Legion of Mary

The Jerry Garcia project referred to as Legion of Mary wasn’t recorded therefore during its lifetime, nonetheless it played extensively throughout a nine-month period from past due 1974 to summer 1975. The band’s design was like the Deceased, with rock and roll & move, blues, and jazz providing as the building blocks for weighty improvisation. Keyboard participant Merl Saunders was the linchpin, however the music group also included bassist John Kahn, Martin Fierro on reeds, and Ron Tutt on drums. The roots of Legion of Mary started in 1971, when Saunders and Garcia started playing collectively. Garcia featured greatly on Saunders’ 1972 recording Heavy Turbulence, as well as the set also collaborated on the follow-up from early 1973, TURN UP, in addition to the double-LP Live at Keystone, documented in July 1973. Finally, the music group obtained the name Legion of Mary, and it performed continuously from past due 1974 in to the summer season of 1975, when it split up. The best study of its function arrived when Rhino put together Legion of Mary: The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 1, an extended set extracted from various shows.