''Live Grape'' is a 1978 album by

Moby Grape Moby Grape is an American rock band founded in 1966. Part of San Francisco's psychedelic music scene, the band merged elements of rock and roll, folk music, pop, blues, and country. They were one of the few groups of which all members were lea ...

, released by Escape Records, of live performances of the band at two venues in California, the Shady Grove in San Francisco and the Inn of the Beginning in Cotati.

History

The album features core members Peter Lewis,

Jerry Miller Jerry Miller (July 10, 1943 – July 20, 2024) was an American songwriter, guitarist and vocalist. He performed as a solo artist and as a member of the Jerry Miller Band. He was also a founding member of the 1960s San Francisco band Moby Grape, ...

and

Skip Spence Alexander "Skip" Spence (born Alexander Lee Spence, Jr.; April 18, 1946 – April 16, 1999) was a Canadian-born American singer-songwriter and musician. He was co-founder of Moby Grape, and played guitar with them until 1969. In the same year, h ...

. Original members Bob Mosley and

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did not participate in the recordings, though Bob Mosley did appear with the band on occasion during this period.Mosley had at that time joined with

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to form

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, which performed in and around Santa Cruz during 1977. At the time, band members were in a protracted legal dispute with former manager

Matthew Katz Matthew Katz (December 20, 1929 – September 30, 2023) was an American music manager and producer, most notably as the manager of Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape and It's a Beautiful Day. He was the owner of the record label San Francisco Sound, a ...

over ownership of the Moby Grape band name. As a result, Moby Grape is not named anywhere on the cover. The album was originally released by Escape Records in 1978. It was reissued on CD by

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in 1994 and Akarma Records in 2007.

Track listing

#"That Lost Horizon" (Lewis) – 4:52 #"Here I Sit" (Miller) – 2:38 #"Honky Tonk" (Butler,

Bill Doggett William Ballard Doggett (February 16, 1916 – November 13, 1996) was an American pianist and organist. He began his career playing swing music before transitioning into rhythm and blues. Best known for his instrumental compositions "Honky Tonk ...

, Clifford Scott,

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) – 5:20 #"Cuttin' In" (

Johnny "Guitar" Watson John Watson Jr. (February 3, 1935 – May 17, 1996), often known professionally as Johnny "Guitar" Watson, was an American musician. A flamboyant showman and electric guitarist in the style of T-Bone Walker, his recording career spanned 40 year ...

) – 4:54 #"Must Be Goin' Now Dear" (Spence) – 3:34 #"Your Rider" (Lewis, Powell) – 3:12 #"Up In The Air" (Lewis) – 3:53 #"Set Me Down Easy" (Bumpus) – 5:00 #"Love You So Much" (Miller) – 3:36 #"You Got Everything I Need" (Miller) – 11:27

Personnel

* Peter Lewis -

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vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

, vocals *

- rhythm guitar,

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, vocals ;Additional personnel *

Cornelius Bumpus Cornelius Bumpus (May 7, 1945 – February 3, 2004) was an American woodwind, brass and keyboard player and vocalist from Santa Cruz, California. Biography Bumpus began his musical career playing alto saxophone at ten for his school band, and b ...

- keyboards,

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, vocals *John Oxendine - drums *Chris Powell -

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*Daniel Spencer - drums

Other Credits

*John Chesleigh - Producer *John Timms – Engineer *Richard Curtis – Design

References

{{Authority control Moby Grape albums 1978 live albums