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Fire Up

Merl Saunders

Initial release : 1973

Fantasy 9421

Garcia plays on six tracks, Bill Kreutzmann plays on one track.

Tracks

Side 1

  • After Midnight (J.J. Cale)
  • Expressway (To Your Heart) (Gamble / Huff)
  • Charisma (She's Got) (Saunders)
  • Soul Roach (Saunders / Shanklin)
Side 2
  • Chock-Lite Puddin' (Saunders)
  • Benedict Rides (Saunders / Carrier)
  • The System (Saunders / Carrier)
  • Lonely Avenue (Doc Pomus)
Musicians

The original LP release provides musician information for each track as follows.

After Midnight;

  • Merl Saunders - electric piano, organ
  • Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
  • Tom Fogerty - rhythm guitar
  • John Kahn - bass
  • Bill Vitt - drums
Expressway (To Your Heart);
  • Merl Saunders - organ
  • Jerry Garcia - guitar
  • Tom Fogerty - rhythm guitar
  • John Kahn - bass
  • Bill Vitt - drums
  • Gaylord Birch - congas
Charisma (She's Got);
  • Merl Saunders - electric piano, ARP (flute), organ
  • Chuck Rainey - bass
  • Gaylord Birch - drums
  • Tom Fogerty - rhythm guitar
  • Walter Hawkins and sisters (Tramaine, Lynette and Feddie) - background vocals
  • Mike Howell - guitar
  • Ken Nash - percussion
Soul Roach;
  • Merl Saunders - organ, arp (band)
  • Jerry Garcia - guitar
  • Tom Fogerty - rhythm guitar John Kahn - electric piano
  • Christopher Parker - drums
Chock-Lite Puddin';
  • Merl Saunders - electric piano, ARP (flute), organ
  • Tom Fogerty - rhythm guitar
  • Mike Howell - guitar
  • Chuck Rainey - bass
  • Gaylord Birch - drums, tambourine
  • Bill Somers - percussion
  • Ken Nash - percussion
Benedict Rides;
  • Merl Saunders - electric piano, clavinet
  • Jerry Garcia - guitar
  • Tom Fogerty - rhythm guitar
  • John Kahn - bass
  • Bill Vitt - drums
  • Walter Hawkins - vocals
The System;
  • Merl Saunders - piano, organ, arp (flute), vocals
  • Jerry Garcia - guitar
  • Tom Fogerty - rhythm guitar
  • John Kahn - bass
  • Bill Vitt - drums
Lonely Avenue;
  • Merl Saunders - electric piano, organ
  • Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
  • John Kahn - bass
  • Bill Kreutzmann - drums
  • Walter Hawkins and sisters (Tramaine, Lynette and Feddie) - background vocals
The six tracks that feature Garcia were included on the 1992 release Fire Up Plus which also included track by track musician listings. These vary slightly from the information above.

Credits

  • Producer - Merl Saunders
  • Engineer - Brian Gardner
  • Assistant Engineer - Eddie Harris
  • Photos, art direction - Tony Lane
  • Thanks to Chuck Rainey and Skip

  • Recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley
  • Except for Lonely Avenue - recorded live KSAN broadcast
  • And Chock-Lite Pudding from Black Girl soundtrack
Related releases

Chock-lite Puddin' was initially released on;

After Midnight, Expressway (To Your Heart), Soul Roach, Benedict Rides, The System and Lonely Avenue were included on the compilation CD;
  • Fire Up Plus, Merl Saunders and Friends, 1992, Fantasy FCD 7711-2
Charisma (She's Got) was subsequently released, as She's Got Charisma, on;
  • Keepers, Merl Saunders and Friends, 1997, Fantasy FCD-7712.
Lonely Avenue and After Midnight were subsequently included on;
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