Among the surprise appearances was John Mayer. The event featured performances by the Campfire Band by Bob Weir, and a special collaboration dubbed The Jerry Garcia Birthday Band that included Gloria Jones, Melvin Seals, as well as Jackie LaBranch as well as Duane Trucks, Tom Hamilton, Kamasi Washington, and Oteil Burbridge. In August 2017, Garcia Birthday Band made a performance at the Jerry Garcia 75th Birthday party hosted by Red Rocks Amphitheater in honor of the 75th birthday of Jerry Garcia. It was an experience like you’ve never seen before.… The band and the audience were so glad that Jerry was back. The love was palpable and you could feel it. It was not much the shouting and yelling, as it was the love that filled the room. When Jerry Garcia got on stage that day you would have thought that God himself had made an appearance. Jerry was down for some time and when he was back in form his first performance wasn’t with the Grateful Dead but with the Jerry Band Garcia at The Stone. The Deadheads’ love for Jerry Garcia became most apparent in 1986 when he fell into a coma following a diabetes illness. They had to walk all the way from the dressing room to the stage and as LaBranche looked out, she silently wondered where all the hippies had come from and where they had been all these years. The first gig that Jacklyn LaBranch did as part of the Jerry Garcia Band, was at The Stone. It was during the band’s singing rehearsal that LaBranch met Jerry Garcia. After learning the Music with Melvin Seals, they did a singing rehearsal with the band. Some of the pieces she started with include The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and Dear Prudence. LaBranch always played the piano, and also played in the orchestra. To LaBranch, music was music, so she really did not really question the lyrics or music. And that’s how LaBranch joined the Jerry Garcia Band.Īfter that, LaBranch, Melvin, and Dickerson, also known as Dee Dee started doing singing rehearsals together. Melvin Seals asked LaBranch if she would like to be a member of the Jerry Garcia Band after doing some recording work in his studio, an offer that LaBranch agreed to in delight. The community choir had not disbanded, but they had sort of stopped singing. LaBranch was a member of a community choir and their director had just moved out of town. At the time, LaBranch was not at all familiar with Jerry Garcia’s music. Jacklyn LaBranch was first introduced to the Jerry Garcia Band through Melvin Seals. LaBranch was an instrumental vocalist for the band and her positive presence offered a direct connection to the work and life of Jerry Garcia and their shared origin from the Bay Area. Jacklyn LaBranch became a member of the Jerry Garcia Band as early as 1982 and was a member of the band until Jerry Garcia passed away in 1995. Over the years following Jerry Garcia’s passing, Gloria Jones participated in various events paying tribute to Jerry including the Jerry Garcia Birthday Band’s performances at Vail in 2018 and Red Rocks in 2017 Jacklyn LaBranch and Gloria Jones were nicknamed The Jerryettes and were instrumental in creating the band’s soul food sound. With the exception of Kemper who took a four-month break between 19 and subsequently left the band in 1994, the band remained intact from its formation up to the period when Jerry Garcia passed away. When Gloria Jones joined the Jerry Garcia Band, the group already included a fantastic lineup that included the likes of Jerry, vocalist Jacklyn LaBranch, organist Melvin Seals, drummer David Kemper, and bassist John Kahn. 5 LP set: standard weight vinyl.Gloria Jones is a famous vocalist who was part of the Jerry Garcia Band from 1984 until Jerry Garcia passed away in 1995. In celebration of the album's 30th anniversary, it is released on vinyl for the first time. The iconic lineup features John Kahn, Melvin Seals, David Kemper, Gloria Jones, and Jacklyn LaBranch. Format: LP (Anniversary Edition) Selling over 360,000 CDs since it's release, the beloved self-titled album, Jerry Garcia Band, was the band's first live release recorded in the spring and summer of 1990 at the Warfield in San Francisco.
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