Backbone is an album by the rock band Backbone. Their only album, it was released by Grateful Dead Records on January 13, 1998. It contains ten original songs, plus a version of the Grateful Dead tune "New Speedway Boogie".[3]
| Backbone | ||||
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| Studio album by Backbone | ||||
| Released | January 13, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
| Genre | Blues-rock | |||
| Length | 51:17 | |||
| Label | Grateful Dead | |||
| Producer | Rick Barnett | |||
| Bill Kreutzmann chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Music Box | [2] |
Backbone was a trio of Rick Barnett on guitar, Edd Cook on bass, and former Grateful Dead member Bill Kreutzmann on drums[4] Their music was heavily influenced by blues and R&B, and included substantial amounts of improvisational jamming.[1][2]
Track listing edit
- "Preserve the Blues" (Rick Barnett) – 4:34
- "Sittin' Here Thinkin'" (Barnett, Philbrick) – 3:03
- "Make Me Laugh" (Barnett) – 6:27
- "Breathe Deeply" (Barnett) – 4:42
- "Nothing's Different" (Edd Cook) – 3:26
- "Fly Away" (Barnett, Bill Kreutzmann, Cook) – 4:10
- "Only Son" (Barnett, Kreutzmann, Brandon) – 5:51
- "New Speedway Boogie" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 5:47
- "Stayed Away Too Long" (Barnett) – 4:12
- "Earthchild (Barnett, Kreutzmann) – 3:45
- "Ocean Laughter" (Barnett, Kreutzmann, Becker) – 4:52
Personnel edit
Backbone edit
Additional musicians edit
- Janice Barnett – background vocals
- Michael Ruff – Hammond organ, piano
- Bruce Harris – Hammond organ
- Nadia Deleye – background vocals on "New Speedway Boogie"
Production edit
- Rick Barnett – producer, recording
- Casey Jones – second engineer
- John Cutler – mixing
- Jeffrey Norman – mixing
- Joe Gastwirt – mastering
- Steve Parish – crew
- Billy Grillo – crew
- Ken Friedman – photography
- John Werner – photography
- Todd Michael – photography
- Amy Finkle – package design