Keystone Companions: The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings is a four-CD album by Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia. He was recorded live at Keystone in Berkeley, California on July 10 and 11, 1973, and released by Fantasy Records on September 25, 2012.
From February 1971 to July 1975, Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia played many live shows together when the Grateful Dead were not on tour. Their band for the July 1973 concert at Keystone was Saunders on keyboards, Garcia on guitar and vocals, John Kahn on bass and Bill Vitt on drums.
Some of the Keystone concert songs on July 10 and 11 were published as a Live album in Keystone in 1973, while others were released in 1988 as Keystone Encores. Along with seven unreleased tracks, Keystone Companions includes all the songs from the two previous albums. They were played in concert.
Keystone Companions is packaged as a set and includes a booklet with photos and cover notes, a poster and a button, among other extras.
Tracklist :
Disco 1 Keystone Companions Merl Saunders Jerry Garcia The Complete 1973 Fantasy
"Hi-Heel Sneakers" (Robert Higgenbotham) – 8:12
"Keepers" (Merl Saunders, John Kahn) – 7:54
"The Harder They Come" (Jimmy Cliff) – 6:23
"It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" (Bob Dylan) – 6:21
"It's Too Late (She's Gone)" (Chuck Willis) – 7:47
"My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 18:14
"Mystery Train" (Sam Phillips, Junior Parker) – 11:37
Disc 2
"I Second That Emotion" (Smokey Robinson, Al Cleveland) – 10:59
"Someday Baby" (Sam Hopkins) – 10:15
"Merl's Tune" (Saunders, John White) – 13:34
"It Ain't No Use" (Jerry Williams, Gary Bonds, Don Hollinger) – 9:36
"Positively 4th Street" (Dylan) – 7:45
"How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland) – 8:09
Disc 3 Keystone Companions Merl Saunders Jerry Garcia The Complete 1973 Fantasy
"It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" (Dylan) – 7:06
"Keepers" (Saunders, Kahn) – 6:34
"One Kind Favor" (Blind Lemon Jefferson) – 6:39
"That's All Right, Mama" (Arthur Crudup) – 4:11
"The Harder They Come" (Cliff) – 10:09
"My Funny Valentine" (Rodgers, Hart) – 18:05
"Money Honey" (Jesse Stone) – 8:21
Disc 4 Keystone Companions Merl Saunders Jerry Garcia The Complete 1973 Fantasy
"Someday Baby" (Hopkins) – 10:15
"Mrl's Tune" (Saunders, White) – 12:21
"Like a Road Leading Home" (Don Nix, Dan Penn) – 11:02
"How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" (Holland, Dozier, Holland) – 10:20
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