Live Grape is a 1978 album by Moby Grape

Moby Grape

Moby Grape is an American rock group from the 1960s, known for having all five members contribute to singing and songwriting and that collectively merged elements of folk music, blues, country, and jazz together with rock and psychedelic music...

, released by Escape Records, of live performances of the band in and around the Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, California

Santa Cruz is the county seat and largest city of Santa Cruz County, California in the US. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, Santa Cruz had a total population of 59,946...

 area.

History

The album features core members Peter Lewis

Peter Lewis (musician)

Peter Lewis is one of the founding members of the band Moby Grape. Three of his better known songs with Moby Grape are "Fall On You" and "Sitting By The Window" from the self-titled first Moby Grape album and "If You Can't Learn From My Mistakes", from Moby Grape '69.- Background :He is the...

, Jerry Miller

Jerry Miller

Jerry Miller is an American songwriter, guitarist and vocalist. He performs as a solo artist and as a member of the Jerry Miller Band. He is also a founding member of the 1960s San Francisco band Moby Grape, which continues to perform occasionally...

 and Skip Spence

Skip Spence

Alexander Lee "Skip" Spence was a Canadian-born musician and singer-songwriter. He was co-founder of Moby Grape, and played guitar with them until 1969. He released one solo album, 1969's Oar, and then largely withdrew from the music industry...

. Original members Bob Mosley

Bob Mosley

Bob Mosley is principally known as the bass player and one of the songwriters and vocalists for the band Moby Grape. He has also developed a career as a solo artist. Three of his best known songs with Moby Grape are "Mr...

 and Don Stevenson

Don Stevenson (musician)

Don Stevenson is the drummer and a singer and songwriter for Moby Grape, a band which was formed in San Francisco in 1966 and continues to perform occasionally today.-History:...

 did not participate in the recordings, though Bob Mosley did appear with the band on occasion during this period. The recordings were made of performances in 1977 and early 1978, in and around Santa Cruz. At the time, band members were in a protracted legal dispute with former manager Matthew Katz

Matthew Katz

Matthew Katz is a music manager and producer, most notable as the former manager of Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape and It's A Beautiful Day. Katz was also one of the vanguard litigants in the famous Napster litigation, where he fought to protect property rights of music publishers.-History:Matthew...

 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, Doggett
   Bill Doggett
   Bill Doggett was an American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist and organist. He is best known for his tracks, "Honky Tonk" and "Hippy Dippy", and variously working with The Ink Spots, Johnny Otis, Wynonie Harris, Ella Fitzgerald, and Louis Jordan.-Biography:William Ballard Doggett was born in...
   
   , Scott, Shephard) – 5:20
4. "Cuttin' In" (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 – Guitar, Vocals
• Jerry Miller – Guitar, Vocals
• Skip Spence – Guitar, Drums, Vocals
• Cornelius Bumpus
  Cornelius Bumpus
  Cornelius Bumpus was an American woodwind, keyboard player and vocalist from Santa Cruz, California.He began his career playing alto saxophone at ten for the school band and by 12 was playing at Luso-American dances...
  
   – Keyboards, Saxophone
• John Oxendine - Drums
• Chris Powell – Bass
• Daniel Spencer – Drums