Live Grape Explained

Live Grape
Type:	Live
Artist:	Moby Grape
Cover:	LiveGrape.jpg
Released:	1978
Recorded:	1977–1978
Venue:	The Shady Grove,^[1] San Francisco The Inn of the Beginning,^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] Cotati, California^[6] ^[7]
Genre:	Country rock folk rock blues rock
Length:	48:44
Label:	Escape Records
Producer:	John Chesleigh
Prev Title:	Great Grape
Prev Year:	1972
Next Title:	Moby Grape '84
Next Year:	1984

Live Grape is a 1978 album by Moby Grape, 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.^[8]

History

The album features core members Peter Lewis, Jerry Miller and Skip Spence. Original members Bob Mosley and Don Stevenson did not participate in the recordings, though Bob Mosley did appear with the band on occasion during this period.^[9] At the time, band members were in a protracted legal dispute with former manager Matthew Katz 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 Line Records in 1994 and Akarma Records in 2007.

Track listing

1. "That Lost Horizon" (Lewis) – 4:52
2. "Here I Sit" (Miller) – 2:38
3. "Honky Tonk" (Butler, Bill Doggett, Clifford Scott, Shep Shepherd) – 5:20
4. "Cuttin' In" (Johnny "Guitar" Watson) – 4:54
5. "Must Be Goin' Now Dear" (Spence) – 3:34
6. "Your Rider" (Lewis, Powell) – 3:12
7. "Up In The Air" (Lewis) – 3:53
8. "Set Me Down Easy" (Bumpus) – 5:00
9. "Love You So Much" (Miller) – 3:36
10. "You Got Everything I Need" (Miller) – 11:27

Personnel

• Peter Lewis - rhythm guitar, vocals
• Jerry Miller - lead guitar, vocals
• Skip Spence - rhythm guitar, drums, vocals

Additional personnel

• Cornelius Bumpus - keyboards, saxophone, vocals
• John Oxendine - drums
• Chris Powell - bass
• Daniel Spencer - drums

Other Credits

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Merl Saunders and friends: Monday 21st/28th August 1978 Wednesday 23rd with John Kahn and special guest at Shady Grove 1538 Haight St by Saunders, Merl, Robert Pruzan, photo & David Wilts, design . abaa.org . 24 December 2022 . en.
2. News: Visiting Historic Cotati . 24 December 2022 . . 1 March 2021.
3. News: McDermid . Charles . The Inn of the Beginning . 24 December 2022 . MetroActive Music bohemian.com . November 19, 1998.
4. News: How Cotati’s 'Inn of the Beginning' got started . 24 December 2022 . . 3 November 2022.
5. Web site: In the Sixties . cotaticity.org Cotati, CA . 24 December 2022.
6. Web site: The Inn of The Beginning . Chicken on a Unicycle . 24 December 2022.
7. Web site: Inn of the Beginning, Cotati, CA . History Of Rock Music . 24 December 2022 . 29 December 2015.
8. Live Grape . Live Grape . . 1978 . sleeve notes . Escape Records . ESA1A.
9. Mosley had at that time joined with Neil Young to form The Ducks, which performed in and around Santa Cruz during 1977.