Yes. Merl Saunders has 82 songs listed in a dataset used to train AI music models.

Used for training 82

songs in LAION-DISCO-12M under the artist name

A list of 12 million songs on YouTube Music, gathered by walking artist pages, that LAION published in 2024 for training general music models.

Including Lonely Avenue (Live), That's All Right, Mama (Live), How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)

Listed under the artist name 82 songs in LAION-DISCO-12M

Matched exactly: this YouTube Music artist id is the one the dataset lists these songs under.

Lonely Avenue (Live)

Listed as Merl Saunders & Friends – Lonely Avenue (Live) (Fire Up +) · Watch on YouTube

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That's All Right, Mama (Live)

Listed as Jerry Garcia, John Kahn, Bill Vitt – That's All Right, Mama (Live) (Live At Keystone, Volume 2) · Watch on YouTube

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How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)

Listed as Merl Saunders, Jerry Garcia – How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) (Keystone Companions: The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings) · Watch on YouTube

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Expressway To Your Heart (Live)

Listed as Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders – Expressway To Your Heart (Live) (Can't Buy A Thrill (Live, Pacific High Studios, February 6, 1972)) · Watch on YouTube

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Like A Road Leading Home

Listed as Merl Saunders, Jerry Garcia – Like A Road Leading Home (Keystone Companions: The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings) · Watch on YouTube

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One Kind Favor (Live)

Listed as Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders, John Kahn, Bill Vitt – One Kind Favor (Live) (Keystone Encores) · Watch on YouTube

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Soul Grooving (Single Version)

Listed as Merl Saunders Quintet – Soul Grooving (Single Version) (Jazz Dispensary: Soul Diesel, Vol. 2) · Watch on YouTube

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Imagine

Listed as Merl Saunders & Friends – Imagine (Fire Up +) · Watch on YouTube

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It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry

Listed as Merl Saunders, Jerry Garcia – It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (Keystone Companions: The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings) · Watch on YouTube

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When I Paint My Masterpiece (Live)

Listed as Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders – When I Paint My Masterpiece (Live) (Can't Buy A Thrill (Live, Pacific High Studios, February 6, 1972)) · Watch on YouTube

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I Was Made To Love Her

Listed as Merl Saunders – I Was Made To Love Her (Keepers) · Watch on YouTube

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I Second That Emotion (Live)

Listed as Merl Saunders, Jerry Garcia – I Second That Emotion (Live) (Well-Matched: The Best Of Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia) · Watch on YouTube

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Save Mother Earth

Listed as Merl Saunders & Friends – Save Mother Earth (Fire Up +) · Watch on YouTube

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That's All Right

Listed as Merl Saunders – That's All Right (Keepers) · Watch on YouTube

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Keepers (Previously Unreleased Take)

Listed as Merl Saunders, Jerry Garcia – Keepers (Previously Unreleased Take) (Keystone Companions: The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings) · Watch on YouTube

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Soul Roach

Listed as Merl Saunders & Friends – Soul Roach (Fire Up +) · Watch on YouTube

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Benedict Rides

Listed as Merl Saunders & Friends – Benedict Rides (Fire Up +) · Watch on YouTube

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Mystery Train

Listed as Merl Saunders – Mystery Train (Keepers) · Watch on YouTube

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That's The Touch I Like (Live)

Listed as Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders – That's The Touch I Like (Live) (Can't Buy A Thrill (Live, Pacific High Studios, February 6, 1972)) · Watch on YouTube

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Aunt Monk

Listed as Merl Saunders – Aunt Monk (Merl Saunders) · Watch on YouTube

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That's All Right, Mama

Listed as Merl Saunders, Jerry Garcia – That's All Right, Mama (Keystone Companions: The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings) · Watch on YouTube

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Easy Evil

Listed as Merl Saunders – Easy Evil (Merl Saunders) · Watch on YouTube

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Money Honey

Listed as Merl Saunders, Jerry Garcia – Money Honey (Keystone Companions: The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings) · Watch on YouTube

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Merl's Tune (Live)

Listed as Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders, John Kahn, Bill Vitt – Merl's Tune (Live) (Live At Keystone, Volume 1) · Watch on YouTube

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Positively 4th Street

Listed as Merl Saunders, Jerry Garcia – Positively 4th Street (Keystone Companions: The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings) · Watch on YouTube

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Keepers

Listed as Merl Saunders, Jerry Garcia – Keepers (Keystone Companions: The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings) · Watch on YouTube

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The Harder They Come

Listed as Merl Saunders, Jerry Garcia – The Harder They Come (Keystone Companions: The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings) · Watch on YouTube

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How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) (Previously Unreleased Take)

Listed as Merl Saunders, Jerry Garcia – How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) (Previously Unreleased Take) (Keystone Companions: The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings) · Watch on YouTube

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Wondering Why

Listed as Merl Saunders – Wondering Why (Merl Saunders) · Watch on YouTube

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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Listed as Merl Saunders & Friends – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Fire Up +) · Watch on YouTube

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It’s Cheaper To Keep Her

Listed as Merl Saunders – It’s Cheaper To Keep Her (Merl Saunders) · Watch on YouTube

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My Problems Got Problems

Listed as Merl Saunders & Friends – My Problems Got Problems (Fire Up +) · Watch on YouTube

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The System

Listed as Merl Saunders & Friends – The System (Fire Up +) · Watch on YouTube

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Righteousness

Listed as Merl Saunders – Righteousness (Merl Saunders) · Watch on YouTube

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It's No Use (Live)

Listed as Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders, John Kahn, Bill Vitt – It's No Use (Live) (Live At Keystone, Volume 1) · Watch on YouTube

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It's Too Late (She's Gone)

Listed as Merl Saunders, Jerry Garcia – It's Too Late (She's Gone) (Keystone Companions: The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings) · Watch on YouTube

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Hi-Heel Sneakers

Listed as Merl Saunders, Jerry Garcia – Hi-Heel Sneakers (Keystone Companions: The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings) · Watch on YouTube

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It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (Previously Unreleased Take)

Listed as Merl Saunders, Jerry Garcia – It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (Previously Unreleased Take) (Keystone Companions: The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings) · Watch on YouTube

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Expressway (To Your Heart)

Listed as Merl Saunders & Friends – Expressway (To Your Heart) (Fire Up +) · Watch on YouTube

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The Harder They Come (Previously Unreleased Take)

Listed as Merl Saunders, Jerry Garcia – The Harder They Come (Previously Unreleased Take) (Keystone Companions: The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings) · Watch on YouTube

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Lonely Avenue (Live)

Listed as Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders – Lonely Avenue (Live) (Can't Buy A Thrill (Live, Pacific High Studios, February 6, 1972)) · Watch on YouTube

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Someday Baby

Listed as Merl Saunders, Jerry Garcia – Someday Baby (Keystone Companions: The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings) · Watch on YouTube

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It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (Live)

Listed as Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders – It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (Live) (Can't Buy A Thrill (Live, Pacific High Studios, February 6, 1972)) · Watch on YouTube

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Ain’t No Woman Like The One I’ve Got

Listed as Merl Saunders – Ain’t No Woman Like The One I’ve Got (Merl Saunders) · Watch on YouTube

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Welcome To The Basement

Listed as Merl Saunders & Friends – Welcome To The Basement (Fire Up +) · Watch on YouTube

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After Midnight

Listed as Merl Saunders & Friends – After Midnight (Fire Up +) · Watch on YouTube

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I Second That Emotion

Listed as Merl Saunders, Jerry Garcia – I Second That Emotion (Keystone Companions: The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings) · Watch on YouTube

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I Was Made To Love Her (Live)

Listed as Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders – I Was Made To Love Her (Live) (Can't Buy A Thrill (Live, Pacific High Studios, February 6, 1972)) · Watch on YouTube

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Man-Child

Listed as Merl Saunders & Friends – Man-Child (Fire Up +) · Watch on YouTube

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Mystery Train (Live)

Listed as Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders, John Kahn, Bill Vitt – Mystery Train (Live) (Well-Matched: The Best Of Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia) · Watch on YouTube

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What this means

Last reviewed 2026-09-24.

Presence in a public research dataset shows that a clip of your recording was listed by academic or industry researchers as material for building or testing audio models. It does not by itself show which commercial products, if any, used the clip. The legal picture is moving. On 31 July 2026 the Regional Court of Munich I ruled in GEMA's case against Suno (case 42 O 763/25) that reproducing works for training, holding them in a model in retrievable form, and generating similar outputs can each infringe copyright under German and EU law; the judgment is not final and can be appealed. In the United States, Warner Music Group settled its claims against Suno on 25 November 2025 with a licensing deal, while the parallel claims by Universal and Sony were still pending at that point. Since then BMG (12 August 2026) and Believe/TuneCore (8 September 2026) have signed opt-in licensing deals with Suno.

What you can do

3 routes. None is a guarantee.

UK, PRS members. Send PRS for Music your report and ask what collective or licensing route covers your works.
- PRS for Music and Artificial Intelligence, Version 1 (October 2025), 2025-10-01
- PRS for Music: AI and music copyright, 2026-09-24
Germany, GEMA members. GEMA won a first-instance ruling against Suno on 31 July 2026 and has a licensing model. Ask how they apply to your repertoire.
- GEMA: Suno AI and OpenAI, GEMA sues for fair compensation, 2025-01-21
- DLA Piper: GEMA v Suno, Munich Regional Court judgment of 31 July 2026, 2026-08-28
- Music Business Worldwide: Germany's GEMA launches AI Charter, 2024-11-05
Signed to Warner, BMG or Believe/TuneCore. Each has an opt-in licensing deal with Suno. Ask your label what opting in or out means for you and whether any settlement money reaches artists.
- Music Business Worldwide: Warner Music Group settles with Suno, 2025-11-25
- Music Ally: Suno signs another music licensing deal, with BMG, 2026-08-12
- Music Business Worldwide: Suno inks global deal with Believe, 2026-09-08

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These pages report where identifiers from public research datasets point. Presence in a dataset is a fact about the dataset, not a claim about the channel or artist, and says nothing about what any company did with the material. If you are this artist and want this page removed, see removals.