Jerry Garcia (Legion Of Mary) - 1975-05-21 - Berkeley, CA (SBD)

Jerry Garcia
with Legion Of Mary 
1975-05-21
The Keystone
Berkeley, CA
Soundboard Recoring
320 kbps
Artwork Included

1st Set:
01. That's The Touch I Like
02. Feel Like Dynamite
03. Last Train From Poor Valley
04. Finders Keepers
05. Tough Mama
06. That's What Love Will Make You Do

2nd Set:
01. I'll Take A Melody
02. You Can Leave Your Hat On
03. Mississippi Moon
04. Harder They Come
05. Creepin'
06. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)

Jerry Garcia (Legion Of Mary) - 1975-05-21 - Berkeley, CA (SBD)

Jerry Garcia - 1970s:  For a man who was the spiritual leader and lead guitarist for the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia sure found an awful lot of time to play with other bands.  From his own solo ensemble, to duets with Merle Saunders, Dave Grisman, and John Kahn, to his acoustic venture Old & IN The Way, to Reconstruction, which featured Kahn and Saunders along with Jerry, Garcia always seemed to be "playing in the band."  Another side band that Jerry formed was Legion of Mary, which performed during the Dead's hiatus from October 1974 to June 1976. In addition to Garcia, Legion of Mary (LOM) included Saunders on keyboard, Kahn on bass, Martin Fierro on sax, and Ron Tutt on drums. While the band’s tenure was short, Garcia used it to continue to explore and experiment with a host of musical styles. In their live shows, the band melded together an eclectic mix blues, funk, reggae, rock, psychedelia, and especially jazz. This set from Berkeley, on May 21, 1975, 41 years ago today, is a perfect example of the breath and range of music covered by LOM. The band played R&B songs such as I Feel Like Dynamite, blues tunes such as That's What Love Will Make You Do, soul numbers such as Finder's Keepers, and reggae classics such as The Harder They Come. Perhaps almost as interesting is that the set list does not include a single Grateful Dead tune. Download this soundboard to hear a very different side of Jerry Garcia.