Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders

Musicians

Jerry Garcia - electric guitar
Bill Vitt - drums
John Kahn - electric bass
Merl Saunders - keyboards

Partial Show
Save Mother Earth , unidentified-19710520-01-blues , Little Bit Of Righteousness [1] > Summertime [1]

[1] First known performance

Run

JGMS - Keystone Korner May 1971 #1

Images

Notes

In Enter Tom Fogerty, JGMF deduces that TF saw the band this night, and was in the fold by 5/26.
listing: San Francisco Examiner, May 20, 1971, p. 30
JGMF: 'JGMS 5/20/71' is probably really JGMS 5/20/71 | Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders at the Keystone Korner, May 20, 1971 (LN jg1971-05-20.jgms.80mins.sbd-boswell-smith.126365.flac2496)
listing: "Rock, Pop Entertainment Here," San Francisco Chronicle, May 19, 1971, p. 59

YouTube Audio

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