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| 1. | Mystery Train
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| 2. | That's All Right
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| 3. | I Was Made to Love Her
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| 4. | Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You
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| 5. | Iron Horse
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| 6. | Little Bit of Righteousness
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| 7. | Wondering Why
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| 8. | Keepers (Finders)
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| 9. | She's Got Charisma
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| 10. | La-La
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| 11. | Georgia on My Mind
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| 12. | M.S.
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| 13. | Bolinas Brown
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Jazz
Merl Saunders - Clavinet, Keyboards, Mellotron, Organ, Piano, Producer, Remixing, Roland 2000, Synthesizer, Vocals
(Ex) Cat Heads - Conga
Betty Cantor - Engineer
Bill Vitt - Drums
Billy Fender - Guitar (Rhythm)
Brian Gardner - Engineer, Mastering
Chris Hayes - Guitar
Chuck Rainey - Bass
David Grisman - , Mandolin
Deb Sibony - Design
Don Cody - Engineer
Eccleston W. Wainwright, Jr. - Drums
Eddie Bill Harris - Engineer
Edwin Hawkins - Vocals (Background)
Gaylord Birch - Drums
Geoff Muldaur - Vocals
Jamie Putnam - Art Direction
Jerry Garcia - , Guitar, Vocals
Joel Cohen - Guitar
John Kahn - Bass
John Wilmeth - Trumpet
Kenneth Nash - Bongos, Conga, Percussion
Larry Vann - Drums
Lynette Hawkins-Stephens - Vocals
Martin Fierro - Flute, Saxophone
Michael Bloomfield - , Guitar
Michael Howell - Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm)
Mike Lawson - Liner Notes
Phil Bray - Photography
Rev. Ron Stallings - Saxophone
Rex Jackson - Engineer
Ron Stalling - Saxophone
Skip Shimmin - Engineer
Steve Fontana - Remixing
Steve Maruta - Photography
Tom Fogerty - Guitar (Rhythm)
Tom Scott - Engineer
Tony Saunders - Bass
Tramaine Hawkins - Vocals (Background)
Vassar Clements - , Violin
Vince Littleton - Drums, Percussion
Walter Hawkins - Vocals (Background)
Walter Hawkins & The Hawkins Family - Vocals
Keyboardist Merl Saunders roamed through the vaults at Fantasy Records in 1997, where he had recorded a voluminous amount of material in the 1970s, and put together this scintillating retrospective. Filled with multi-track remixes of forgotten masters, unreleased gems, restored parts over previously released material, this features Saunders fronting a bunch of different lineups and utilizing the talents of Jerry Garcia, Michael Bloomfield, David Grisman, Tom Fogerty, Vassar Clements, Kenneth Nash, John Kahn and a young Sheila E. Escovedo. Highlights include "Little Bit of Righteousness" and "Iron House," both featuring great guitar work from Bloomfield, "Wondering Why" and "Bolinas Brown," showcasing Garcia in two different lineups and "M.S.," perhaps Sheila's first recorded performance.
Cub Koda, All Music Guide
Jazz
Merl Saunders
Active Decades: '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Feb 14, 1934 in San Mateo, CA
Died: Oct 24, 2008 in San Francisco, CA
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Country-Rock, World Fusion, Folk-Rock
Hammond B-3 player Merl Saunders has recorded with numerous renowned artists since the early '70s and has led many of his own dates in a variety of genres from jazz to blues to new age to rock. Born on Valentine's Day, 1934 in San Mateo, CA, Saunders began learning to play the piano at the age of 10. He was a classmate and bandmate of Johnny Mathis through junior high school. Saunders decided on music as a profession after seeing how much fun was had by audience and performers alike at concerts by such musicians as Cab Calloway. He apprenticed early on with Jimmy Smith for a time, and attended various music schools. Starting in the 1960s, Saunders collaborated on and off with Jerry Garcia, and the Grateful Dead. He also began working as a jazz keyboardist in the early '70s, and since has performed and recorded with Harry Belafonte, Frank Sinatra, Lionel Hampton, Miles Davis, B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt and Paul Butterfield. One of his several albums with Jerry Garcia, Blues From the Rainforest, hit the Top 5 of the U.S. Billboard New Age charts in the early '90s. Saunders runs his own label, Sumertone, which includes much of his catalogue, as does the Fantasy label. In 1998, Saunders released his 20th album as a leader, Merl Saunders With His Funky Friends: Live! (Sumertone), which includes guests Garcia, John Popper (of Blues Travelers) and Trey Anastasio (of Phish). In addition to his active touring schedule, the San Franciscan has also written scores for TV and movies, including Tales From The Crypt, Twilight Zone, Heavy Traffic and Fritz The Cat. In early 2000, Merl Saunders became the first recipient of the lifetime activist award from a Florida environmentalist group for his environmental activism that goes beyond just the titles of albums like Save the Planet So We'll Have Someplace to Boogie and Blues from the Rainforest. Later that fall, Saunders released Struggling Man in November.
---Joslyn Layne, All Music Guide |
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