Jeff’s Playlist: ‘GarciaLive Volume Three — Legion of Mary’

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Album cover: "GarciaLive Vol 3"
Album cov­er: “GarciaLive Vol 3”

Recorded on December 14–15, 1974. If you like Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia togeth­er, you are going to love this. Give it a lis­ten and let me know.

As usu­al, video/music from YouTube; Album info from Wikipedia.

Disc 1
December 14, 1974, Paramount Theatre, Portland, Oregon:
“Boogie On Reggae Woman” (Stevie Wonder) — 18:04
“The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” (Robbie Robertson) — 7:56
“Freedom Jazz Dance” (Eddie Harris) — 13:40
“Mystery Train” (Junior Parker, Sam Phillips) — 12:30
“How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)” (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland) — 11:06

Disc 2
December 15, 1974, EMU Ballroom, Eugene, Oregon, first set:
“You Can Leave Your Hat On” (Randy Newman) — 16:27
“Neighbor, Neighbor” (Alton J. Valier) — 12:30
“The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” (Robertson) ‑8:25

Disc 3
December 15, 1974, EMU Ballroom, Eugene, Oregon, sec­ond set:
“It Ain’t No Use” (Jerry Williams Jr., Gary U.S. Bonds, Don Hollinger)[5] — 13:26
“Valdez in the Country” (Donny Hathaway) — 13:26
“I Second That Emotion” (Al Cleveland, Smokey Robinson) — 14:53
“Wondering Why” (Merl Saunders, Pam Carrier) — 24:53
“Roadrunner” (Holland, Dozier, Holland) — 12:48

Personnel
Legion of Mary
Jerry Garcia – gui­tar, vocals
Merl Saunders – key­boards, vocals
Martin Fierro – sax­o­phone, flute, per­cus­sion
John Kahn – bass
Ron Tutt – drums

Production
Produced for release by Marc Allan, Joe Gastwirt
Original record­ings pro­duced by Jerry Garcia
Executive pro­duc­er: Coran Capshaw
Recording: Betty Cantor-Jackson
Mastering: Joe Gastwirt
Project coör­di­na­tor: Kevin Monty
Research asso­ciates: Evan Cooper, Hank Bateman
Curators: Joe Gastwirt, Marc Allen
Art direc­tion, design, illus­tra­tion: Ryan Corey
Photography: Roberto Rabanne, John Conroy
Liner notes: Darryl Norsen

Released       October 15, 2013
Recorded       Northwest Tour December 14 – 15, 1974
Length            180:08
Label              ATO
Producer        Marc Allan, Joe Gastwirt

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