Setlist at GarciaLive Vol. 15 - Keystone Korner San Francisco, CA on May 21, 1971

Set One
Man-Child 1036
One Kind Favor 554
I Know It's A Sin 418
I Was Made To Love Her 598
Keystone Korner Jam 989
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down 304
Save Mother Earth 1519
That's All Right 508
The Wall Song 765
Mystery Train 404
GarciaLive Vol. 15 - Keystone Korner
San Francisco, CA
May 21, 1971

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Setlist at GarciaLive Vol. 15 - Keystone Korner San Francisco, CA on May 21, 1971

Set One
Man-Child 1036
One Kind Favor 554
I Know It's A Sin 418
I Was Made To Love Her 598
Keystone Korner Jam 989
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down 304
Save Mother Earth 1519
That's All Right 508
The Wall Song 765
Mystery Train 404

Show Notes

GarciaLive Volume 15: May 21st, 1971 Keystone Korner finds Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders in the middle of their first multi-night run at the vaulted San Francisco club. The previously uncirculated two-set performance was mixed and mastered from 4-track analog reels. With John Kahn thought to be on another gig in Southern California, Garcia, Saunders, and drummer Bill Vitt shift to an organ trio configuration with Merl’s feet ably rounding out the rhythm section. Future Garcia/Saunders & Legion of Mary bandmate Martin Fierro joins the fold, his first known performance with Garcia/Saunders, on 5 songs pushing the group to dizzying heights. The show opening “Man-Child” sets the tone with a 17-minute heavily improvised, funky jazz-fusion romp, while the self-described “Keystone Korner Jam” is (as best we can tell) a completely improvised adventure that takes the group into uncharted territory. Set Two offers more of the same with an incendiary take on Saunders’s original “Save Mother Earth” that tips the 25-minute mark to open the set. The highlight of the night, however, may be the only known Garcia-led performance of David Crosby’s “The Wall Song.” While Saunders is credited with teaching Garcia “regular, straight” music, there’s certainly no evidence of anything mundane here.

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oshie 10/22/2023 6:39:17 PM

"Garcia at his rawest man"

GratefulDad 5/21/2022 8:05:31 AM

"Hard to find a better example of the chemistry between these two. A must listen. "

Uncle Sam 6/2/2021 6:22:10 PM

"No words from Uncle Sam on this. I’m speechless. "

Some dude 3/6/2021 5:03:18 PM

"The best thing I never heard "

Easy Wind 12/17/2020 2:02:53 PM

"Awesome. 5 stars. Beautiful moment in time for one of the greatest."

Nomadtribe 12/14/2020 9:33:22 PM

"Haha!! JG*"

Nomadtribe 12/14/2020 9:31:29 PM

"Pre-cursor to Legion. Keystone was dear to Jer, no? JV is crisp as ......"

Jason 12/12/2020 10:35:33 AM

"Awesome to hear Jerry get FUNKY!!"

Pdub 12/7/2020 7:17:01 PM

"Funk af Jerry is on fire and merl too...."

RUMJAX 12/7/2020 6:54:00 AM

"Absolute fire. Improvising unforgivingly; Garcia "

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