Jerry Garcia / Good Ole Boys - Drink Up And Go Home: Live At Margarita's Cantina 2/20/75 & 2/21/75 (2-LP Vinyl)
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The Dead's 1975 hiatus wasn't exactly downtime for Garcia. Between Old and in the Way winding down and the band's return to the stage still months away, he was deep in acoustic roots music, producing, playing, and clearly relishing the freedom to just be a bluegrass picker for a night. Wakefield, one of the true architects of progressive bluegrass mandolin, gives these Santa Cruz club sets a legitimacy that goes well beyond a famous guest sitting in.
A rare buried treasure from the Grateful Dead's 1975 hiatus, Drink Up and Go Home: Live at Margarita's Cantina captures Jerry Garcia on banjo for two nights of bluegrass at a Santa Cruz club alongside an all-star lineup: mandolin legend Frank Wakefield, David Nelson of the New Riders of the Purple Sage on guitar, fiddle player Brantley Kearns, and bassist Pat Campbell.
The backstory is pure happenstance. Garcia had just produced the Good Old Boys' studio album at Mickey Hart's ranch for Round Records when the band's regular banjo picker became unavailable for their upcoming club dates. Garcia stepped in — and the results were captured on two-track tape over both nights, February 20th and 21st, 1975. Outstanding singing, blistering mandolin and fiddle solos, and a loose, crowd-pleasing energy that's apparent from the moment the band takes the stage. This Record Store Day 2019 exclusive brings the recordings to vinyl for the first time.
For Garcia completists, it's an essential document of his deep bluegrass roots — a side of Jerry rarely captured this candidly on an official release.
UPC: 089353342722
Label: Rockbeat Records
Release Date: 4.13.19
Format: RSD 2019 LP Vinyl
Tracklist
Side A
A1. Ashes Of Love
A2. Deep Elem Blues
A3. Dim Lights
A4. Fireball Mail
Side B
B1. I'll Never Make You Blue
B2. All The Good Times
B3. She's No Angel
B4. Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail
B5. Wildwood Flower
B6. Teardrops In My Eyes
Side C
C1. Lonesome Road Blues
C2. Long Gone
C3. Leave Well Enough Alone
C4. White House Blues
C5. T For Texas
C6. Jesus Loves His Mandolin Player
Side D
D1. First Whippoorwill
D2. New Camptown Races
D3. Pistol Packing Mama
D4. Jerusalem Moan
D5. Drink Up & Go Home
D6. Orange Blossom Special