Photo by Jay Blakesberg

On Jan. 5, the Jerry Garcia Music Arts label will share a new album of rare Jerry Garcia recordings featuring Indian American musician Sanjay Mishra.

According to a press release, the new project – dubbed Front Street Outtakes – will feature a batch of “unedited material used in the creation of the [duo’s] 1995 album Blue Incantation.”

As explained by Mishra, “Unique and mysterious, these mixes consist of the recordings in pure form, with just the guitars and percussion, all unedited, including the tape reel running out on the first track.”

25% of revenue from the release will benefit Paramahansa Yogananda’s Self-Realization Fellowship, “a worldwide spiritual organization founded by Paramahansa Yogananda to serve as an instrument for the preservation and worldwide dissemination of his writings and teachings, including Kriya Yoga.”

Added Manasha Garcia, who married Jerry in 1990 and currently acts as co-producer at Jerry Garcia Music Arts, “There’s an interesting circularity to this project, as my grandfather gave me his copy of ‘Autobiography of a Yogi’ to read when I was a teenager. Later, when I began singing in the Self-Realization Fellowship choir, Jerry would listen to the choral practice tapes and play guitar to help me follow the sheet music for the holiday recitals.”

Visit JerryGarciaMusicArts.com for more information.

Listen to Garcia and Mishra perform “Clouds” from Blue Incantation below: