| Bobby & the Midnites | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 5 reviews)
Sales Rank: 69247
Category: Music
Artist: Bob Weir
Publisher: Grateful Dead / Wea
Studio: Grateful Dead / Wea
Manufacturer: Grateful Dead / Wea
Label: Grateful Dead / Wea
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 081227899127
EAN: 0081227899127
ASIN: B0002SPPR8
Release Date: January 4, 2005
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| Tracks:
| • | Haze | | • | Too Many Losers | | • | Far Away | | • | Book of Rules | | • | Me, Without You | | • | Josephine | | • | (I Want To) Fly Away | | • | Carry Me | | • | Festival |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Best solo work from a memeber of The Grateful Dead May 17, 2008
I will not lie about this. This album is one of my favorite albums of all time. It's crazy that the follow up to this album sucks. The seconed album had some key lineup changes, like Brent was no longer apart of the collaboration. But every single song on this album rocks. It kinda gots a Jackson Brown feel to it, but way more rockin'. I would say to just buy it and take the risk and if you do not like the album you can be mad at me. In my opinion it's the best solo work from a Dead member that I've ever heard. I feel in love listening to this album, and this was 20 years after it's release. It's the most underrated Bobby effort of all time. You gotta listen I guess to hear what I'm trying to say. This is a most for all Deadheads. This is a must for anyone into late 70's early 80's Jackson Brown. This album is simply THE BEST!
 Magnificent Cheese August 29, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Bob Weir, rhythm guitarist for the Grateful Dead, has always had a slightly sick sense of humor and a complete disregard for making the kind of music Dead fans think they want to hear. For this solo project, Weir got together with a stellar group of musicians including Bobby Cochran on lead guitar, jazz greats Alphonso Johnson and Billy Cobham on bass and drums respectively, and the Grateful Dead's Brent Mydland on keyboards. With lyrical supervision by John Barlow and some harmonica contributions from Matthew Kelly, they proceed to make music that perfectly straddles the fence between parody and excellence. Combining influences from reggae, seventies arena rock and California country rock, this CD often makes you wonder how serious they are being. Aside from a straightforward cover of the reggae classic "Book of Rules", every song is just a little over the top both lyrically and musically. Are they being serious? It's hard to tell. If not, the joke is being told very well. Having seen this band live, I can affirm that the musicians played these songs to work the crowd. The biggest problem with this CD, in my opinion, is a lack of stylistic continuity; the jumps from arena hair music to reggae can be a little jarring, but maybe that is the desired effect. And if nothing else, this CD has some of the best examples of Bob Weir's patented screaming. I like this record, but I have a sick sense of humor too: there is definitely some cheese here, but it is really good cheese.
Worth your time April 30, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Good music
sit back and enjoy
take a trip --or-- be where
you are. It will be there
with you whatever you choose.
Weir's Book Of Rules...Rules October 19, 2000
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Bobby & The Midnights stands out among the several varied solo efforts by ... founding member, Bob Weir. Backed by a crackerjack rhythem section including Billy Cobham on drums, Weir cruises his way through some interesting orginals. He even manages to sound conviencing on a delightful version of The Heptones Book Of Rules, something many ... artists have failed at. Bobby & The Midnights won't leave you mezmerized, but it won't leave you cold either. All in all this is a fun package with more highlights than lows.
I love furry kittens !!!!!! October 15, 2000
8 out of 16 found this review helpful
Dammit I spilled my bong !
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