Set 1:

1. Think (9:44)

2. Freedom Jazz Dance (14:07)

3. I Feel Like Dynamite (12:03)

4. That's What Love Will Make You Do (13:49)

5. Mississippi Moon (10:01)

Legion of Mary April 9, 1975

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Set 1: (Continued)

From early show:

1. Harder They Come (22:14)

Late show:

2. I Second That Emotion (18:36)

3. You Can Leave Your Hat On (14:50)

Legion of Mary April 9, 1975

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Merl Saunders Born February 14, 1934(1934-02-14) Origin San Mateo, California, USA Died October 24, 2008 (aged 74) Instrument(s) Hammond organ, piano

Years active 1970s-2006 Merl Saunders (sometimes spelled Merle Saunders), (February 14, 1934 – October 24, 2008) was an American multi-genre musician who played piano and keyboards, favoring the Hammond B-3 console organ.

Biography Born in San Mateo, California, Saunders gained notice in the 1970s when he began collaborating with Jerry Garcia, with the Grateful Dead and with Garcia's bands The Legion of Mary and Reconstruction.

He led his own bands, as Merl Saunders and Friends, playing live dates with Garcia, as well as Mike Bloomfield, David Grisman, Tom Fogerty, Vassar Clements, Kenneth Nash, John Kahn and Sheila E. In 1990 he released the world music and New Age classic album Blues From the Rainforest, a collaboration with Jerry Garcia and Muruga Booker.

This led to the release of a video which chronicled Saunders' journey to the Amazon, and the subsequent album Fiesta Amazonica. He has worked with musicians Paul Pena, Bonnie Raitt, Phish, Widespread Panic, Miles Davis, and B. B. King. Merl also recorded with The Dinosaurs, a "supergroup" of first-generation Bay Area rock musicians. He had his own record label, Summertone Records, and had also recorded on Fantasy Records, Galaxy Records and Relix Records as well as the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia labels. He worked with the Grateful Dead on the theme music for the 1985 TV show The New Twilight Zone, and with Mickey Hart on the score for the show.

His son, Merl Saunders, Jr., nicknamed "Hen Fap" by his father, is a senior executive director of National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. In 2002, Merl suffered from a stroke that paralyzed one side of his body and curtailed his musical career. Merl Saunders died in San Francisco, California on the morning of October 24, 2008, after fighting infections as a result of complications related to the stroke which he suffered in 2002.[1]

Legion of Mary


(band) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Legion of Mary Origin San Francisco Bay Area Genre(s) Rock Years active 1974 – 1975 Label(s) Rhino Associated acts Grateful Dead Former members Jerry Garcia Merl Saunders John Kahn Martin Fierro Ron Tutt

Legion of Mary was a side project of the Grateful Dead's lead guitarist, singer, and defacto leader Jerry Garcia. The band lasted from July 12, 1974 to July 5, 1975. Its members included: Garcia (guitar and vocals), Merl Saunders (keyboards and vocals), John Kahn (bass), Martin Fierro (saxophone and flute) and Ron Tutt (drums).

The band primarily played blues and funk music in their concerts. Performances included extended improvisation solos, which Garcia made famous with his role in the Grateful Dead. Their only official recording to date was released on Rhino Records in August 2005, under the name The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol 1: Legion of Mary; it is a two-disc set of live performances.