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Encyclopedia > Merl Saunders

Merl Saunders (sometimes spelled Merle), born February 14, 1934, is a multi-genre musician who plays piano and keyboards, favoring the Hammond B3 organ. February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... A genre is a division of a particular form of art according to criteria particular to that form. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... A baby grand piano, with the lid up. ... Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Hammond organ. ...


In the 1960s, Saunders began collaborating with Jerry Garcia, with the Grateful Dead and with Garcia's bands The Legion of Mary and Reconstruction. He has also worked with musicians Paul Pena, Bonnie Raitt, Phish, Miles Davis, and B.B. King. Merl also recorded with The Dinosaurs, a "supergroup" of first-generation Bay Area rock musicians. Jerome John Jerry Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was famous as the lead guitarist and vocalist of the psychedelic rock band the Grateful Dead, though his extensive career involved many other projects. ... The Grateful Dead was an American psychedelia-influenced rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco. ... The Legion of Mary was a side project of the Grateful Deads lead guitarist, singer, and defacto leader Jerry Garcia. ... Reconstruction was an incarnation of the Jerry Garcia Band that performed only for an eight-month period in 1979. ... Paul Pena on the cover of his album New Train Paul Pena (born January 26, 1950 in Hyannis, Massachusetts, died October 1, 2005, in San Francisco) is a multi-genre singer, pianist, and guitarist, performing Mississippi Delta blues, jazz, flamenco, folk, rock and roll and Tuvan throat-singing. ... Bonnie Raitt on the cover of her album Silver Lining Arbonna Bonnie Raitt, (born November 8, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who was born in Burbank, California, the daughter of Broadway musical star John Raitt. ... Phish was an American rock band most noted for jamming and improvisation. ... Davis 1959 album Kind of Blue, likely the best-selling jazz album ever. ... Riley B. King aka B. B. King (b. ... The Dinosaurs, formed in 1982, was the only Bay-Area supergroup to emerge from the psychedelic music era of San Francisco. ... In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe music groups comprising members of great proficiency who had already achieved fame or respect in other groups or as individual artists. ...


He currently runs his own record label, Sumertone. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...


External links

  • Merl Saunder's official site

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