Keyboardist Merl Saunders Dies at 74

Rock and roll keyboardist Merl Saunders, who collaborated with iconic artists including Miles Davis and the Grateful dead, has died. Saunders died Friday of complications from a stroke. He was 74.

Saunders is best known for his collaboration with Grateful Dead lead guitarist and singer Jerry Garcia in the 60s and 70s. The Saunders-Garcia Band recorded two albums and played together until Garcia’s death in 1995.

“We loved him very much – and we know that you, his fans, did too. He was a special man, a beautiful companion, father, grandfather, and family patriarch, and the proof of that spirit is in the way you’ve reached out to us at his passing,” his family said in a statement.

Saunders is survived by his longtime partner, two sons and a daughter.

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