Bobby and the Midnites (album)

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Released October 21, 1981 Producer Gary Lyons Release date 21 October 1981		Length 38:47 Artist Bobby and the Midnites Label Arista Records

Genres Rock music, Country music, Rock and roll Similar Matthew Kelly albums, Rock music albums

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Bobby and the Midnites is a 1981 studio album by Grateful Dead singer and guitarist Bob Weir and his then side project, Bobby and the Midnites. The band featured fellow Grateful Dead member Brent Mydland at that time, and also jazz fusion drummer Billy Cobham. Though not a huge commercial success, the album did chart in the Billboard 200. The song "Festival" became a live concert favorite for the band. "(I Want to) Fly Away" was reissued on the 2004 compilation album Weir Here – The Best of Bob Weir.

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Track listing

"Haze" (Brent Mydland, Daoud Shaw, Bob Weir, Bobby Cochran, Matthew Kelly) – 5:08
"Too Many Losers" (Cochran, Weir) – 3:50
"Far Away" (Weir, Cochran, Kelly) – 3:34
"Book of Rules" (Alphonso Johnson, Barry Llewellyn) – 3:31
"Me, Without You" (John Perry Barlow, Alphonso Johnson) – 3:12
"Josephine" (Weir) – 6:11
"(I Want to) Fly Away" (Barlow, Weir) – 3:55
"Carry Me" (Weir) – 4:27
"Festival" (Weir) – 4:59

Musicians

Billy Cobham – drums, vocals

Bobby Cochran – guitar, vocals

Alphonso Johnson – bass guitar, vocals

Matt Kelly – harmonica, vocals

Brent Mydland – keyboards, Hammond B3, vocals

Bob Weir – guitar, vocals

Production

Producer – Gary Lyons

Engineers – Gary Lyons, Gregg Mann, Pete Thea and John Cutler

Mastering – George Marino

Lyric supervision – John Barlow

Art direction – Victor Moscoso

Photography – Elizabeth Fenimore

Songs

1Haze5:08
2Too Many Losers3:49
3Far Away3:34

References

Bobby and the Midnites (album) Wikipedia

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