Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders - "You Can Leave Your Hat On" - GarciaLive Volume 18

Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders perform "You Can Leave Your Hat On" as featured on GarciaLive Volume 18: November 2nd, 1974 Keystone Berkeley.
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GarciaLive Volume 18: November 2nd, 1974 Keystone Berkeley presents the complete and previously uncirculated two-set Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders performance originally recorded to 1/4” analog reels by Betty Cantor Jackson.
Is there a more iconic venue for Garcia/Saunders than the Keystone Berkeley? The Bay Area haunt was the setting for the performances contained on the legendary Live at the Keystone releases and yielded at least a half-dozen other celebrated official live releases. Be it the quaint, unassuming setting or the proximity to home, magic never seemed to be in short supply - and this evening in November was no different. In addition to the ever-present John Kahn on bass, the rhythm section this evening was bolstered by one of the most in demand session drummers of his day, the great Paul Humphrey whose credits range from Marvin Gaye and Joe Cocker to the Lawrence Welk Show. Future Legion of Mary bandmate Martin Fierro rounds out the ensemble. The performance itself is nothing short of exceptional, particularly the monstrous first set combination of “Valdez in the Country,” "The Harder They Come,” and “You Can Leave Your Hat On” which destroy any notion of genre as Garcia, Saunders & co. somehow fuse seemingly disparate originals by Donny Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Randy Newman into a sound all their own. After a brief set-break, the group returns for a super-charged second set highlighted by extended versions of “Freedom Jazz Dance” and Merl’s own “Wondering Why” before closing the evening with a fiery “Mystery Train.” Always ones to stretch the bounds, you get the sense they would’ve gone all night if not for the venue’s pesky 2am curfew.

[@moosewizard33]

Niiiice

[@deadmetal8692]

The dulcet tones of the masters...

[@samstone5154]

I sure do miss Jerry.

[@muddywaterz]

They don’t know what love is…..

[@isaacsweeney5380]

missing the old album art. but loving the merl releases

[@cbryantc0]

I seriously don't think there's better music than the 70s. 60-80's was great, but 70s had the amazing styles and guitar riffs. Although I'm a 70s and 90s dead fan

[@irpacynot]

That's just flat-out insane. I climaxed for 12:06 straight. How is this possible.

[@amangogna68]

Great music and amazing singer !

[@exposingtheamericanstasitr3579]

Merle is my favorite collab Jerrbear did. Good years!

[@deadexplorations7439]

Will we ever get a vinyl release on one of these?

[@susiefairfield7218]

🚫👖 Zone

[@richardsmithRE]

How did this stay unreleased for so long?

[@captainanthony1399]

"Yes,yes yes yes" Erebody was groovin' on Merle

[@MarKObuisson]

😍🤩😍😇

[@davidhahnbirds]

❤ & ✌

[@artemdzuba3015]

Apreciando a una mujer tan hermosa. 2:4 sentadillas son unos XX18LIKE.Uno muchas y un buen ejercicio. 5:25 Se deja ver que hay muy buenos resultados 😍👍 Saludos desde la Cd.. de world losz mortales abian apreciado tan hermosa mujer

[@Ck-zk3we]

Yawn