Deadheads and Jerry Garcia fans will soon get the chance to relive the Jerry Garcia Band‘s electric (and acoustic) performances at French’s Camp from 1987, 1989, and 1991, as they will all be included on the forthcoming six-CD box set, Electric On The Eel. The JGB live compilation is scheduled to arrive on March 15th via Round Records.
The three electric performances were recorded at the picturesque outdoor venue located Piercy, California beginning in 1987, and continued as a summer tradition known as “Eel River” in the years to follow. The lineup for the performances those years included Melvin Seals on keyboards, John Kahn on bass, David Kemper on drums, and Gloria Jones and Jacklyn LaBranch on backing vocals. The box set will also include the band’s Acoustic On The Eel performance from August 29th, 1987 via bonus disc for fans who purchase the compilation via their local independent record store or through the Jerry Garcia website (while supplies last).
Ahead of Electric On The Eel‘s impending release, JamBase has premiered a tender take on “Mission In The Rain”, played on June 10th, 1989. “Mission In The Rain” was only played five times by the Grateful Dead, with Jerry Garcia Band playing the tune off of Garcia’s 1976 solo album, Reflections, over 200 times live. According to Dead.net, Garcia explained in an interview, “‘Mission in the Rain’ is… a song that might be about me. It’s my life; it’s like a little piece of my life.”
Listen to “Mission In The Rain” off of JGB’s forthcoming Electric On The Eel box set below:
Jerry Garcia Band – “Mission In The Rain”
[Audio: Jerry Garcia]
Fans can head over to the Garcia Family Provisions website to see all the various package options and pre-order the album prior to its mid-March arrival. Fans can also reference the list below to see the full box set tracklisting.
