Legion of Mary: The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 1

Legion of Mary: The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 1 is an album by Legion of Mary, a jazz influenced rock band led by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. It was recorded live on various dates from December 1974 to July 1975, at the Keystone in Berkeley, California, the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, California, and the Paramount Theatre in Portland Oregon. It was released on August 23, 2005.

Besides Garcia on guitar and vocals, Legion of Mary features Merl Saunders on keyboards, Martin Fierro on saxophone and flute, John Kahn on bass, and Ron Tutt on drums.

In August 1975, Garcia disbanded Legion of Mary, and formed a new group called the Jerry Garcia Band. The first lineup of the Jerry Garcia Band also included Kahn and Tutt, along with Nicky Hopkins on piano. A live recording of that band, from November of 1975, was released in 2009 as the album The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 2.

Track listing

Disc One

1. "Tough Mama" (Bob Dylan) – 9:42
2. "That's a Touch I Like" (Jesse Winchester) – 11:54
3. "I Second That Emotion" (Al Cleveland, Smokey Robinson) – 14:02
4. "Since I Lost My Baby" (Pete Moore, Smokey Robinson) –......
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