Fire Up Plus
CD by Merl Saunders and Friends
Studio/Live Recordings - 1 CD
Fantasy 1992 7/09
Studio/Live Recordings - 1 CD
Fantasy 1992 7/09
Includes recordings originally released on:
Heavy Turbulence - 1972, studio
Fire Up - 1973, studio/live
Heavy Turbulence - 1972, studio
Fire Up - 1973, studio/live
Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, 1971 - 1/73
Live KSAN Broadcast - "Lonely Avenue"
Live KSAN Broadcast - "Lonely Avenue"
Tracks:
| 1 | My Problems Got ProblemsSaunders / Carrier |
| 2 | The Night They Drove Old Dixie DownJ.W. Robertson |
| 3 | Save Mother EarthSaunders / Lewis |
| 4 | ImagineJohn Lennon |
| 5 | Welcome to the BasementSaunders / Moore |
| 6 | Man ChildSaunders / Lewis |
| 7 | After Midnight4:56J.J. Cale |
| 8 | Expressway (To Your Heart)5:20Gamble / Huff |
| 9 | Soul Roach4:24Saunders / Shanklin |
| 10 | Benedict Rides3:02Saunders / Carrier |
| 11 | The System3:48Saunders / Carrier |
| 12 | Lonely Avenue8:50Doc Pomus |
Personnel:
Merl Saunders - keyboards, organ, electric piano, Arp, clavinet, vocals Bob Drew - saxophone
Gaylord Birch - congas
Tom Fogerty - guitar
Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
The Hawkins Singers (Edwin, Walter, Tramaine, Lynette, Freddie, Carol) - vocals
Mike Howell - guitar
John Kahn - bass
Bill Kreutzmann - drums on "Lonely Avenue"
Eddie Moore - drums, saw
Kenneth Nash - percussion
Christopher Parker - drums
The Tower of Power Horns
Bill Vitt - drums