Tony Saunders didn't want to go back to work on his father's album after his dad suffered a paralyzing stroke. The 48-year-old musician would go to recording studios, where Merl Saunders was ...

The curators of the GarciaLive archive series have always taken great pains to avoid undue repetition of content, and Volume ...

Keyboardist Merl Saunders, who had a long-term collaboration with Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead, has died from complications after suffering a stroke six years ago. By Reuters, The Associated ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Merl Saunders, a jazz and rock keyboardist who collaborated with iconic acts including Miles Davis and the Grateful Dead, has died. He was 74. Saunders died Friday at Kaiser Permanente ...

I never saw organ and keyboard player Merl Saunders perform live, but I remember the first time I heard him on a clock radio in my suburban New Jersey bedroom, during a Philadelphia-broadcast ...

Out Dec. 4, the newest edition of the GarciaLive series showcases Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders’ May 21, 1971 gig in San Francisco. Garcia and Saunders’ palpable musical chemistry was rounded out by ...

Merl Saunders, a jazz and rock keyboardist who collaborated with iconic acts including Miles Davis and the Grateful Dead, has died. He was 74. Saunders died Friday at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center ...

Today, Deadheads can get another taste of the forthcoming GarciaLive Vol. 15 release (out Dec. 4) with Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders’ take on Stevie Wonder’s “I Was Made To Love Her.” GarciaLive Vol.

Merl Saunders, a keyboardist best known for his collaborations with Grateful Dead front man Jerry Garcia, died Friday at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in San Francisco of complications from a ...

Genre-hopping keyboardist Merl Saunders passed away Friday (October 24) in San Francisco at the age of 74. According to a BBC report citing Saunders' son, the musician's death was the result of ...