Bobby & The Midnites - 1980-11-01 - Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ (SBD)

Bobby & The Midnites

1980-11-01

Capitol Theatre

Passaic, NJ

Soundboard recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

1st Set:

01. John Scher Introduction*

02. Poison Ivy*

03. CC Rider

04. Big Iron

05. Easy To Slip

06. Salt Lake City

07. Bombs Away >

08. Supplication Jam >

09. Promised Land

2nd Set:

01. New Minglewood Blues

02. I Found Love

03. Juke

04. This Time Forever >

05. Shade Of Grey 

06. Heaven Help The Fool >

07. Drums >

08. Drums & Bass >

09. Jam >

10. Mona >

11. I'll Be Doggone >

12. Wrong Way Feeling 

13. Saturday Night

14. Satisfaction

Bobby & The Midnites - 1980-11-01 - Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ (SBD)

1980s - #1; 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. This FM broadcast, from November 1, 1980, 4 decades ago today, captures the original ine up of The Midnites!