JERRY GARCIA BAND / WITH PAUL BUTTERFIELD STEREO SOUNDBOARD (1CDR)

Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
Merl Sanders - keyboards
Tom Fogerty - guitar, harmonica, vocals
John Kahn - bass
Bill Vitt - drums
Paul Butterfield - harmonica (Tracks 5, 6)

1. IT TAKES A LOT TO LAUGH, IT TAKES A TRAIN TO CRY
2. EXPRESSWAY (TO YOUR HEART)
3. IMAGINE
4. THAT'S ALL RIGHT, MAMA
5. SAVE MOTHER EARTH
6. I WAS MADE TO LOVE HER

The Necromancer series reissues rare titles from a collector-made label, previously only available in very limited distribution, using officially acquired masters. Introducing the "Locked Room" label, specializing in rock and pop music.

This is a soundboard live recording by a band formed by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead and his close friend Merle Sanders. The stereo soundboard recording boasts excellent sound quality with clear instrument separation. The jam band showcases their skills with instrumental renditions of John Lennon's "Imagine," among other things. Paul Butterfield joins in on harmonica in the latter half. It's likely that sessions like this were commonplace in California around the 1970s, during the height of the flower culture.