's No Use
10. Valdez in the Country
11. I Second That Emotion
12. Wondering Why
13. Roadrunner

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Legion of Mary   Primary Artist
Jerry Garcia   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Jerry Garcia Band   Primary Artist
Martin Fierro   Percussion,Saxophone,Flute
John Kahn   Bass
Ron Tutt   Drums
Merl Saunders   Vocals,Keyboards

Technical Credits

Martin Fierro   Group Member
Evan Cooper   Research
Randy Newman   Composer
Al Cleveland   Composer
Brian Holland   Composer
Stevie Wonder   Composer
Marc Allan   Release Production
William Robinson   Composer
Roger McGuinn   Composer
Sam C. Phillips   Composer
Betty Cantor-Jackson   Engineer
Lamont Dozier   Composer
Joe Gastwirt   Release Production
Eddie Harris   Composer
Eddie Holland   Composer
Donny Hathaway   Composer
Gene Clark   Composer
John Kahn   Group Member
Huey P. Meaux   Composer
Robbie Robertson   Composer
Ron Tutt   Group Member
Jerry Garcia   Group Member,Original Recording Producer
Pam Carrier   Composer
Merl Saunders   Group Member,Composer
Herman Parker   Composer
Kevin Monty   Project Coordinator
Ryan Corey   Design,Art Direction,Illustrations
Roberto Rabanne   Photography
Coran Capshaw   Executive Producer
Darryl Norsen   Liner Notes
Justin Gage   Note Editing
Alton Joseph Valier   Composer
Hank Bateman   Research
John Conroy   Photography