Jerry Garcia Band

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Jerry Garcia Band
General information
Genre (s) Rock , folk rock , country rock
founding 1975
resolution 1995
Website http://jerrygarcia.com/intro.html
Founding members
Jerry Garcia
John Kahn
Nicky Hopkins
Ron Tutt
Last occupation
Vocals, guitar
 Jerry Garcia
bass
 John Kahn
Vocals, keyboard
 Melvin Seals
Drums
 Donny Baldwin
singing
 Jaclyn LaBranch
singing
 Gloria Jones
former members
Jimmy Booker
Keith Godchaux
Donna Godchaux
Maria Muldaur
Buzz Buchanan
Ozzie Allers
Johnny de Foncesca
Greg Errico
Jimmy Warren
Daoud Shaw
Essra Mohawk
Liz Stires
Bill Kreutzmann
DeeDee Dickerson
David Kemper
Gaylord Birch

The Jerry Garcia Band was a band from the Grateful Dead leader Jerry Garcia . This band was Garcia's biggest and longest side project.

history

The band existed from their first appearance in 1975 until his death in 1995. In 1996 the band was continued under the name JGB in his memory, but with a different line-up and sometimes a different style. In addition to the Jerry Garcia Band, there was the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band , which differs in that it was purely acoustic and the Jerry Garcia Band purely electric.

The band was formed during a break from the Grateful Dead with musicians who already played with him at Legion of Mary . Next to Garcia, John Kahn was the only constant member for over 20 years. After that, Melvin Seals ( keyboard and electronic organ ), the later founder of JGB , was the longest member. He joined the band in 1980 and stayed until it was dissolved. Kahn died in 1996 before JGB was founded, so Seals became the new leader.

The band's stylistic spectrum was broad. The main direction was rock music , which was influenced by country , blues , folk and jazz (see Roots Rock ). But Garcia was also inspired by rhythm and blues and reggae . Seals brings a lot of gospel organ to the style. As with the Deads, musical improvisation was an integral part of the performances. It was also noticeable that Garcia covered many of Bob Dylan's songs .

In 1978 the first studio album "Cats Under the Stars" was released, the next album "Jerry Garcia Band" was not released until 1991, the live album of the same name was recorded in 1990 during a performance at The Warfield music theater . Ten other live albums were only released posthumously after Garcia's and Kahn's deaths.

Several Grateful Dead members were part of the formation, which changed constantly. The Jerry Garcia Band not only toured during breaks from the Grateful Dead, but often also in parallel, so that there were also joint appearances.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1991 Jerry Garcia Band US97 (5 weeks)
US
1997 How Sweet It Is US81 (5 weeks)
US
2001 Don't let go US137 (2 weeks)
US
Shining Star US194 (2 weeks)
US
2004 After Midnight: Kean College, 2/28/80 US118 (1 week)
US
2013 GarciaLive: Volume One, March 1st, 1980, Capitol Theater US87 (1 week)
US
GarciaLive: Volume Two, August 5th, 1990, Greek Theater US82 (1 week)
US
GarciaLive: Volume Three, Legion of Mary, December 14-15, 1974, Northwest To US102 (1 week)
US
2014 GarciaLive: Volume Four, March 22nd, 1978, Veteran's Hall US74 (1 week)
US
GarciaLive: Volume Five, December 31st, 1975, Keystone Berkeley US81 (1 week)
US
2017 GarciaLive: Volume Seven, November 8th, 1976, Sophie's, Palo Alto US96 (1 week)
US
GarciaLive: Volume Eight, November 23rd, 1991, Bradley Center US96 (1 week)
US
2018 GarciaLive: Volume Ten, May 20th, 1990, Hilo Civic Auditorium US153 (1 week)
US
2019 Electric on the Eel US154 (1 week)
US

More albums

  • 1978: Cats Under the Stars
  • 2004: Theater 1839, July 29 & 30, 1977
  • 2004: Lunt-Fontanne, New York City, October 31, 1987
  • 2004: Lunt-Fontanne, New York City, The Best of the Rest, October 15-30, 1987
  • 2005: Merriweather Post Pavilion, September 1 & 2, 1989
  • 2005: Warner Theater, March 18, 1978
  • 2006: Coliseum, Hampton, VA, November 9, 1991 (with Bruce Hornsby )
  • 2009: Bay Area, 1978-2009
  • 2009: The Jerry Garcia Collection, Volume 2: Let It Rock
  • 2019: Garcia Live Volume 11
  • 2020: Garcia Live Volume 13

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  1. ↑ Chart sources: US

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