David Crosby & Jerry Garcia (etc) - Mountain Song (v 2&3) - PERRO Sessions, 1971

Some excellent reference material on the PERRO sessions: “The Mountain Song - 1“ (5’ 11“): This is the first of several attempts at what would eventually become a slice of classic Airmachine. However, at this stage, the only fragment of the song they had to work with was the line “Gonna make the mountains be my home“ and the chord-sequence that supported it, so it’s quite amazing that from such a meager base Kantner, Slick, Crosby and Garcia (possibly with Casady and Hart) are able to conjure 23 minutes of undulating beauty. There’s a banjo featured prominently, plus two acoustic guitars and Grace’s distinctive piano. The banjo is Paul K.& the touches are so accomplished, it’s Kantner on the five- string with Garcia and Crosby on guitars. Surprisingly, there’s no trace of Paul’s vocal - though the other three take care of that handsomely enough. Early on, it’s Jerry singing the line in ort