Heavy Turbulence
Heavy Turbulence is an album by Merl Saunders. His second album, it was recorded in the fall of 1971, and released in February 1972.
| Heavy Turbulence | ||||
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| Studio album by Merl Saunders | ||||
| Released | February 1972 | |||
| Recorded | Fall 1971 | |||
| Label | Fantasy | |||
| Producer | Tom Fogerty Merl Saunders Brian Gardner | |||
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In the early 1970s, Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia sometimes performed concerts together at small venues in the San Francisco Bay Area. At the time, their band was Garcia's main musical outlet when the Grateful Dead were not on tour. Heavy Turbulence features their usual band lineup from 1971 – Saunders on keyboards and vocals, Garcia on lead guitar and vocals, Tom Fogerty on rhythm guitar, John Kahn on bass, and Bill Vitt on drums.
Saunders' next album, Fire Up, released in 1973, was recorded with the same group of musicians. All of the tracks from Heavy Turbulence and most of the tracks from Fire Up were re-released on the 1992 compilation album Fire Up Plus.