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Jerry Garcia - Reflections Audio CD

A fair review of the Jerry Garcia "Reflections" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Jerry Garcia reviews here, or go back to the Jerry Garcia tabs.

Jerry Garcia Band: Jerry Garcia
Title: Reflections
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Release Date: 2005-04-12
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Might As Well 2: Mission in the Rain 3: They Love Each Other 4: I'll Take A Melody 5: It Must Have Been the Roses 6: Tore Up Over You 7: Catfish John 8: Comes A Time 9: Mystery Train 10: All by Myself 11: Oh Babe, It Ain't No Lie 12: You Win Again 13: Orpheus

BETTER THAN GARCIA '72
The tracks here are played less by the Dead, and sound fully formed on this album (unlike Garcia album whose songs matured and changed over time--improved). I prefer this to Garcia 1972 as those songs are plentiful and better on Live Dead recordings.


Excellent Jerry CD
g. This is my favorite Jerry solo album! All the songs have a nice flow and more of a jam-style than the heavy production as in some of the other CDs (e. , Cats).

Jerry gets a great sound from his guitar on "Catfish John"--it sounds like a steel drum. And I love the final lead of "I'll Take a Melody. "

You also get some Dead staples: "They Love Each Other", "It Must Have Been the Roses", & "Comes a Time". Not surprising considering the entire band played on many of the songs.


Yeah yeah yeah, tore up.
As much fun as the first time I heard the Vinyl so long ago, and a bunch of neat new out takes etc.


Saint Jerry, the canary............................SINGS!
AND PLAYS GUITAR! I don't know, but maybe it was the roses. . or the many other transcendant musical fragrances on this recording that inspires this review. . . But this (half by the whole GD band) hits all the right notes. Jerry leads the way for all contributing members like the Pied Piper, tranferring all the right footsteps in the sweet Delta dawn (Catfish John). Other songbirds, like Donna, add to the wonderful warble of harmony on the way. . . this is one inspired piece of mid-70's Americana!

The part I like to absorb is the feel of the era - this Blues for Allah/Reflections "post-retirement" period is the BEST in my mind, they were ridin' high it appears to me! I bought this around that time in LP form as a teenager, it always was a favorite (Blues for Allah is one of my fav albums). In this excellent remastered package (by Rhino with extensive liner notes), it is nearly perfect (with 5 generous bonus tracks).

Mystery Train and All by Myself (newly released) studio bonus Jams are very fun, with Jerry seeming playful and pleasantly free-spirited. The rootsy Oh Babe, It Ain't no Lie is like Jerry channelling Blind Lemon Jefferson or something - sweet! What a great human he was. . . I am humbled by his spirit and pure love of music - THANK YOU JERRY FOR YOUR VISION AND SHARING NATURE! You Win Again (by Hank Williams, believe it or not) is a charming version, more traditional than Europe 72 (never heard before like this - Jerry says "Hell yes, we got that one!") that could still charm the pie from a country casserole queen, despite its city edge). Oh, and ORPHEUS - here is the biggest gold nugget to mine here - 17 minutes or so of SUBLIME, LOST BLUES FOR ALLAH MATERIAL that could be sitting between Soloman's Marbles and The Music Never Stopped.

If this album was only middle of the road for you then or perhaps you missed it, forget that and get it now if you feel like re-exploring some more obscure DEAD material. Come into the Mission in the Rain, YOU MIGHT AS WELL! 78 minutes and 22 seconds of prime Jerry & Co. goodies - ENJOY OFTEN!
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This is a great cd !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In my book, this is his best solo work even though he plays with the Dead a lot here. I'm not what you'd call a Deadhead, but I've always liked their music, and I've recently developed a real appreciation of all of Garcia's music. I didn't know it existed until a few months ago, but it's one of the best CDs out there, even if you're not a Deadhead. The bonus tracks just about equal the length of the original album, but they're great as well. There's a real boogie-woogie tune here called "Tore Up Over You," that along with "I'll Take a Melody" and "Mission in the Rain" I feel fortunate to have the pleasure to be able to now listen to. There's also a sixteen minute or so experimental fusion jam with the Dead that I like and much more. It's just a lot of great music. Highly recommended.


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