Jerry Garcia - Reflections (Hot Pink LP Vinyl)

Originally released in early 1976, Reflections features a diverse mix of roots-oriented styles with contributions from Garcias two primary vehicles of musical expression the Grateful Dead and the Jerry Garcia Band.

In some ways, Reflections picks up where Garcia and the Dead left off on Blues For Allah. Speaking about the sessions, Garcia explained we were having fun in the studio is what it boils down to, and thats pretty rare for us. The energy was there, and I thought, Ive got a solo album coming up. Lets cut these tracks with the Grateful Dead. Ive already taught them the tunes.

Assembled in Bob Weirs home studio, Aces, Garcia and the Dead laid down well-worn but never previously recorded songs including They Love Each Other, It Must Have Been The Roses, and Comes A Time plus a new song, Robert Hunters Might As Well a document of the Deads 1970 trip across Canada aboard the legendary Festival Express. The balance of the record showcases the late-1975 Jerry Garcia Band core featuring John Kahn, Ron Tutt and Nicky Hopkins, plus Larry Knechtel of the famed Wrecking Crew. Like the material recorded by the Grateful Dead, the Jerry Garcia Bands selections were also road-tested prior to recording. The cuts included the seminal Garcia/Hunter ballad "Mission in the Rain plus renditions of Hank Ballards rocker Tore Up Over You, Catfish John and Allen Toussaints Ill Take A Melody.

As Steve Silberman noted in the 2004 All Good Things box set, while Reflections was effectively two half-albums in one, "its one of Garcias most artistically unified statements of harmony, affirmation and joy.

Tracklist:
1. Might As Well
2. Mission In The Rain
3. They Love Each Other
4. Ill Take A Melody
5. It Must Have Been The Roses
6. Tore Up Over You
7. Catfish John
8. Comes A Time