The Legion of Mary was a side project of the Grateful Dead's lead guitarist, singer, and defacto leader Jerry Garcia.The band lasted from January 23, 1975 to June 6, 1975 . It's members were Jerry Garcia(guitar and vocals) Merl Saunder (keyboards and vocals),John Kahn(bass), Martin Fierro(saxophone and flute) and Ron Tutt(drums).The band primarily played blues, R&B, and gospel songs in their live performances.Their only official recording to date was released on Rhino Records in August, 2005, under the name The Jerry Garcia Collection, Volume 1: Legion of Mary. The recording is a 2 disc set of live performances recorded between December 1974 and July 1975. The Grateful Dead was an American psychedelia-influenced rock band. ... Steve Howe playing lead guitar for Yes in 1977 A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. ... LeAnn Rimes singing in concert A singer is a type of musician who uses his or her voice as an instrument to produce music. ... Jerome John Jerry Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was famous as lead guitarist and vocalist of the psychedelic rock band the Grateful Dead, though his extensive career involved many other projects. ... January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... John Kahn (1949-1996) was an American rock bass player. ... Martin Fierro is a tenor saxophonist who plays in the jazz, freeform rock, and avant-garde traditions. ... The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on a pentatonic scale and a characteristic twelve-bar chord progression. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... Gospel music may refer either to the religious music that first came out of African-American churches in the 1930s or, more loosely, to both black gospel music and to the religious music composed and sung by white southern Christian artists. ... Rhino Entertainment is a specialty record label originally known for releasing retrospectives of famous comedy performers, including Stan Freberg, Tom Lehrer, and Spike Jones. ... August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Look up December in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...

Tracks include:

Disc 1;

• Tough Mama (Bob Dylan)
• That's a Touch I Like (Winchester)
• I Second That Emotion (Cleveland / Robinson)
• Since I Lost My Baby (Instrumental Jam) (Robinson / More / Garcia / Saunders / Kahn / Tutt / Fierro)
• Tore Up Over You (Ballard)
• The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Robertson)
• Talkin' 'Bout You (Charles)

Disc 2;

• I'll Take a Melody (Toussaint)
• Let It Rock (Berry)
• Neighbor, Neighbor (Valier)
• Money Honey (Stone)
• Last Train From Poor Valley (Blake)
• Mystery Train (Parker / Phillips)
• How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You (Holland / Dozier / Holland)

A bonus disc, Absolute Mary, was distributed with copies pre-ordered from jerrygarcia.com;

• Boogie On Reggae Woman
• Every Word You Say
• Jam (Instrumental)
• It's No Use
• Wicked Messenger
• Sittin' Here In Limbo