Bobby & the Midnites

Infobox Album |
Name = Bobby & the Midnites
Type = studio
Artist = Bobby and the Midnites


Released = October 21, 1981
Recorded =
Genre = Rock, Country
Length = 38:47
Label = Arista Records
Producer = Gary Lyons
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kpftxql5ldse link]
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Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Bob Weir
Type = studio
Last album = "Heaven Help The Fool"
(1978)
This album = "Bobby & the Midnites"
(1981)
Next album = "Where the Beat Meets the Street"
(1984)

"Bobby & 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. Though not a huge commercial success, the album did chart in the Billboard 200. [ [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kpftxql5ldse~T3 Chart info for "Bobby & the Midnites" on All Music Guide] ] 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".

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" (Harry 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

Credits

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

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