1975-05-15 Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders

Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA

official-release

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Jerry Garcia - electric guitar, vocals
Merl Saunders - keyboards, vocals
John Kahn - electric bass
Martin Fierro - saxophone, flute

Guest Musicians
unidentified-19750515 (complete show) - drums

Set 1:
Tore Up Over You [1] , When I Die [2] , Every Word You Say [3] , I Feel Like Dynamite [3] , Wicked Messenger [4][5] , Day By Day [6] , Mystery Train

Set 2:
I'll Take A Melody [3][7] , You Can Leave Your Hat On , Little Sunflower [8] , Neighbor Neighbor [9] , Boogie On Reggae Woman , How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)

[1] First known performance (by JGMS) last known performance on 1975-04-18 by LOM
[2] Final known performance (by JGMS) next known performance on 1975-05-22 by LOM
[3] First known performance (by JGMS) last known performance on 1975-04-20 by LOM
[4] First known performance (by JGMS) last known performance on 1975-04-19 by LOM
[5] Released on Absolute Mary (Bonus Disc)
[6] First known performance
[7] Released on The Jerry Garcia Collection Vol. 1: Legion of Mary
[8] First known performance last known performance on 1975-05-09 by Aunt Monk as guest
[9] Final known performance (by JGMS) next known performance on 1976-01-09 by JGB

Set 1			Gap Analysis
Tore Up Over You	First known performance (by JGMS) last known performance on 1975-04-18 by LOM	Jerry Garcia	Reflections	first	1
When I Die	Final known performance (by JGMS) next known performance on 1975-05-22 by LOM	Instrumental		1	3
Every Word You Say	First known performance (by JGMS) last known performance on 1975-04-20 by LOM	Jerry Garcia		first	2
I Feel Like Dynamite	First known performance (by JGMS) last known performance on 1975-04-20 by LOM	Merl Saunders		first	1
Wicked Messenger	First known performance (by JGMS) last known performance on 1975-04-19 by LOM Released on Absolute Mary (Bonus Disc)	Jerry Garcia		first	4
Day By Day	First known performance	Instrumental		first	1
Mystery Train		Jerry Garcia		3	2

Set 2			Gap Analysis
I'll Take A Melody	First known performance (by JGMS) last known performance on 1975-04-20 by LOM Released on The Jerry Garcia Collection Vol. 1: Legion of Mary	Jerry Garcia	Reflections	first	2
You Can Leave Your Hat On		Merl Saunders		1	2
Little Sunflower	First known performance last known performance on 1975-05-09 by Aunt Monk as guest	Instrumental		first	2
Neighbor, Neighbor	Final known performance (by JGMS) next known performance on 1976-01-09 by JGB	Jerry Garcia		3	last
Boogie On Reggae Woman		Merl Saunders		2	2
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)		Jerry Garcia		1	1

Audio

Legion Of Mary, JGB 05.15.1975 San Francisco, CA Complete Show AUD

The Jerry Garcia Collection, Volume 1: Legion of Mary

Images

Notes

mention: San Francisco Examiner, May 9, 1975, p. 35; listing: San Francisco Sunday Examiner and Chronicle Datebook, May 11, 1975, p. 6

ad: San Francisco Sunday Examiner and Chronicle Datebook, May 11, 1975, p. 10

This is historically understood and officially credited as Legion of Mary (LOM), with Ron Tutt correspondingly drumming. But great ears have established that this is not Tutt drumming, and therefore this is not Legion of Mary. The advertisements all bill Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders. Betty labeled the tape boxes as "Merl & Jerry". As we say with some regularity, Rex and Betty established and carefully followed the Tutt Rule , whereby Tutt's presence in a gig with Merl was both necessary and sufficient to use of LOM band name.

So we label JGMS. But with Betty's notation and our broader understanding of what was happening in this period, we probably should label this as "Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia" (MSJG). MSJG events would be Merl, Jerry and a drummer other than Kreutzmann, Nelson, Humphrey, or Tutt in 1974-1975. The January 1975 Keystone gigs with Gaylord drumming (and Tony Saunders on bass) would be MSJG gigs. So would many of the gigs with unidentified drummers in May, June and July 1975.

Nick: 5/15/75: the soles of my feet / I swear they're burning

Sources

1975-05-15 [Thu]

Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA

Set 1

Set 2