Backbone is an album by the rock band Backbone. Their only album, it was released by Grateful Dead Records on January 13, 1998. It contains ten original songs, plus a version of the Grateful Dead tune "New Speedway Boogie".
Backbone was a trio of Rick Barnett on guitar, Edd Cook on bass, and former Grateful Dead member Bill Kreutzmann on drums Their music was heavily influenced by blues and R&B, and included substantial amounts of improvisational jamming.
Track listing "Preserve the Blues" (Rick Barnett) – 4:34 "Sittin' Here Thinkin'" (Barnett, Philbrick) – 3:03 "Make Me Laugh" (Barnett) – 6:27 "Breathe Deeply" (Barnett) – 4:42 "Nothing's Different" (Edd Cook) – 3:26 "Fly Away" (Barnett, Bill Kreutzmann, Cook) – 4:10 "Only Son" (Barnett, Kreutzmann, Brandon) – 5:51 "New Speedway Boogie" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 5:47 "Stayed Away Too Long" (Barnett) – 4:12 "Earthchild (Barnett, Kreutzmann) – 3:45 "Ocean Laughter" (Barnett, Kreutzmann, Becker) – 4:52
Personnel Backbone Rick Barnett – guitar, vocals Edd Cook – bass, saxophone, vocals Bill Kreutzmann – drums
Additional musicians Janice Barnett – background vocals Michael Ruff – Hammond organ, piano Bruce Harris – Hammond organ Nadia Deleye – background vocals on "New Speedway Boogie"
Production Rick Barnett – producer, recording Casey Jones – second engineer John Cutler – mixing Jeffrey Norman – mixing Joe Gastwirt – mastering Steve Parish – crew Billy Grillo – crew Ken Friedman – photography John Werner – photography Todd Michael – photography Amy Finkle – package design
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