Bobby & The Midnites - 1983-06-11 - Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ (FM)

Bobby & The Midnites

1983-06-11

Capitol Theatre

Passaic, NJ

FM broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Show Introduction by John Scher

02. Bombs Away

03. Young Blood

04. Big Iron

05. (I Want To) Fly Away

06. City Girls

07. Bed Time

08. Laughing At Me

09. I Found Love

10. Instrumental

11. Easy To Slip

12. Book Of Rules

13. Men Smart, Women Smarter

14. Drum Solo

15. Josephine

16. Thunder and Lightning

Bobby & The Midnites - 1983-06-11 - Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ (FM)

Bob Weir’s solo efforts have included successful stints with Kingfish along with a wonderful pairing with bassist Rob Wasserman in Ratdog. A somewhat unusual chapter, however, was written in the early 1980s when he fronted Bobby & The Midnites. The Midnites originally included Brent Mydland of the Grateful Dead on keyboards, Matthew Kelly from Kingfish on guitar, Bobby Cochran from Steppenwolf on guitar, Tim Bogert from the Vanilla Fudge on bass and Billy Cobham, who had played with Miles Davis, on drums. Despite the star studded lineup, their self titled debut album made little commercial or critical impact. In 1982, Kelly, Mydland and Bogert left the band. Weir recruited Alphonso Johnson of Weather Report to take over on bass and added Dave Garland on keyboards. That lineup lasted until March 1983, when Johnson was replaced by Kennu Gradny on bass. This FM broadcast captures the final Midnites' lineup at the Capitol Theater in Passaic NJ on June 12, 1983, 35 years ago today.