Where the Beat Meets the Street is the second studio album by Grateful Dead rhythm guitarist Bob Weir and his side-project, Bobby and the Midnites. The album reached number 166 on the Billboard 200.
Track listing
Side one
"(I Want to Live in) America" (Bobby Cochran, Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow, Gerrit Graham) – 3:21 "Where the Beat Meets the Street" (Nicky Chinn, Steve Glen) – 3:32 "She's Gonna Win Your Heart" (Mentor Williams, Billy Burnette) – 3:59 "Ain't That Peculiar" (Smokey Robinson, Warren Moore, Marvin Tarplin, Bobby Rogers) – 3:50 "Lifeguard" (Dennis Lambert, Peter Beckett) – 3:52
Side two
"Rock in the 80's" (Cochran) – 3:10 "Lifeline" (Roddy, Medica, Frederiksen, Haselden) – 4:23 "Falling" (Jeff Baxter, Weir, Barlow, Kenny Gradney) – 4:22 "Thunder & Lightning" (Weir, Cochran) – 3:35 "Gloria Monday" (Weir, Barlow, Baxter) – 4:09
Personnel
Bobby and the Midnites Bob Weir – guitar, lead and background vocals Bobby Cochran – guitar, lead and background vocals Dave Garland – keyboards, synthesizers, tenor and alto saxophone, background vocals Kenny Gradney – bass, background vocals Billy Cobham – drums
Additional musicians Jeff Baxter – guitar, synthesizers Paulette Brown – vocals Steve Cropper – guitar Paulinho Da Costa – percussion Chuck Domanico – bass Jim Ehinger – keyboards Alphonso Johnson – bass Sherlie Matthews – vocals Brian Setzer – guitar
Production Producer – Jeff Baxter Production coordinators – Marylata Elton and David Richman Engineer – Larold Rebhun Assistant engineers – John Bogosian, David Ferguson and Mark Wilczak Mastering – Elliot Federman Design & redesign – David Richman Photography – Glenn Wexler Art direction – Joel Zimmerman Coordination – Doug Wygal and Jamie Reamer
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