Where the Beat Meets the Street

Infobox Album |
Name = Where the Beat Meets the Street
Type = studio
Artist = Bobby and the Midnites


Released = August, 1984
Recorded =
Genre = Rock, Country
Length =
Label = Columbia Records
Producer = Jeff Baxter
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0zftxql5ld6e link]
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This album =
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Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Bob Weir
Type = studio
Last album = "Bobby & the Midnites"
(1981)
This album = "Where the Beat Meets the Street"
(1984)
Next album = ""
(1996)

"Where the Beat Meets the Street" is a studio album by Grateful Dead rhythm guitarist Bob Weir and his side-project, Bobby and the Midnites. Although it sold well enough to be listed in the Billboard 200, [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0zftxql5ld6e~T3 Chart info for "Where the Beat Meets the Street" on All Music Guide] ] it is not generally regarded as one of his best efforts.

Track listing

#"(I Want to Live in) America" (John Perry Barlow, Gerrit Graham, Bobby Cochran, Bob Weir)
#"Where the Beat Meets the Street" (Nicky Chin, Steve Glen)
#"She's Gonna Win Your Heart" (Billy Burnette, Mentor Williams)
#"Ain't That Peculiar" (Warren Moore, Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers, Marvin Tarplin)
#"Lifeguard" (Peter Beckett, Dennis Lambert)
#"Rock in the 80's" (Cochran)
#"Lifeline" (Frederiksen, Haselden, Medica, Roddy)
#"Falling" (Barlow, Jeff Baxter, Kenny Gradney, Weir)
#"Thunder & Lightning" (Cochran, Weir)
#"Gloria Monday" (Barlow, Baxter, Weir)

Credits

Musicians

*Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
*Jeff Baxter – guitar, synthesizer
*Paulette Brown – vocals
*Billy Cobham – drums
*Bobby Cochran – guitar, vocals
*Steve Cropper – guitar
*Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
*Chuck Domenico – bass guitar
*Jim Ehinger – keyboards
*Kenny Gradney – bass, vocals
*Alphonso Johnson – bass
*Sherlie Matthews – vocals
*Brian Setzer – guitar

Production

*Producer – Jeff Baxter
*Production coordinators – Marylata Elton and David Richman
*Engineer – Larold Rebhun
*Assistant engineers – John Bogosian, David Ferguson and Mark Wilczak
*Mastering – Elliot Federman
*Design & redesign – David Richman
*Photography – Glenn Wexler
*Art direction – Joel Zimmerman
*Coordination – Doug Wygal and Jamie Reamer

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