6-the only two Top 10 hits of the Dead’s career. The MTV-assisted hit “ Touch of Grey” peaked at No.9, while parent album In the Dark climbed to No.
Hooteroll? – Jerry Garcia and Howard Wales (1971) – spacey free jazz/funk/rock – tough to categorize, but sweet to listen to.One way to find Jerry Garcia the last weekend of August 1987 was to open an issue of Billboard, where Garcia and the Grateful Dead lingered on both the singles and albums charts.
Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band - Almost Acoustic (1987) – Latter day bluegrass acoustic band. Recorded live at the Boarding House in San Francisco.ħ. Old & In The Way (1973) – To my knowledge the biggest selling bluegrass album of all time. 2: Jerry Garcia Band, Keystone Berkeley '75 – Tight, but loose 4 piece band that includes gorgeous piano from Nicky Hopkins. Let It Rock: The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 1, 2, Keystone Encores, Pure Jerry 9/1/74ĥ. Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia – Well Matched: The Best Of Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia (1973) – A few studio tracks mixed with live tracks recorded at a small San Francisco club, The Keystone. How Sweet It Is, Pure Jerry: 11/19/91, Pure Jerry: 9/1,2/89, Shining StarĤ. He covers Dylan, The Beatles, The Band, Motown, Reggae, and more. Soulful, gorgeous covers mix with Dead originals with that extra laid back but still in the pocket playing. This sublime 2 CD is of latter day Garcia Band. Not For Kids Only, Shady Grove, So What, The Pizza Tapes, Grateful Dawg Soundtrack, Been All Around This Worldģ.
King), Friend of the Devil, Russian Lullaby, Rockin’ Chair. Great eclectic song selection of originals and covers - The Thrill is Gone (B.B. An all acoustic studio album of high caliber. Jerry Garcia/Davis Grisman - Garcia/Grisman (1991) - On Grisman's Acoustic Disc label. The Garcia album is included as part of the excellent All Good Things that includes all of Garcia's solo records with lots of outtakes, alts, etc., as bonus tracks. It has many chestnuts that were played in the Dead's repertoire - The Wheel, Deal, Bird Song, Sugaree, Loser, To Lay Me Down. Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972) - a Garcia solo album but pretty much everyone in the Dead played on it. Here is my recommendation starting list:ġ. Welcome to the Forum grendel! The Grateful Dead are my most favorite band and Jerry's solo projects are definitely worth checking out! I own almost every officially released Grateful Dead and Garcia title. There is no known cure once you get into it. It's a great catalog to explore, you're in for a real treat. I think it's more about trying different eras and bands and figuring out what you're favorites are.
I guess I'm biased because there are very few Garcia releases that I don't love. I love the Warner theater and Bay Area '78 Pure Jerry releases. This gives you some of his later work and some of his earlier work. I think the best introductions to his live releases would be the 2-cd 'Live' and the Garcia/Saunders discs. I love all of the live releases, Pure Jerry etc. They rescue it with fantastic bonus material added to the cd. For me the one clunker is Run For The Roses. All of his solo albums are of very high quality. I've had this box since it's first day of release and listen to it constantly still. You also get a wonderful cd of outtakes, demos etc. You get all of the studio albums with excellent bonus content that packs every cd full.