Ace
by Bob Weir
- Type: Album
- Released: May 1972
- Label: Warner Bros.
- Country: United States
- Length: 38:03
- Community rating: 3.78/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Though billed as the rhythm guitarist's solo debut, the album functions essentially as a Grateful Dead record, featuring the entire band heavily as his backing group. The recording sessions were highly productive, introducing enduring live staples into the Dead's repertoire, most notably the complex suite 'Playing in the Band'. The slicker studio production provides a tight, definitive document of his cosmic Americana songwriting partnership with John Perry Barlow.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, rhythmic, acoustic, harmonies, storytelling, male-vocals, guitar-driven
Tracklist
- Greatest Story Ever Told (3:43)
- Black-Throated Wind (5:42)
- Walk in the Sunshine (3:05)
- Playing in the Band (7:38)
- Looks Like Rain (6:12)
- Mexicali Blues (3:28)
- One More Saturday Night (4:31)
- Cassidy (3:41)
Credits
- Charlie Midnight - written-by
- Bob Weir - primary artist, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, written-by
- Alton Kelley - artwork [cover art]
- Phil Lesh - bass, harmony vocals
- Mouse Studios - design
- Bill Kreutzmann - drums
- Jerry Garcia - electric guitar, mixed by, pedal steel guitar
- Donna Godchaux - harmony vocals [the chick vocals]
- Ron Rakow - photography by
- Keith Godchaux - piano
- Betty Cantor - recorded by
- Bob Matthews - recorded by
- Dave Torbert - bass
- Robert Hunter - written-by
- John Perry Barlow - written-by
- Ed Bogas - arranged by [string arrangement]