Bob Weir - Blue Mountain (2016) {Columbia-Legacy 88985366982}
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© 2016 Roar / TRI / Columbia / Legacy / Sony Music | 88985366982
Rock / Folk Rock / Blues Rock / Country Rock
Bob Weir never stopped making music but he did back away from his solo career after Heaven Help the Fool, a misbegotten 1978 effort that found the Grateful Dead guitarist attempting to dabble in the sun-splashed surfaces of SoCal soft rock. After that, he retreated to the boogying Bobby & the Midnites, a side project that was abandoned after the Dead scored a hit in 1987 with In the Dark, then after the death of Jerry Garcia, he wandered through several jam bands, settling on RatDog as a vehicle for whatever songs he had. All of this is to say that when 2016's Blue Mountain is called Weir's best album since his 1972 debut Ace – and it is, without question – there simply isn't much competition.
That said, Blue Mountain does display a level of conscious craft that is rare not only among Weir albums but also the Dead. Credit producer Josh Kaufman – an associate of the National, who released a weighty Dead tribute called Day of the Dead earlier in 2016 – and singer/songwriter Josh Ritter, who both worked with Weir to create a lovely, meditative salute to the "cowboy songs" dear to the guitarist's heart. Usually, Bobby's cowboy songs in a Dead set provided a bit of levity but Blue Mountain floats wistfully, sometimes seeming sweet, sometimes seeming sad, but always offering some rustic comfort. It helps that Kaufman dodges the austerity of Rick Rubin's stark recordings for Johnny Cash, nor does he indulge in the murk of Daniel Lanois' collaborations with Bob Dylan: instead, he finds a balance between simple and spacy, a blend that suits Weir well. Against this backdrop – sometimes consisting of no more than acoustic guitar, sometimes a warm wash of guitar – Weir sounds weathered and warm, reflective but not mired in nostalgia, not even when he's reviving trail songs or playing with American myths. In that sense, Blue Mountain is very much an extension of his work with the Grateful Dead, particularly Workingman's Dead and American Beauty: he's tapping into legends, then spinning them for the present day.
Personnel:
Bob Weir – vocals, acoustic guitar
The Bandana Splits (Lauren Balthrop, Dawn Landes, Annie Nero) – vocals
Rob Burger – Hammond organ, orcheston, omnichord, vibraphone, accordion
Sam Cohen – electric guitar, pedal steel, vocals
Aaron Dessner – electric guitar, high strung guitar, bowed guitar
Bryce Dessner – electric guitar
Scott Devendorf – electric bass, vocals
Conrad Doucette – tambourine, vocals
Ramblin' Jack Elliott & the Ramblin' Jackernacle Choir – vocals, yodels, hollers
Dan Goodwin – vocals
Josh Kaufman – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, nylon string guitar, high strung guitar, baritone guitar, pedal steel, electric mandolin, tenor banjo, bass, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Casio, synths, organ, Farfisa organ, organ bass, drums, vocals
Steve Kimock – lap steel
Jay Lane – drums, percussion, vocals
Nate Martinez – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, shruti box, vocals
Annie Nero – vocals
Ray Rizzo – drums, percussion, harmonica, shruti box, vocals
Joe Russo – drums, percussion
Jon Shaw – upright bass, piano, vocals
Robin Sylvester – electric bass, upright bass, Hammond organ, vocals
tracklist:
01 - Only A River
02 - Cottonwood Lullaby
03 - Gonesville
04 - Lay My Lily Down
05 - Gallop On The Run
06 - Whatever Happened To Rose
07 - Ghost Towns
08 - Darkest Hour
09 - Ky-Yi Bossie
10 - Storm Country
11 - Blue Mountain
12 - One More River To Cross
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Bob Weir / Blue Mountain
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EAC extraction logfile from 2. November 2016, 17:40
Bob Weir / Blue Mountain
Used drive : PLEXTOR DVDR PX-L890SA Adapter: 1 ID: 1
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
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Gap handling : Appended to previous track
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