Garcia Plays Dylan [Original recording remastered]

Jerry Garcia | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B000B6VUCK
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,643 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry -- Jerry Garcia Band

2. Tough Mama -- Jerry Garcia Band

3. Positively 4th Street -- Legion of Mary

4. Wicked Messenger -- Jerry Garcia Band

5. Knockin' On Heaven's Door -- Jerry Garcia Band

6. Simple Twist of Fate -- Jerry Gacia Band

7. I Shall Be Released -- Jerry Garcia Band

8. When I Paint My Masterpiece -- Jerry Garcia Band

9. She Belongs To Me -- Grateful Dead

10. Forever Young -- Jerry Garcia Band

11. Tangled Up in Blue -- Jerry Garcia Band

12. Senor (Tales of Yankee Power) -- Jerry Garcia Band

13. Visions of Johanna -- Grateful Dead

14. Mighty Quinn (Quinn, The Eskimo) -- Grateful Dead

15. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue -- Grateful Dead

Editorial Reviews

The Grateful Deads's revered Jerry Garcia pursued an eclectic array of side projects throughout his life. While he always remained central to the Dead's sound and mythology, his other acclaimed musical incarnations included the Jerry Garcia Band-both acoustic and electric configurations-the short-lived, jazz flavored Legion of Mary, solo outings featuring Merl Saunders, and bluegrass supergroup Old and In The Way. On his own and with the Dead (who toured with Dylan), Garcia's interpretations of the "Zimmerman" canon are rich musical masterpieces that embody the very soul of American roots music. This newly compiled 2-disc set celebrates many of the best of those memorable performances.

Customer Reviews

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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dylan play some Garcia, January 24, 2006

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I love Dylan and I love Jerry even more, so it goes without saying that I probably enjoyed this two-disk set more than the casual fan of either artist would. That being said, if you are strictly a Dylan fan you should enjoy the majority of these tracks. If you are strictly a Garcia fan you will certainly love all of these tracks. If you are both you are in for a real treat. This compilation has been done before with "Postcards From The Hanging" a few years back. However, Postcards was all Grateful Dead interpretations of Dylan. This comp includes Jerry's other projects, which are the highlight of the majority of the album.

Sound quality is generally very good considering the time periods. Highlights include a scorching Tough Mama, a surreal Knockin' on Heaven's Door (Donna wails well in this one folks), Simple Twist of Fate & I Shall Be Released are excellent, there is no other option, Tangled Up In Blue includes some mind boggling guitar work. The album closes with a nice take on It's All Over Now Baby Blue circa 1990 Dead. These are just highlights to me mind you (there are more I'm sure); the rest of the disk is great as well. The only glitch may be the 13-minute Masterpiece where Jerry butchers the lyrics (not in a forgetful sense, in a tonal sense. However, the guitar work is typical jaw dropping Jerry). Wicked Messenger wears me a little thin as well.

Overall a great compilation of work played by one of the greatest musicians (and his cast of friends) ever, interpreting one of the greatest songwriters ever, now that's hard to beat.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THERE ARE SOME OUTSTANDING COVERS HERE...., January 26, 2007

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This was a great album to get. Jerry Garcia sings Dylan is the first disc to properly combine the talents of Jerry (and The Dead in some cases) with the genius of Bob Dylan. It was attempted in the late eighties with Dylan and The Dead, an album that while although the album cover was pretty cool, the material was pretty much all very lame. It was also attempted a few years before this release with Postcards Of The Hanging: Grateful Dead do Dylan... also, less then exceptional.
Here it is done well. Here I can't complain that the album gets stale as it plays out like I could with Postcards... (I think the main reason with Postcards is that most of the cuts are Bob Weir singing really lengthy Bob Dylan tunes and Bob Weir just shouldn't sing that much. I mean, I've seen him do a few Dylan covers well in in concert, but stacked on top of each other they get old fast)
Jerry handles Dylan much nicer, and in fact, the tunes performed with Jerry Garcia Band are much better then songs he performed with the Dead.. (perhaps Dylan and The Dead just don't mesh as well as it seems like they should).
In point... I think that SHE BELONGS TO ME is the same version from Postcards, and that may have been the one stand out track from that disc, so right away it should be easy to just forget about it and put your eggs into this basket.
The bulk are from The JGC and are easily the highlights...my personal top three are TOUGH MAMA, WICKED MESSENGER and TALES OF YANKEE POWER although pretty much everything is worth listening to. They don't seem like a waste of time, it feels like there is emotion to these takes, and the band bring it a life of their own. That is essentially why this disc is good, and Postcards isn't.
Here new life is added to Dylan songs, there its like a karaoke show, and you wish you just had the real Dylan cuts.
Here is a disc thats worth listening to, whether you are a fan of Dylan or Jerry or The Dead or all of the above... there is some great stuff on here.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jerry Garcia and Dylan, August 15, 2007

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Many people attempt to sing Dylan songs. Jerry always seems to nail it; in his own style. This is a great two CD set. The cover is different as advertised. No Problem. It features the Jerry Garcia Band - Legion of Mary and of course the Dead. Jerry up front in all three. Highly recommended.