Fire Up (album)

Fire Up
Merl Saunders
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1973
Length39:42
LabelFantasy
ProducerMerl Saunders
Merl Saunders chronology
Heavy Turbulence
(1972)
Fire Up
(1973)
Live at Keystone
(1973)

Fire Up is an album by Merl Saunders. It was released in May 1973 through Fantasy Records. The self-produced album features many high-profile collaborators, including Grateful Dead members Jerry Garcia and Bill Kreutzmann alongside Creedence Clearwater Revival guitarist Tom Fogerty.[1][2] It peaked at number 197 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.[3]

Six of the album's eight tracks were included on the compilation Fire Up Plus in 1992.

  1. ^ "Fire Up – Merl Saunders". Grateful Dead Family Discography. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  2. ^ "Fire Up". Jerry Garcia. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  3. ^ "Billboard 200 – Week of June 2, 1973". Billboard. Retrieved May 28, 2023.