Merl Saunders (sometimes spelled Merle), born February 14, 1934 in San Mate… Read Full Bio ↴Merl Saunders (sometimes spelled Merle), born February 14, 1934 in San Mateo, California, and died October 24, 2008, was an American multi-genre musician who played piano and keyboards, favoring the Hammond B3 organ.
Musical career
In the 1970s, Saunders began collaborating with Jerry Garcia, with the Grateful Dead and with Garcia's bands The Legion of Mary and Reconstruction.
He's led his own bands, as Merl Saunders and Friends, playing live dates with Garcia, as well as Mike Bloomfield, David Grisman, Tom Fogerty, Vassar Clements, Kenneth Nash, John Kahn and Sheila E.
In 1990 he released the world music and New Age classic album Blues From the Rainforest, a collaboration with Jerry Garcia and Muruga Booker. This led to the release of a video which chronicled Saunders' journey to the Amazon, and the subsequent album Fiesta Amazonica.
He worked with musicians Paul Pena, Bonnie Raitt, Phish, Miles Davis, and B.B. King. Merl also recorded with The Dinosaurs, a "supergroup" of first-generation Bay Area rock musicians.
Released material own Sumertone (his own record label) and also recorded on Fantasy Records, Galaxy Records and Relix as well as the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia labels. He worked with the Grateful Dead on the theme music for the 1985 TV show The New Twilight Zone, and with Mickey Hart on the score for the show. He was a director of The Recording Academy, and did the sound design for several of the Grammy Awards.
Discography
Main studio, live and compilation releases
1968 - Soul Grooving - Merl Saunders Trio and Big Band
1972 - Heavy Turbulence - with Tom Fogerty
1973 - Fire Up - with Tom Fogerty and Jerry Garcia
1973 - Live at the Keystone - with Jerry Garcia, John Kahn & Bill Vitt
1974 - Merl Saunders
1976 - You Can Leave Your Hat On - with Aunt Monk
1979 - Do I Move You
1982 - San Francisco After Dark
1988 - Meridien Dreams
1988 - Keystone Encores Vol. 1 - with Jerry Garcia, John Kahn & Bill Vitt
1988 - Keystone Encores Vol. 2 - with Jerry Garcia, John Kahn & Bill Vitt
1988 - Live at the Keystone Vol. 1 - with Jerry Garcia, John Kahn & Bill Vitt
1988 - Live at the Keystone Vol. 2 - with Jerry Garcia, John Kahn & Bill Vitt
Feelings
1990 - Blues From The Rainforest - with the Rainforest Band
1991 - Save The Planet So We'll Have Someplace To Boogie
1992 - Fire Up Plus - with Jerry Garcia, John Kahn, Tom Fogerty and Ron Tutt
1993 - It's In The Air
1995 - Still Having Fun
1997 - Keepers - Merl Saunders and Friends
1998 - Fiesta Amazonica
1998 - The Twilight Zone (Vol. 1): Original Soundtrack from the TV series - Grateful Dead & Merl Saunders
1998 - Merl Saunders Live With His Funky Friends
2000 - Struggling Man - Merl Saunders & His Funky Friends
2004 - Still Groovin'
2004: Keystone Berkeley: September 1, 1974 with Jerry Garcia
2006: Well-Matched: The Best of Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia (Fantasy)
Musical career
In the 1970s, Saunders began collaborating with Jerry Garcia, with the Grateful Dead and with Garcia's bands The Legion of Mary and Reconstruction.
He's led his own bands, as Merl Saunders and Friends, playing live dates with Garcia, as well as Mike Bloomfield, David Grisman, Tom Fogerty, Vassar Clements, Kenneth Nash, John Kahn and Sheila E.
In 1990 he released the world music and New Age classic album Blues From the Rainforest, a collaboration with Jerry Garcia and Muruga Booker. This led to the release of a video which chronicled Saunders' journey to the Amazon, and the subsequent album Fiesta Amazonica.
He worked with musicians Paul Pena, Bonnie Raitt, Phish, Miles Davis, and B.B. King. Merl also recorded with The Dinosaurs, a "supergroup" of first-generation Bay Area rock musicians.
Released material own Sumertone (his own record label) and also recorded on Fantasy Records, Galaxy Records and Relix as well as the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia labels. He worked with the Grateful Dead on the theme music for the 1985 TV show The New Twilight Zone, and with Mickey Hart on the score for the show. He was a director of The Recording Academy, and did the sound design for several of the Grammy Awards.
Discography
Main studio, live and compilation releases
1968 - Soul Grooving - Merl Saunders Trio and Big Band
1972 - Heavy Turbulence - with Tom Fogerty
1973 - Fire Up - with Tom Fogerty and Jerry Garcia
1973 - Live at the Keystone - with Jerry Garcia, John Kahn & Bill Vitt
1974 - Merl Saunders
1976 - You Can Leave Your Hat On - with Aunt Monk
1979 - Do I Move You
1982 - San Francisco After Dark
1988 - Meridien Dreams
1988 - Keystone Encores Vol. 1 - with Jerry Garcia, John Kahn & Bill Vitt
1988 - Keystone Encores Vol. 2 - with Jerry Garcia, John Kahn & Bill Vitt
1988 - Live at the Keystone Vol. 1 - with Jerry Garcia, John Kahn & Bill Vitt
1988 - Live at the Keystone Vol. 2 - with Jerry Garcia, John Kahn & Bill Vitt
Feelings
1990 - Blues From The Rainforest - with the Rainforest Band
1991 - Save The Planet So We'll Have Someplace To Boogie
1992 - Fire Up Plus - with Jerry Garcia, John Kahn, Tom Fogerty and Ron Tutt
1993 - It's In The Air
1995 - Still Having Fun
1997 - Keepers - Merl Saunders and Friends
1998 - Fiesta Amazonica
1998 - The Twilight Zone (Vol. 1): Original Soundtrack from the TV series - Grateful Dead & Merl Saunders
1998 - Merl Saunders Live With His Funky Friends
2000 - Struggling Man - Merl Saunders & His Funky Friends
2004 - Still Groovin'
2004: Keystone Berkeley: September 1, 1974 with Jerry Garcia
2006: Well-Matched: The Best of Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia (Fantasy)
Mystery Train
Merl Saunders Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Mystery Train' by these artists:
Alvin Lee Train train, comin' 'round, 'round the bend Train train, co…
Band Train arrive 16 coaches long Train arrive 16 coaches long …
Beau Coup Blue Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen co…
Bill Black Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen coa…
Bill Vitt Jerry Garcia John Kahn & Merl Saunders Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen co…
Blues.The-Butcher-590213 Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen coa…
Bob Welch Come on now mystery train Bring her back to me again I…
Bobby Jones Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen co…
Bon Jovi There are days when she's a whisper Nights when she's a…
Butterfield Blues Band Train arrive, it's sixteen coaches long Train arrive, it's s…
Carl Perkins & Scotty Moore Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen coa…
Country Cattin' Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen co…
Danko/Fjeld/Andersen Train arrive, it's sixteen coaches long Train arrive, it's s…
Dwight Yoakam Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen coa…
Elvis Presley/Musicfire.in Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen co…
Emmylou Harris Train arrive 16 coaches long Train arrive 16 coaches long We…
Fairground Attraction Train arrive, sixty minutes gone Whoo-ooh train arrive, sixt…
Fairground Attraction Eddi Reader Train arrive, sixty minutes gone Whoo-ooh train arrive, six…
Garcia & Saunders Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen co…
Hank C. Burnette Train, train, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen coa…
James Burton Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen co…
James Cotton Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen coa…
Jerry Garcia Merl Saunders John Kahn Bill Vitt Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen co…
Johnny Hallyday Well train train coming down down down, the line Train train…
Johnny Rivers Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen co…
José Feliciano Well, Train arrived sixteen coaches long Train arrived sixte…
Junior Parker Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen coa…
Junior Parker & His Blue Flames Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Well, that long black tra…
Junior Parker James Cotton & Pat Hare Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen coa…
Leon Russell Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen co…
Levon Helm & Rick Danko Train arrive, it's sixteen coaches long Train arrive, it's s…
Little Junior Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen coa…
Little Junior Parker Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen co…
Little Junior Parker & His Blue Flames Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen coa…
Little Junior Parker & The Blue Flames Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen co…
Little Junior Parker and his Blue Flames Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen coa…
Little Junior's Blue Flame Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen co…
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Little Mac Simmons Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen co…
Little Parker Junior Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen coa…
Lloyd Cole and The Commotions Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen co…
Nathaniel Street-West Train I ride, is sixteen coaches long Train I ride, is…
Neil Young Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen co…
Neil Young and the Shocking Pinks Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen coa…
Parker Junior Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen co…
Pat Hare Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen coa…
Paul Butterfield Train arrive, it's sixteen coaches long Train arrive, it's s…
Preacher Jack Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen co…
Rainbirds Once I dreamed I lost my shoes Then I found…
Rick Danko Train arrive, it's sixteen coaches long Train arrive, it's s…
Rick L. Blues Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen coa…
Rick Nelson Train I ride sixteen coaches long train I ride sixteen…
Robert Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen co…
Roger Miller Train I ride Sixteen coaches long Train I ride Sixteen coach…
S. E. Wollis Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen co…
Scotty & Bill Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen coa…
Shawn Camp & Billy Burnette Train, train, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen coa…
Stray Cats Train arrived sixteen coaches long Train arrived sixteen coa…
The Band Play a little blues? Paul Butterfield… Train arrive 16 coac…
The Band & Paul Butterfield Train arrive, it's sixteen coaches long Train arrive, it's s…
The Band feat. Paul Butterfield Train arrive, it's sixteen coaches long Train arrive, it's …
The Band The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Train arrive, it's sixteen coaches long Train arrive, it's s…
The Brian Setzer Orchestra Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen co…
The Butterfield Blues Band Train arrive, it's sixteen coaches long Train arrive, it's s…
The Cinch Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen co…
The Doors Train arrive Sixteen coaches long Train arrive Sixteen coach…
The Mannish Boys Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen co…
The Million Dollar Quartet Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen coa…
The Neville Brothers Train arrived, 16 coaches long Train arrived, 16 coaches lo…
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Train arrive, it's sixteen coaches long Train arrive, it's s…
The Rainbirds Once I dreamed I lost my shoes Then I found I'd…
The Rarely Herd Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen co…
The Soft Boys Train I ride is sixteen coaches long Train I ride is…
The Staples Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen co…
The Tractors In nineteen fifty-six, the United States of America Dropped…
Tom Fogerty Parker-Phillips Train arrived sixteen coaches long Train…
Transatlantic On the road to anywhere, in a place that exists…
U.F.O. Train arrive sixteen coaches long Train arrive sixteen coach…
Wanda Jackson Train arrive, sixteen coaches long Train arrive, sixteen co…
Welch Bob Come on now mystery train Bring her back to me again I…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Merl Saunders:
After Midnight After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down After midni…
Hi-Heel Sneakers Put on your red dress baby 'cause we're going out…
How Sweet It Is How sweet it is to be loved by you How sweet…
I Second That Emotion Maybe you'll wanna give me kisses sweet But only for one…
Like A Road Leading Home When the road gets too long And you run all out…
Positively 4th Street You got a lotta nerve To say you are my friend When…
Someday Baby Oh Lordy Lord, Oh Lordy Lord …
That's Alright Well, that's all right, mama That's all right for you That…
That's Alright Mama Well, that's all right, mama That's all right for you That…
The Harder They Come Well they tell me of a pie up in the…
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