Almost Acoustic [Live]

Jerry Garcia | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 24, 1995)
• Original Release Date: 1988
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Arista
• ASIN: B000002VJP
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #153,465 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

2. Deep Elem Blues

3. Standin' on the Corner [Blue Yodel No. 9]

4. Spike Driver's Blues

5. I've Been All Around This World

6. Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail

7. I'm Troubled

8. Oh, the Wind and Rain

9. The Girl at the Crossroads Bar

10. Oh, Babe, It Ain't No Lie

11. Casey Jones

12. Diamond Joe

13. Gone Home

14. Ripple

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The rerelease of the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band album, November 18, 2010

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Dark Star-The Other One (The Bus To Never Ever Land) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Almost Acoustic (Audio CD)

This release was recorded in November 1987 at the Wiltern in Los Angeles and the Warfield in San Francisco. The line up consisted of many of Jerry's longtime Bluegrass buddies like former New Riders David Nelson, Sandy Rothman with JGB mainstay John Kahn on bass and drummer David Kemper on snare with new friend Kenny Kosek on fiddle. The album features many favorites such as Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Deep Elem Blues, I've Been All Around This World, I'm Troubled and so on. Most of the songs feature Jerry singing the lead although David Nelson does get a couple in there. The recording was made by John Cutler on a two track DAT feed and the reissue has been upgraded to HDCD. aside from that, I don't notice any difference in the sound between the new version and my original 1988 pressing bought by my grandmother for my birthday. She ended up liking this one too!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Ever!, January 2, 2003

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Arielle Hughes (Tampa, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Almost Acoustic (Audio CD)

Not only do I think this is one of Jerry Garcia's most enjoyable moments it is also one of my ultimate all-time favorite albums in the world! This music just makes you FEEL good and I am not complete without it!!Especially check out Deep Elem and Wind & Rain!

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gotta bring up that rating!, May 6, 1999

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[e-mail] (Philadelphia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Almost Acoustic (Audio CD)

3 stars? This album is definitely worthy of a higher rating than that. Anything with "Deep Elem Blues" on it deserves at least 4 stars! The previous reviewer was right on when he said that if you like "Reckoning" you'll like this. And since I believe that "Reckoning" is one of the Dead's best albums (if not THE best), then I have to give this one a big, hearty thumbs up!