The Very Best of Jerry Garcia


The Very Best of Jerry Garcia is a two-CD compilation album. It contains songs, mostly previously released, by Jerry Garcia, the Jerry Garcia Band, the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band, Old & In the Way, and Reconstruction. It is meant to showcase Garcia's work outside the Grateful Dead. The first disc contains studio recordings and the second disc contains live recordings. It was released on September 26, 2006.
Some copies of the album include two bonus discs called More of the Best and Twisted Radio Waves.
The Very Best of Jerry Garcia was released for Record Store Day as a five-disc LP, in a limited edition of 4,000 copies, on September 26, 2020.

Track listing

Disc one
  1. "Deal" – 3:14
  2. "Bird Song" – 4:26
  3. "Sugaree" – 5:54
  4. "Loser" – 4:10
  5. "The Wheel" – 4:12
  7. "Let It Rock" – 3:12
  8. "Russian Lullaby" – 3:04
  10. "Might as Well" – 3:54
  11. "Mission in the Rain" – 5:04
  12. "I'll Take a Melody" – 9:28
  14. "Rubin and Cherise" – 5:17
  15. "Cats Under the Stars" – 5:31
  16. "Rhapsody in Red" – 5:11
  18. "Run for the Roses" – 3:41
  19. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" – 7:40
  20. "Without Love" – 4:26
Disc two
  1. "Catfish John" – 4:06
  3. "Deep Elem Blues" – 6:09
  4. "Ripple" – 4:21
  6. "Positively 4th Street" – 10:46
  8. "The Harder They Come" – 12:43
  10. "Gomorrah" – 6:37
  12. "Dear Prudence" - 11:38
  14. "Señor " - 7:45
  15. "Evangeline" – 4:47
  17. "Deal" - 9:12

Personnel

See individual albums for musical personnel.

Production