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Location: Chicago | Yesterday "Keyboardist Merl Saunders, the gentle lion of the San Francisco music scene best known as co-captain of guitarist Jerry Garcia's solo excursions outside the Grateful Dead, died Friday at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center after fighting infections."
If you know and like the Jerry Garcia Band (think "Sugaree") you know the man. Being a Bay Area native I grew up with the Dead, so this is sad news... |
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| Very sad. RIP. |
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Location: closely held secret | He was a good player.
You'd think he could have afforded better medical coverage than Kaiser... |
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Location: Jet City | Being a Bay Area native myself, I share the grief.
{And the disgust of him having to die at Kaiser. Hopefully it wasn't Oakland) |
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Location: nyc area | I was deeply saddened when we lost Jerry, now Merl.... RIP |
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Location: Chicago | BTW, Matt: I've never said how much I admire your playing and teaching ability. I look forward to having a lesson! |
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Merl Saunders RIP
