Jeff’s Playlist: Excalibur

Tom Fogerty — Excalibur

I found this album when I was rum­mag­ing around in the bins many years ago. Tom Fogerty is John Fogerty’s broth­er and was an orig­i­nal mem­ber of Creedence Clearwater Revival. 

Excalibur is his sec­ond solo effort, released in 1972, and fea­tures Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders, John Kahn, and Bill Vitt. What a fan­tas­tic bunch of stu­dio musi­cians, a.k.a. The Jerry Garcia Band. These guys were all San Francisco-area musi­cians and signed to Fantasy Records.

I have not been able to replace this vinyl album with a CD for­mat disc, but thanks to YouTube, I can present the music here. It’s a quirky but nice set of songs. Enjoy.

Album Information

All songs writ­ten by Tom Fogerty, except where noted.

“Forty Years” – 3:40
“Black Jack Jenny” – 2:30
“Rocky Road Blues” – 3:56 (Bill Monroe)
“Faces, Places, People” – 3:55
“Get Funky” – 1:54
“Sick and Tired” – 4:20 (Chris Kenner, Dave Bartholomew)
“Sign of the Devil” – 2:37
“Straight and Narrow” – 3:48
“Next in Line” – 2:16
″(Hold On) Annie Mae” – 3:49

Tom Fogerty – gui­tar, har­mon­i­ca, vocals
Jerry Garcia – gui­tar
Merl Saunders – key­boards
John Kahn – bass
Bill Vitt – drums

Released  October 1972
Label         Fantasy Records
Length      32:53