Merl Saunders: Blues From The Rainforest

Talk about one from the vault. This DVD features two different versions of a 1990 San Francisco concert by Merl Saunders and the Rainforest Band: one, a straight concert shoot, and the other, a TV show, San Francisco After Dark, which uses excerpts from that performance and intersperses them with clips of Saunders talking about his commitment to preserving the rainforest. There's also a music video of the title song that features the late Jerry Garcia, a frequent Saunders collaborator, playing guitar. In addition, there's a 24-minute documentary about the plight of the rainforest. How much you enjoy this package depends on your taste for Saunders's music, which mixes jazzy R&B instrumentals with synthesizer-heavy New Age noodling meant to evoke the sounds of--you guessed it--the rainforest. Garcia-philes, be warned: Though he is billed as a special guest and plays on the hour-plus audio program, he makes only that one appearance in the music video. --Marshall Fine ...

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