Heaven Help the Fool

Heaven Help the Fool

Infobox Album |
Name = Heaven Help The Fool
Type = studio
Artist = Bob Weir


Released = January 13, 1978
Recorded = 1977
Genre = Rock, Country, Folk
Length = 34:43
Label = Arista Records
Producer = Keith Olsen
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|1.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jpftxql5ldse link]
Last album = "Live 'N' Kickin'"
(1977)
This album = "Heaven Help The Fool"
(1978)
Next album = "Bobby & the Midnites"
(1981)

"Heaven Help The Fool" was the second solo album by Grateful Dead rhythm guitarist Bob Weir, released in 1978. It was recorded during an enforced vacation in the summer of 1977, when Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart was injured in a car crash. Weir recruited some well-known studio musicians for the project including Toto members David Paich and Mike Porcaro.

Track listing

#"Bombs Away" (John Perry Barlow, Bob Weir) – 5:06
#"Easy to Slip" (Lowell George, Martin Kibbee) – 3:05
#"Salt Lake City" (Barlow, Weir) – 4:04
#"Shade of Grey" (Barlow, Weir) – 4:30
#"Heaven Help the Fool" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:30
#"This Time Forever" (Barlow, Weir) – 4:09
#"I'll Be Doggone" (Warren Moore, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Tamplin) – 3:07
#"Wrong Way Feelin'" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:12

Credits

Personnel

*Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals
*Mike Baird – drums on tracks 1, 3-6 & 8
*Bill Champlin – background vocals on tracks 1 & 3-8, keyboards on tracks 2 & 7, organ on tracks 3 & 8
*David Foster – keyboards on tracks 1-8
*Lynette Gloud – background vocals on tracks 5-8
*Tom Kelly – background vocals on tracks 1-6 & 8
*Dee Murrey – bass guitar on track 2
*Nigel Olsson – drums on tracks 2 & 7
*David Paich – keyboards on tracks 1, 3-6 & 8
*Mike Porcaro – bass guitar on tracks 1 & 3-8
*Peggy Sandvig – keyboards on track 4
*Tom Scott – saxophones on tracks 1, 3 & 5
*Carmen Twilley – background vocals on tracks 5-8
*Waddy Wachtel – lead guitar on tracks 2-3 & 7

Production

*Producer – Keith Olsen
*Engineers – David de Vore and Keith Olsen
*Art direction – Ria Lewerke
*Photography – Richard Avedon

Trivia

"Salt Lake City" was played at one Grateful Dead concert, in Salt Lake City on February 21, 1995.


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