Legion of Mary: The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 1
Live album by
Legion of Mary
ReleasedAugust 23, 2005
Recorded1974–1975
GenreRock, jazz-rock
LabelRhino
Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia chronology
Pure Jerry: Keystone Berkeley, September 1, 1974
(2004) 		Legion of Mary: The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 1
(2005) 		Well-Matched: The Best of Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia
(2006)
Merl Saunders chronology
Pure Jerry: Keystone Berkeley, September 1, 1974
(2004) 		Legion of Mary: The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 1
(2005) 		Live On Tour
(2006)
Jerry Garcia chronology
Pure Jerry: Merriweather Post Pavilion, September 1 & 2, 1989
(2005) 		Legion of Mary: The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 1
(2005) 		Pure Jerry: Warner Theatre, March 18, 1978
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic[1]
The Music Box[2]

Legion of Mary: The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 1 is an album by Legion of Mary, a jazz influenced rock band led by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. It was recorded live on various dates from December 1974 to July 1975, at the Keystone in Berkeley, California, the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, California, and the Paramount Theatre in Portland, Oregon. It was released on August 23, 2005.[3]

Besides Garcia on guitar and vocals, Legion of Mary features Merl Saunders on keyboards, Martin Fierro on saxophone and flute, John Kahn on bass, and Ron Tutt on drums.

Another live album by Legion of Mary is Garcia Live Volume Three. Released on three CDs in October 2013, it contains recordings from the band's December 1974 tour of the Pacific Northwest.

A recording by a slightly earlier lineup of this band, not yet known as Legion of Mary,[4] is Pure Jerry: Keystone Berkeley, September 1, 1974. Released in December 2004, it contains a complete concert on three CDs. The lineup is the same as on the Legion of Mary album, except that the drummer is Ron Tutt's predecessor in the band, Paul Humphrey.[5]

In August 1975, Garcia disbanded Legion of Mary, and formed a new group called the Jerry Garcia Band. The first lineup of the Jerry Garcia Band also included Kahn and Tutt, along with Nicky Hopkins on piano. A live recording of that band, from November 1975, was released in 2009 as the album Let It Rock: The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 2.

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Tough Mama" (Bob Dylan) – 9:42
  2. "That's a Touch I Like" (Jesse Winchester) – 11:54
  3. "I Second That Emotion" (Al Cleveland, Smokey Robinson) – 14:02
  4. "Since I Lost My Baby" (Pete Moore, Smokey Robinson) – 11:56
  5. "Tore Up over You" (Hank Ballard) – 11:49
  6. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" (Robbie Robertson) – 8:30
  7. "Talkin' 'bout You" (Ray Charles) – 11:16

Disc two

  1. "I'll Take a Melody" (Allen Toussaint) – 11:27
  2. "Let it Rock" (Chuck Berry) – 13:54
  3. "Neighbor, Neighbor" (Alton J. Valier) – 11:56
  4. "Money Honey" (Jesse Stone) – 10:04
  5. "Last Train from Poor Valley" (Norman Blake) – 7:54
  6. "Mystery Train" (Junior Parker, Sam Philips) – 13:02
  7. "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland) – 10:55

Bonus disc: Absolute Mary

  1. "Boogie On Reggae Woman" (Stevie Wonder) – 17:40
  2. "Every Word You Say" (Jesse Winchester) – 5:17
  3. "L-o-M Jam" (Legion of Mary) – 10:54
  4. "It's No Use" (Traditional) – 10:55
  5. "Wicked Messenger" (Bob Dylan) – 14:02
  6. "Sittin' Here in Limbo" (Jimmy Cliff, Guilly Bright-Plummer) – 14:35

Recording dates and venues

Personnel

Legion of Mary

Production

References

  1. ^ Jurek, Thom. Legion of Mary at Allmusic
  2. ^ Metzger, John. Legion of Mary, The Music Box, August 2005
  3. ^ Legion of Mary at the Grateful Dead Family Discography. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  4. ^ Jackson, Blair (2005). Liner notes for Legion of Mary: The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 1.
  5. ^ Planer, Lindsay. Pure Jerry: Keystone Berkeley, September 1, 1974 at Allmusic
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