Show Details
Great American Music Hall
Early Show
San Francisco,
CA
USA
Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders
July 14, 1974
Set List
No set list available.
Lineup
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Jerry Garcia guitar, vocals
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Merl Saunders
keyboards, vocals -
John Kahn
bass -
Bill Kreutzmann
drums
2 Comments
2 Comments
Steven Gayle | Tuesday, March 18th, 2014
On a whim we got there early and scored a primo table. Turned out to be the greatest evening of music in my (at that time short) life.
First set was Jerry and Merle with their band. Second set was entirely different: Jerry Garcia, Merle Saunders, Martin Fierro, Jack Casady, Stephen Stills and Bill Kreutzmann. The band was unbelieveablly hot. At one point, when Garcia and Stills were trading licks, Stephen Stills threw up his hands and pointed to Garcia (who was in mid solo), as if to say “this man is the best – I can’t keep up with him” Everybody – band,audience, barmaids and hangers on- were left dumbstruck by a monstrous evening of rock and roll.
I’ve spent the ensuing forty years looking for a recording of that night — no luck yet, but I’m still searching.
Steven Gayle | Tuesday, March 18th, 2014
On a whim we got there early and scored a prime table. Turned out to be the greatest evening of music in my (at time young) life.
First set was Jerry and Merle with their band. Second set was entirely different: Jerry Garcia, Merle Saunders, Martin Fierro, Jack Casady, Stephen Stills and Bill Kreutzmann. The band was unbelieveablly hot. At one point, when Garcia and Stills were trading licks, Stephen Stills threw up his hands and pointed to Garcia, as if to say “this man is the best – I can’t keep up with him” Everybody – band,audience,barmaids and hangers on- were left dumbstruck by a monstrous evening of rock and roll.
I’ve spent the ensuing forty years looking for a recording of that night — no luck yet, but I’m still searching.
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Steven Gayle | Tuesday, March 18th, 2014
On a whim we got there early and scored a primo table. Turned out to be the greatest evening of music in my (at that time short) life.
First set was Jerry and Merle with their band. Second set was entirely different: Jerry Garcia, Merle Saunders, Martin Fierro, Jack Casady, Stephen Stills and Bill Kreutzmann. The band was unbelieveablly hot. At one point, when Garcia and Stills were trading licks, Stephen Stills threw up his hands and pointed to Garcia (who was in mid solo), as if to say “this man is the best – I can’t keep up with him” Everybody – band,audience, barmaids and hangers on- were left dumbstruck by a monstrous evening of rock and roll.
I’ve spent the ensuing forty years looking for a recording of that night — no luck yet, but I’m still searching.
Steven Gayle | Tuesday, March 18th, 2014
On a whim we got there early and scored a prime table. Turned out to be the greatest evening of music in my (at time young) life.
First set was Jerry and Merle with their band. Second set was entirely different: Jerry Garcia, Merle Saunders, Martin Fierro, Jack Casady, Stephen Stills and Bill Kreutzmann. The band was unbelieveablly hot. At one point, when Garcia and Stills were trading licks, Stephen Stills threw up his hands and pointed to Garcia, as if to say “this man is the best – I can’t keep up with him” Everybody – band,audience,barmaids and hangers on- were left dumbstruck by a monstrous evening of rock and roll.
I’ve spent the ensuing forty years looking for a recording of that night — no luck yet, but I’m still searching.