Garcia Live Volume 18

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Garcia Live Volume 18

Live album by

Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders

Released

June 10, 2022

Recorded

November 2, 1974

Venue

Keystone Berkeley

Genre

Rock, rhythm and blues

Label

ATO

Producer

Marc Allan, Kevin Monty

Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia chronology

Garcia Live Volume 15
(2020)

Garcia Live Volume 18
(2022)

Jerry Garcia chronology

Garcia Live Volume 17
(2021)

Garcia Live Volume 18
(2022)

Garcia Live Volume 19
(2022)

Garcia Live Volume 18 is a two-CD album by Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders. It contains the complete concert recorded on November 2, 1974 at the Keystone in Berkeley, California. It was released on June 10, 2022.^[1]^[2]

In the early- to mid-1970s Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders performed many live shows together, mostly in the San Francisco Bay Area, and released the album Live at Keystone. Garcia Live Volume 18 features the July 1974 to January 1975 lineup of their band, with Garcia on guitar and vocals, Saunders on keyboards and vocals, Martin Fierro on saxophone and flute, John Kahn on bass, and Paul Humphrey on drums.

Critical reception

In Glide Magazine Doug Collette said, "... each member of the band is as engaged in their respective role as the others, so the five-piece literally and figuratively sounds far bigger and more versatile than its number might allow. Fortunately, all such aspects of the musicianship come through thoroughly in Fred Kevorkian’s mastering of original recordings by the famed Betty Cantor-Jackson."^[3]

Track listing

Disc 1

First set:

"Neighbor, Neighbor" (Alton Joseph Valier, Huey Meaux) – 11:10
"Valdez in the Country" (Donny Hathaway) – 17:11
"The Harder They Come" (Jimmy Cliff) – 16:31
"You Can Leave Your Hat On" (Randy Newman) – 12:06
"That's the Touch I Like" (Jesse Winchester) – 9:21

Disc 2

Second set:

"Freedom Jazz Dance" (Eddie Harris) – 11:34
"Tough Mama" (Bob Dylan) – 10:07
"Wondering Why" (Merl Saunders, Pam Carrier) – 21:28
"People Make the World Go Round" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) – 4:28
"Mystery Train" (Junior Parker, Sam Phillips) – 14:56

Personnel

Musicians

Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
Merl Saunders – keyboards, vocals
Martin Fierro – saxophone, flute, percussion
John Kahn – bass
Paul Humphrey – drums

Production

Produced for release by Marc Allan, Kevin Monty
Recording: Betty Cantor-Jackson
Mastering: Fred Kevorkian
Project coordinator: Lauren Goetzinger
Design, illustration: Lawrence Azerrad
Layout: Danny Cash
Liner notes essay: Gary Lambert
Photos: John Conroy, Dr. Bob Marks
Front cover artwork: Jerry Garcia

References

^ Bernstein, Scott (April 27, 2022). "Jerry Garcia 'GarciaLive Volume 18' Features 1974 Concert with Merl Saunders". JamBase. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
^ Broerman, Michael (April 27, 2022). "'GarciaLive: Volume 18' to Feature 1974 Keystone Show with Merl Saunders". Live for Live Music. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
^ Collette, Doug (July 7, 2022). "Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders Keep It Snappy on GarcliaLive Volume 18". Glide Magazine. Retrieved August 8, 2022.

Jerry Garcia

Studio albums

Solo	Garcia Compliments Reflections Run for the Roses
With Howard Wales	Hooteroll?
With Merl Saunders	Heavy Turbulence Fire Up Fire Up Plus
With David Grisman	Jerry Garcia / David Grisman Not for Kids Only Shady Grove So What The Pizza Tapes Grateful Dawg Been All Around This World

Live albums

With Merl Saunders	Live at Keystone Keystone Encores Pure Jerry: Keystone Berkeley, September 1, 1974 Keystone Companions: The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings Garcia Live Volume Six Garcia Live Volume Nine Garcia Live Volume 12 Garcia Live Volume 15 Garcia Live Volume 18
Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band	Almost Acoustic Ragged but Right
With Howard Wales	Side Trips, Volume One
With David Grisman	Grateful Dawg
Legion Of Mary	Legion of Mary: The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 1 Garcia Live Volume Three
With John Kahn	Pure Jerry: Marin Veterans Memorial Auditorium, San Rafael, California, February 28, 1986 Garcia Live Volume 14
Pre-Grateful Dead bands	Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions Folk Time Before the Dead

Compilations

Bands

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