Jerry Garcia – Before The Dead (4-CD)
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Long before the Wall of Sound or the psychedelic sprawl of the Fillmore, Garcia was a young musician woodshedding through the American folk revival, absorbing Bill Monroe, Mississippi John Hurt, and the Carter Family with the same intensity he'd later bring to improvisation. These recordings capture the formative years when Garcia and Hunter were still figuring out who they were, playing coffeehouses and living rooms in the Bay Area folk scene that would quietly lay the groundwork for everything that followed.
Before the Dead brings together a rare collection of the earliest known performances by Jerry Garcia. From an informal 1961 recording of folk songs at a birthday party — featuring future songwriting partner Robert Hunter — to polished coffeehouse gigs with old-timey and bluegrass bands through 1964, the collection showcases Garcia's deep immersion in American folk tradition and the musical roots that would shape the Grateful Dead.
Across four discs and 84 tracks, Garcia works through an extraordinary range of material: Appalachian folk songs, old-time fiddle tunes, bluegrass standards, country blues, and gospel — performed with the kind of reverence and technical seriousness that defined his early years as a musician. An essential document for anyone who wants to understand where Garcia came from.
Tracklist
Disc 1
1-1. Santy Anno (2:15)
1-2. I Got A Home In That Rock (1:46)
1-3. Oh, Mary Don't You Weep (3:31)
1-4. All My Trials (4:01)
1-5. I Was Born Then Thousand Years Ago (2:12)
1-6. Blow The Candles Out (2:02)
1-7. Rake And A Rambling Boy (1:31)
1-8. Trouble In Mind (3:10)
1-9. Brown's Ferry Blues (2:31)
1-10. Jesse James (4:13)
1-11. Down In The Willow Garden (1:48)
1-12. Long Lonesome Road (2:39)
1-13. Railroad Bill (3:17)
1-14. The Wagoner's Lad (3:00)
1-15. Katie Cruel (3:40)
2-1. Cannonball Blues (3:02)
2-2. Little Birdie (3:17)
2-3. Sally Goodin (2:06)
2-4. Hold That Woodpile Down (3:32)
2-5. Legend Of The Johnson Boys (3:10)
2-6. Shady Grove (2:49)
2-7. Sweet Sunny South (3:13)
2-8. Man Of Constant Sorrow (2:26)
2-9. Band Introductions (1:12)
2-10. Roving Gambler (3:46)
2-11. Ground Speed (1:29)
2-12. Pig In A Pen (2:15)
2-13. Standing In The Need Of Prayer (2:09)
2-14. Flint Hill Special (2:00)
2-15. Nine Pound Hammer (2:42)
2-16. Handsome Molly (2:19)
2-17. Clinch Mountain Backstep (1:18)
2-18. Think Of What You've Done (2:41)
2-19. Cripple Creek (1:24)
2-20. All The Good Times Have Past And Gone (3:07)
2-21. Billy Grimes, The Rover (2:42)
2-22. Paddy On The Turnpike (Boys, My Money's All Gone) (1:38)
2-23. Run Mountain (4:11)
2-24. Sugar Baby (3:52)
2-25. Sitting On Top Of The World (3:37)
3-1. Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms (3:25)
3-2. Jerry's Breakdown (2:08)
3-3. Standing In The Need Of Prayer (2:39)
3-4. Mule Skinner Blues (3:23)
3-5. Saturday Night Shuffle (2:05)
3-6. Pike Country Breakdown (1:44)
3-7. The Little Sparrow (3:25)
3-8. We Shall Not Be Moved (2:41)
3-9. Deep Elem Blues (3:17)
3-10. Will The Weaver (3:14)
3-11. I Truly Understand (3:20)
3-12. Long Black Veil (4:28)
3-13. The Man Who Wrote Home Sweet Home Never Was A Married Man (3:38)
3-14. Foggy Mountain Top (3:13)
4-1. Barefoot Nellie (3:41)
4-2. She's More To Be Pitied (3:26)
4-3. Noah's Breakdown (2:18)
4-4. Who Will Sing For Me? (2:07)
4-5. Salt Creek (2:19)
4-6. Monroe's Hornpipe (Jody's Hornpipe) (1:51)
4-7. Rosa Lee McFall (2:31)
4-8. John Hardy/Closing Theme (1:26)
4-9. Katie Kline (3:17)
4-10. Walkin' The Dog (2:10)
4-11. Paddy On The Turnpike (Boys, My Money's All Gone) (3:12)
4-12. Love And Wealth (2:19)
4-13. Sourwood Mountain (0:45)
4-14. If I Lose (2:16)
4-15. Homestead On The Farm (I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home) (2:20)
4-16. Stoney Creek (2:24)
4-17. Salty Dog Blues (2:21)
4-18. Love Please Come Home (2:21)
4-19. Make Me A Pallet On The Floor (2:27)
4-20. Darlin' Allalee (2:08)
4-21. In The Pines (3:25)
4-22. Raw Hide (2:32)
4-23. Black Mountain Rag (2:12)
4-24. True Life Blues (2:21)
4-25. Medley: Devil's Dream - Sailor's Hornpipe (1:45)
4-26. Drink Up And Go Home (3:05)
4-27. These Men Of God (3:14)
4-28. Roll On Buddy (2:11)
4-29. Goodbye Old Pal (1:50)
4-30. Back Up And Push (1:10)
UPC: 880882302528
Label: Round Records
Release Date: 5.11.18
Format: CD