Grateful Dead Family Discography: The Very Best Of Jerry Garcia

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The Very Best Of Jerry Garcia

Jerry Garcia / Jerry Garcia Band / Old & In The Way / Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band / Reconstruction

Initial release : Sept 2006

Rhino

A 2 CD set. Disc 1 is a compilation of tracks from the first 5 Jerry Garcia solo and Jerry Garcia Band albums. Disc 2 is a collection of live tracks by the Jery Garcia Band, Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band, Old & In The Way and Reconstruction. A 5 LP limited edition version of this album was released as a Record Store Day exclusive in September 2020

Tracks

CD 1: Studio recordings;

Deal (Garcia / Hunter)
Bird Song (Garcia / Hunter)
Sugaree (Garcia / Hunter)
Loser (Garcia / Hunter)
The Wheel (Garcia / Kreutzmann / Hunter)
Let It Rock (Berry)
Russian Lullaby (Berlin)
Might As Well (Garcia / Hunter)
Mission In The Rain (Garcia / Hunter)
I'll Take A Melody (Toussaint)
Rubin And Cherise (Garcia / Hunter)
Cats Under The Stars (Garcia / Hunter)
Rhapsody In Red (Garcia / Hunter / Kahn)
Run For The Roses (Garcia / Hunter)
Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Dylan)
Without Love (McPhatter)

CD 2: Live recordings;

Catfish John (McDill / Reynolds)
Deep Elem Blues (Traditional)
Ripple (Garcia / Hunter)
Positively 4th Street (Dylan)
The Harder They Come (Cliff)
Gomorrah (Garcia / Hunter)
Dear Prudence (Lennon / McCartney)
Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power) (Dylan)
Evangeline (Hidalgo / Perez)
Deal (Garcia / Hunter)

Musicians

The musicians on tracks of this compilation are as follows.

Disc 1: Deal, Bird Song, Sugaree, Loser and The Wheel;

Jerry Garcia - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, bass, piano, organ, samples, vocals
Bill Kreutzmann - drums

Disc 1: Let It Rock;

Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
Arthur Adams - guitar
Michael Omartian - piano, tack piano
John Kahn - bass
Ron Tutt - drums
Bobbye Hall - congas, shakers, bells

Disc 1: Russian Lullaby;

Jerry Garcia - classical guitar, vocals
John Kahn - bass guitar
Amos Garrett - trombone
Joel Tepp - clarinet
Richard Greene - violin

Disc 1: Might As Well;

Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, organ, vocals
Bob Weir - second guitar, background vocals
Phil Lesh - bass
Bill Kreutzmann - drums
Keith Godchaux - fender rhodes, tack piano
Donna Jean Godchaux - background vocals
Mickey Hart - drums, percussion

Disc 1: Mission In The Rain;

Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, acoustic guitar, chimes, vocals
Nicky Hopkins - piano
John Kahn - bass, synthesiser, vibes
Ron Tutt - drums
Larry Knechtel - fender rhodes

Disc 1: I'll Take A Melody;

Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, synthesiser, percussion, vocals
Donna Jean Godchaux - background vocals
Bob Weir - background vocals
John Kahn - bass, synthesiser, organ
Ron Tutt - drums
Nicky Hopkins - piano
Larry Knechtel - fender rhodes
Mickey Hart - percussion, fire extinguisher

Disc 1: Rubin And Cherise, Cats Under The Stars and Rhapsody In Red;

Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
Donna Jean Godchaux - vocals
Keith Godchaux - keyboard, background vocals
John Kahn - basses, keyboards, guitars, orchestration
Ron Tutt - drums, percussion
Merl Saunders - organ
Steve Schuster - flute, clarinet, saxophone
Brian Godchaux - violin
Candy Godchaux - violin

Disc 1: Run For The Roses;

Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
Melvin Seals - organ
James Warren - piano, clavinet
John Kahn - bass, synthesizer
Ron Tutt - drums, tambourine

Disc 1: Knockin' On Heaven's Door;

Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
Melvin Seals - organ
John Kahn - bass, piano, clavinet, guitar, synthesizer
Ron Tutt - drums, percussion
Liz Stires - background vocals
Julie Stafford - background vocals

Disc 1: Without Love;

Jerry Garcia - vocals
Michael O'Martian - piano
Merl Saunders - organ
John Kahn - bass
Roger Neuman - trumpet, horn section leader, horn arrangement
Ron Tutt - drums

Disc 2: Catfish John (1973 Old & In The Way);

Jerry Garcia - banjo, vocals
David Grisman - mandolin, vocals
Peter Rowan - guitar, vocals
Vassar Clements - fiddle, vocals
John Kahn - acoustic bass

Disc 2: Deep Elem Blues and Ripple (1987 Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band);

Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
David Nelson - guitar, vocals
Sandy Rothman - mandolin, dobro, vocals
John Kahn - acoustic bass
Kenny Kosek - fiddle
David Kemper - snare drum

Disc 2: Positively 4th Street (1975 Jerry Garcia Band);

Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
Nicky Hopkins - piano
John Kahn - bass
Ron Tutt - drums

Disc 2: The Harder They Come (1977 Jerry Garcia Band);

Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
Donna Jean Godchaux - vocals
Keith Godchaux - keyboards, vocals
John Kahn - bass
Ron Tutt - drums, vocals

Disc 2: Gomorrah, Senor and Evangeline (1990 Jerry Garcia Band);

Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
Gloria Jones - vocals
David Kemper - drums
John Kahn - bass
Jackie LaBranch - vocals
Melvin Seals - organ, keyboards

Disc 2: Dear Prudence (1979 Reconstruction);

Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
Merl Saunders - keyboards, vocals
Ron Stallings - saxophones, vocals
Ed Neumeister - trombone
John Kahn - bass
Gaylord Birch - drums

Disc 2: Deal (1980 Jerry Garcia Band);

Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
Ozzie Ahlers - keyboards
John Kahn - bass
Johnny De Foncesca - drums

Credits

Compilation producers - James Austin, Joe Gastwirt, Blair Jackson, Peter McQuaid
Product manager - Jimmy Edwards
Tape research - Blair Jackson
Remastering - Joe Gastwirt at Joe's Mastering Joint
Discographical annotation - Reggie Collins
Editorial supervision - Dorothy Stefanski
Art direction, design - Jean Krikorian
Photographs - Herb Greene, Jon Sievert/Michael Ochs Archive, Richard E. Aaron/Star File, Michael Ochs Archive, Dave Patrick
Painting - Jerry Garcia
Project assistance - Karen LeBlanc, James O'Toole
Special thanks to David Gans, David Lemieux, Bob Menke, Hale Milgrim, Craig Miller, Ryan Shriver, John Sullivan
Liner notes - Blair Jackson

Related releases

A 5 LP limited edition version of this album was released as a Record Store Day exclusive in September 2020;