Hooteroll?

Infobox Album |
Name = Hooteroll?
Type = studio
Artist = Howard Wales and Jerry Garcia


Released = November 1,1971
Recorded =
Genre = Jazz-rock fusion
Length = 34:15
Label = Douglas Records
Producer = Alan Douglas
Doris Dynamite
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:3bfexqw5ld6e link]
*Rolling Stone (not rated) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/jerrygarcia/albums/album/125562/review/5942514/hooteroll link]
Last album =
This album = "Hooteroll?"
(1971)
Next album = "Side Trips, Volume One"
(1998)

"Hooteroll?" is a jazz-rock fusion album by Howard Wales and Jerry Garcia.

Prior to making "Hooteroll?", Wales and Garcia had played together at Monday night jam sessions at The Matrix in San Francisco. Wales had also played organ on several tracks of the Grateful Dead album "American Beauty".

"Hooteroll?" features a few musicians who later played in Jerry Garcia side projects — John Kahn (Jerry Garcia Band and many other Garcia related groups), Bill Vitt (Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia), and Martin Fierro (Legion of Mary).

Cover

The cover art is a painting by Abdul Mati Klarwein titled "Saint John". [ [http://www.matiklarweinart.com/en/gallery/st-john3-1962-portrait.htm#title Portrait Paintings by Mati Klarwein — Saint John] ] The same painting is also on the cover of the Jam & Spoon album "Kaleidoscope". [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/29579 Jam & Spoon — "Kaleidoscope", on discogs.com] ] Other paintings by Klarwein were used for the cover and gatefold art of the Miles Davis album "Bitches Brew".

Different versions of the album

"Hooteroll?" was originally released in 1971 as an LP on the Douglas Records label. In 1987 it was released on CD and cassette by Rykodisc Records. This version of the album has a different track listing from the LP, with two songs added and one removed. In 1992 the CD was reissued by Grateful Dead Records.

Track listing

All compositions are by Howard Wales, except "South Side Strut" by Martin Fierro and Howard Wales.

LP track listing

# "South Side Strut"
# "A Trip To What Next"
# "Up From The Desert"
# "DC-502"
# "One A.M. Approach"
# "Uncle Martin's"
# "Da Birg Song"

CD track listing

# "Morning in Marin"
# "Da Birg Song"
# "South Side Strut"
# "Up From The Desert"
# "DC-502"
# "One A.M. Approach"
# "Uncle Martin's"
# "Evening in Marin"

Personnel

Musicians

* Howard Wales – organ, piano
* Jerry Garcia – guitar
* John Kahn – bass
* Curly Cook – guitar
* Bill Vitt – drums
* Michael Marinelli – drums
* Ken Balzall – trumpet
* Martin Fierro – saxophone, flute

Production

* Produced by: Alan Douglas and Doris Dynamite
* Horn arrangements: Martin Fierro
* Recording engineer: Russ Geary
* Mixing engineer: Tony Bongiovi
* Cover painting: Abdul Mati
* Photographs: Ron Rakow
* CD digital mastering: Joe Gastwirt
* CD package design: J.E. Tully

Notes

References

* [http://www.deaddisc.com/disc/Hooteroll.htm "Hooteroll?" on DeadDisc.com]
* [http://www.dead101.com/1065.htm "Hooteroll?" on Dead101.com]