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** LP Released 03/02/2022 **
Bobby Weir celebrated the 50th anniversary of his solo debut, Ace, on stage in April with two special shows at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall. On both nights, he performed the entire album live with his group Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros featuring The Wolfpack, a string and brass quintet, pedal steel player Barry Sless, and special guests Tyler Childers and Brittney Spencer.
When Weir started working on Ace at Wally Heider’s Studio in San Francisco in early 1972, he wasn’t planning for the Grateful Dead to be his backing band. It just happened. “I pretty much knew in the back of my mind what would happen,” Weir told Crawdaddy a few months after the sessions. “I go and get the time booked and start putting the material together. Everybody gets wind of the fact I got the time booked and I may be going into the studio. So, one by one, they start coming around…”
It made sense, the band was already familiar with most of the music, having road-tested six of the album’s eight songs, including “Greatest Story Ever Told,” “Mexicali Blues,” and “Playing In The Band,” destined to become one of Weir’s signature tunes. Ace also marked the beginning of Weir’s long-running collaboration with lyricist John Perry Barlow and includes early standouts “Cassidy” and “Looks Like Rain.”
The liner notes that accompany the new anniversary edition were written by Jesse Jarnow, co-host of the Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast and author of Heads: A Biography Of Psychedelic America. He writes about Weir realizing his 50-year dream of touring with strings and horns in 2021 when the Wolfpack joined him and the Wolf Bros on the road.
Tracklist
LP Tracklist
Disc One: Original Album (2023 Remaster)
“Greatest Story Ever Told”
“Black-Throated Wind”
“Walk In The Sunshine”
“Playing In The Band”
“Looks Like Rain”
“Mexicali Blues”
“One More Saturday Night”
“Cassidy”
CD Tracklist
Disc One: Original Album (2023 Remaster)
“Greatest Story Ever Told”
“Black-Throated Wind”
“Walk In The Sunshine”
“Playing In The Band”
“Looks Like Rain”
“Mexicali Blues”
“One More Saturday Night”
“Cassidy”
Disc Two: Live at Radio City Music Hall, New York NY (4/3/22)
“Greatest Story Ever Told” – featuring Tyler Childers
“Black-Throated Wind”
“Walk In The Sunshine” – featuring Brittney Spencer
“Playing In The Band”
“Looks Like Rain” – featuring Brittney Spencer
“Mexicali Blues” – Intro
“Mexicali Blues”
“One More Saturday Night”
“Cassidy”
Soundwave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfn2CKDO70Y