Legion of Mary

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Legion of Mary was a mid-1970s jazz-rock and rhythm & blues-oriented side project led by Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia, known for its improvisational live performances.

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Legion of Mary canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jerry Garcia side project ⓘ
band ⓘ
activePeriod mid-1970s ⓘ
associatedAct Grateful Dead ⓘ
Jerry Garcia Band ⓘ
basedIn San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
disbandedIn 1975 ⓘ
followedBy Jerry Garcia Band ⓘ
formedBy Jerry Garcia ⓘ
genre jazz-rock ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasLiveAlbum Legion of Mary: The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 1 ⓘ
hasLiveRecordingFrom 1974 ⓘ
1975 ⓘ
hasMember Jerry Garcia ⓘ
John Kahn ⓘ
Martin Fierro ⓘ
Merl Saunders ⓘ
Ron Tutt ⓘ
linked to: Ronnie Tutt
instrumentation bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
keyboards ⓘ
saxophone ⓘ
leader Jerry Garcia ⓘ
notableFor improvisational live performances ⓘ
performerOf “Boogie On Reggae Woman” ⓘ
“How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)” ⓘ
“It Ain’t No Use” ⓘ
“I’ll Take a Melody” ⓘ
“Let It Rock” ⓘ
linked to: Let It Rock

“Mystery Train” ⓘ
“Roadrunner” ⓘ
“That’s What Love Will Make You Do” ⓘ
“The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” ⓘ
“Tough Mama” ⓘ
linked to: Tough Mama
precededBy Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders ⓘ
linked to: Jerry Garcia
recordLabel Grateful Dead Records ⓘ
Rhino Records ⓘ
styleCharacteristic R&B-influenced grooves ⓘ
extended jams ⓘ
fusion of jazz and rock elements ⓘ
touringFocus club venues ⓘ
small theaters ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jerry Garcia → associatedAct → Legion of Mary ⓘ
Merl Saunders → associatedAct → Legion of Mary ⓘ
Jerry Garcia Band → associatedAct → Legion of Mary ⓘ
John Kahn → notableWork → Legion of Mary ⓘ
John Kahn → memberOf → Legion of Mary ⓘ
John Kahn → associatedAct → Legion of Mary ⓘ