Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders
Jerry Garcia
- electric guitar, vocals
Merl Saunders
- keyboards, vocals
John Kahn
- electric bass
Martin Fierro
- saxophone, flute
Paul Humphrey
- drums
cryptdev: "The Chateau Liberté and a Season with Kingfish and Garcia/Saunders– Part One" "Why Jerry was playing at a tiny club in the Santa Cruz mountains five days before beginning the farewell Dead shows at Winterland that became the Grateful Dead movie speaks volumes about his attitude towards playing and the music business. ... Out of the darkness, a jumble of cars, motorcycles and people appeared surrounding a small shack-like structure that seemed impossibly small to be hosting a Garcia show. We paid our three bucks to the formidable doorman and made our way into the dimly lit club. Close to showtime, the Chateau was comfortably full but not so crowded that a fire marshall would be concerned (assuming s/he could find his way there)."