Garcia Live Volume 21


GarciaLive Volume 21 is a two-CD live album by the Jerry Garcia Band. It was recorded on February 13, 1976, at the Keystone in Berkeley, California. It contains most of the concert from that date, missing only the opening song, "How Sweet It Is". It also includes two bonus tracks from a show recorded two days later. It was released on June 14, 2024.
GarciaLive Volume 21 features the January 1976 to August 1977 lineup of the Jerry Garcia Band – Jerry Garcia on guitar and vocals, Keith Godchaux on keyboards, Donna Jean Godchaux on vocals, John Kahn on bass, and Ron Tutt on drums.

Critical reception

On jambands.com, Larson Sutton wrote, "It's a mostly mellow show... Two songs pulled from a Palo Alto date two nights later serve as an "encore", filling out the winning two-disc set. All in all, this edition reignites a GarciaLive series that's been so adept at detailing the arc of Garcia's solo excursions."

Track listing

Disc 1
  1. "Catfish John" – 14:13
  2. "After Midnight" – 13:17
  3. "Mission in the Rain" – 6:57
  4. "Who Was John?" – 12:28
  5. "They Love Each Other" – 7:31
  6. "Moonlight Mile" – 10:27
Disc 2
  1. "The Harder They Come" – 18:41
  2. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" – 19:17
  3. "Talkin' 'Bout You" – 10:33
  5. "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" – 9:29
  6. "My Sisters and Brothers" – 6:42

Personnel

Jerry Garcia Band
Production
  • Produced for release by Marc Allan and Kevin Monty
  • Recording: Betty Cantor-Jackson
  • Mastering: Fred Kevorkian
  • Project coordination: Lauren Goetzinger, Daniel Romanoff
  • Design, illustration: Chris Capotosto
  • Liner notes essay: Ed Perlstein
  • Photos: Greg Gaar, Ed Perlstein