Jerry Garcia – Before The Dead (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Jerry Garcia – Before The Dead (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 03:41:12 minutes | 2,23 GB | Genre: Folk, Bluegrass
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Before the Dead is an album by Jerry Garcia. It is a compilation of early recordings of Garcia playing folk and bluegrass music with various other musicians. The recordings were made from 1961 to 1964, before Garcia co-founded the rock band the Grateful Dead. Produced as a four-CD box set, and also as a five-LP limited edition box set, it was released on May 11, 2018.

In the early 1960s, the American folk music revival was in full swing, and the San Francisco Bay Area had its own folk scene. In 1961, after getting out of the Army, Jerry Garcia started playing folk music and other old-time songs. Garcia would sing and play acoustic guitar as a member of various ensembles and bands. Over the next few years, Garcia also become interested in bluegrass music, and learned to play the banjo. As his music skills evolved, he continued to play in different bands with similarly inclined musicians. A number of these performances were captured on reel-to-reel tape. In 1965, after a dalliance with jug band music, Garcia co-founded the rock band the Grateful Dead.

Before the Dead includes performances by several musicians who also collaborated with Garcia in later years. Robert Hunter wrote the lyrics for many Grateful Dead songs; David Nelson was a member of the New Riders of the Purple Sage; and Nelson and Sandy Rothman were members of the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band.

Before the Dead was produced by Dennis McNally, an author and former publicist for the Grateful Dead, and Brian Miksis, a documentarian and audio engineer. The two worked together to track down some of the original recordings from Jerry Garcia’s formative years as a musician. They also assembled many new short essays about the songs and the early ’60s folk scene in the Bay Area, along with photographs from that time.

The 1962 performance by the Hart Valley Drifters, at the studio of Stanford University radio station KZSU, was previously released as the album Folk Time.

Tracklist:
1-1. Jerry Garcia – Santy Anno (02:14)
1-2. Jerry Garcia – I Got A Home In That Rock (01:45)
1-3. Jerry Garcia – Oh, Mary Don’t You Weep (03:31)
1-4. Jerry Garcia – All My Trials (04:00)
1-5. Jerry Garcia – I Was Born Ten Thousand Years Ago (02:12)
1-6. Jerry Garcia – Blow The Candles Out (02:01)
1-7. Jerry Garcia – Rake And A Rambling Boy (01:30)
1-8. Jerry Garcia – Trouble Mind (03:10)
1-9. Jerry Garcia – Brown’s Ferry Blues (02:51)
1-10. Jerry Garcia – Jesse James (04:12)
1-11. Jerry Garcia – Down In The Willow Garden (01:48)
1-12. Jerry Garcia – Lonesome Road (02:39)
1-13. Jerry Garcia – Railroad Bill (03:16)
1-14. Jerry Garcia – The Wagoner’s Lad (02:59)
1-15. Jerry Garcia – Katie Cruel (03:39)
2-1. Jerry Garcia – Cannonball Blues (03:02)
2-2. Jerry Garcia – Little Birdie (03:17)
2-3. Jerry Garcia – Sally Goodin (02:05)
2-4. Jerry Garcia – Hold The Woodpile Down (03:32)
2-5. Jerry Garcia – Legend Of The Johnson Boys (03:09)
2-6. Jerry Garcia – Shady Grove (02:48)
2-7. Jerry Garcia – Sweet Sunny South (03:12)
2-8. Jerry Garcia – Man Of Constant Sorrow (02:25)
2-9. Jerry Garcia – Band Introductions (01:12)
2-10. Jerry Garcia – Roving Gambler (03:45)
2-11. Jerry Garcia – Ground Speed (01:28)
2-12. Jerry Garcia – Pig In A Pen (02:15)
2-13. Jerry Garcia – Standing In Need Of Prayer (02:08)
2-14. Jerry Garcia – Flint Hill Special (01:59)
2-15. Jerry Garcia – Nine Pound Hammer (02:42)
2-16. Jerry Garcia – Handsome Molly (02:18)
2-17. Jerry Garcia – Clinch Mountain Backstep (01:17)
2-18. Jerry Garcia – Think Of What You’ve Done (02:40)
2-19. Jerry Garcia – Cripple Creek (01:23)
2-20. Jerry Garcia – All The Good Times (03:07)
2-21. Jerry Garcia – Billy Grimes, The Rover (02:42)
2-22. Jerry Garcia – Boys, My Money’s All Gone (01:37)
2-23. Jerry Garcia – Run Mountain (04:10)
2-24. Jerry Garcia – Sugar Baby (03:52)
2-25. Jerry Garcia – Sitting On Top Of The World (03:36)
3-1. Jerry Garcia – Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms (03:25)
3-2. Jerry Garcia – Jerry’s Breakdown (02:07)
3-3. Jerry Garcia – Standing In Need Of Prayer (02:38)
3-4. Jerry Garcia – Muleskinner Blues (03:22)
3-5. Jerry Garcia – Saturday Night Shuffle (02:04)
3-6. Jerry Garcia – Pike County Breakdown (01:44)
3-7. Jerry Garcia – The Little Sparrow (03:25)
3-8. Jerry Garcia – We Shall Not Be Moved (02:41)
3-9. Jerry Garcia – Deep Elum Blues (03:16)
3-10. Jerry Garcia – Will The Weaver (03:13)
3-11. Jerry Garcia – Truly Understand (03:19)
3-12. Jerry Garcia – Long Black Veil (04:28)
3-13. Jerry Garcia – The Man Who Wrote (03:38)
3-14. Jerry Garcia – Foggy Mountain Top (03:13)
4-1. Jerry Garcia – Barefoot Nellie (03:40)
4-2. Jerry Garcia – She Is More To Be Pittied (03:26)
4-3. Jerry Garcia – Noah’s Breakdown (02:17)
4-4. Jerry Garcia – Who Will Sing For Me (02:07)
4-5. Jerry Garcia – Salt Creek (02:18)
4-6. Jerry Garcia – Jody’s Hornpipe (01:50)
4-7. Jerry Garcia – Rosa Lee MC Fall (02:30)
4-8. Jerry Garcia – John Hardy – Closing Theme (01:25)
4-9. Jerry Garcia – Katie Kline (03:16)
4-10. Jerry Garcia – Walkin’ The Dog (02:09)
4-11. Jerry Garcia – Paddy On The Turnpike (03:10)
4-12. Jerry Garcia – Love And Wealth (02:18)
4-13. Jerry Garcia – Sourwood Mountain (00:45)
4-14. Jerry Garcia – If I Lose (02:15)
4-15. Jerry Garcia – Homestead On The Farm (02:20)
4-16. Jerry Garcia – Stoney Creek (02:23)
4-17. Jerry Garcia – Salty Dog Blues (02:28)
4-18. Jerry Garcia – Love Please Come Home (02:20)
4-19. Jerry Garcia – Make Me A Pallet On The Floor (02:27)
4-20. Jerry Garcia – Darlin’ Allalee (02:17)
4-21. Jerry Garcia – In The Pines (03:15)
4-22. Jerry Garcia – Rawhide (02:32)
4-23. Jerry Garcia – Black Mountain Rag (02:12)
4-24. Jerry Garcia – True Life Blues (02:20)
4-25. Jerry Garcia – Medley (01:45)
4-26. Jerry Garcia – Drink Up And Go Home (03:04)
4-27. Jerry Garcia – These Men Of God (03:13)
4-28. Jerry Garcia – Roll On Buddy (02:10)
4-29. Jerry Garcia – Goodbye Old Pal (01:50)
4-30. Jerry Garcia – Back Up And Push (01:09)

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