Description
Merl Saunders – Blues From The Rainforest: A Musical Suite (DVD)
Label: Whirlwind Media, Inc. – WDVD 2004
Series: The American Artist Series
Format: DVD, NTSC, Enhanced, Limited Edition
Country: US
Released: 2001
Barcode: 6 88321 20042 4
Tracklist:
Audio Program
1 Blues Frm The Rain Forest 15:26
2 Sunrise Over Haleakala 7:22
3 Blue Hill Ocean Dance 13:04
4 Afro Pearl Blue 13:38
5 Dance Of The Fireflies 5:22
6 Sri Lanka 9:15
Video Program
1 San Francisco After Dark (Includes “Blues For The Rainforest” Music Video Featuring Jerry Garcia) 25:00
2 Rediscovering The Amazon (Including “The Ayahuasca Zone” With Bob Weir And Jerry Garcia) 24:00
Concert Footage
Live At The Great American Music Hall San Francisco, California September 24, 1990
1 Introduction
2 Expressway To Your Heart 6:06
3 High Heel Sneakers 6:10
4 Boogie On Reggae Woman 6:55
5 Afro Pearl Blue 9:13
6 Finder’s keepers 7:50
7 Dance Of The Fireflies 8:25
8 Save Mother Earth 7:40
9 Merl’s Tune 9:32
Credits:
Backing Vocals – Karen Baker, Shakti, Tambora
Bass – Tony Saunders
Drums, Percussion – Muruga
Guitar – Bob Weir, Jerry Garcia, Steve Kimock
Keyboards, Percussion – Bill Thompson
Percussion – Eddie Moore
Synthesizer, Organ [B-3] – Merl Saunders
Violin – Steven Kindler
Notes:
Total Running time: 195 Minutes
Interactive Program
Includes internet accessibility to related websites
Blues From The Rainforest – Merl Saunders (S2CD-01, Sumertone Records, P.O. Box 22184, San Francisco, CA 94122, (800) 759-MERL) Jerry Garcia plays MIDI-guitar on “Blue Hill Ocean Dance” and “Afro Pearl”, electric guitar
on “Blues From the Rainforest”, and acoustic guitar on “Sunrise Over Haleakala”. Muruga Booker plays percussion. Released on CD and cassette (S2CS-16) in April, 1990. Also released by GDMerchandising as
GDCD 3901, although the CD inside is the Sumertone release.
DVD in very fine condition, unplayed, partly factory sealed