Ron Saunders | Jennifer Saunders | Saunders-Roe | Richard Saunders | Fernando Saunders | French and Saunders | William Saunders | Wes Saunders | Saunders | Red Saunders | George Saunders | Flip Saunders | Charles Saunders | Allen Saunders | William Saunders Crowdy | Vivian Juan-Saunders | Stuart T. Saunders | Saunders Point Maryland | Romulus Mitchell Saunders | Richard Saunders (photographer) | Moses-Saunders Power Dam | Keith Saunders | Joe Saunders | Harold H. Saunders | Ernest Saunders | E. Dale Saunders | Charles Saunders (director) | Charles R. Saunders | Carl Saunders | Al Saunders |
In 1979, he joined Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia in Reconstruction the new outfit Merl & Jerry are putting together with the help of Ed Neumeister (trombone), Ron Stallings (Tenor Sax & Vocals) and John Kahn (Bass).
The Rainforest Band began in 1990 with the Grammy-nominated album Blues From the Rainforest, a collaboration between jazz keyboardist Merl Saunders, percussionist Muruga Booker, and Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia, with Shakti Booker (vocals), Eddie Moore (percussion), Melvin Seals (sound effects) and Bill Thompson (drum & sampled sound midi-technician).
Much of the concert footage highlights their appearances with other artists, including Taj Mahal, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Jorma Kaukonen, Merl Saunders, and Cecil "P-Nut" Daniels.
This appearance was to be the launching point of a new tour starting at Nelson's Ledges Quarry Park in 2002; however, it was to be the last performance of the Rainforest Band with Merl Saunders.