Once upon a time, The Big Man met Jerry, and how sweet it was.

Clarence Clemons, the legendary saxophone player for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, can be heard as a special guest on the upcoming Jerry Garcia Band release "GarciaLive Volume 13: September 16th, 1989 Poplar Creek Music Theatre."

Hear the show's performance of Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter's "They Love Each Other" in the video at the top of this story.

Recorded at a show in the Chicago suburb of Hoffman Estates, Illinois, the evening found Garcia and company — John Kahn, David Kemper, Melvin Seals, Gloria Jones and Jacklyn LaBranch — joined by Clemons, who had joined up with the Garcia Band's tour earlier that month at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford.

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Clemons, who first connected with Garcia at the Grateful Dead's New Year's Eve 1988 show in Oakland, California, locked into a classic rock, soul and R&B groove with Garcia.

The Poplar Creek setlist included gems like Holland-Dozier-Holland's "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)," The Rolling Stones' "Let's Spend The Night Together" and a pair of Bob Dylan classics, "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" and "Tangle Up in Blue."

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According to Rolling Stone, this album is the first official release of any of the collaborations between Garcia, who died in 1995, and Clemons, who died in 2011.

"GarciaLive Volume 13" will be released on April 24, and is currently available for pre-order via Garcia Family Provisions. It is available as a two-CD set ($16.99) or as a digital download ($11.99 to $14.99), and can be bundled with an exlusive organic cotton T-shirt or a signed, limited edition screen print.

For more information, visit www.garciafamilyprovisions.com/dept/garcialive-vol-13.

Here's the setlist for the Jerry Garcia Band with Clarence Clemons from Sept. 16, 1989, at the Poplar Creek Music Theatre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois:

Set One

Cats Under the Stars They Love Each Other Let It Rock I Shall Be Released Someday Baby Dear Prudence Let’s Spend The Night Together

Set Two