Backbone (Backbone album)

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".^[3]

Backbone
Studio album by Backbone
Released	January 13, 1998
Recorded	1997
Genre	Blues-rock
Length	51:17
Label	Grateful Dead
Producer	Rick Barnett
Bill Kreutzmann chronology
The Apocalypse Now Sessions (1980) Backbone (1998) Trichromes (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Music Box	[2]

Backbone was a trio of Rick Barnett on guitar, Edd Cook on bass, and former Grateful Dead member Bill Kreutzmann on drums^[4] Their music was heavily influenced by blues and R&B, and included substantial amounts of improvisational jamming.^[1][2]

Track listing

1. "Preserve the Blues" (Rick Barnett) – 4:34
2. "Sittin' Here Thinkin'" (Barnett, Philbrick) – 3:03
3. "Make Me Laugh" (Barnett) – 6:27
4. "Breathe Deeply" (Barnett) – 4:42
5. "Nothing's Different" (Edd Cook) – 3:26
6. "Fly Away" (Barnett, Bill Kreutzmann, Cook) – 4:10
7. "Only Son" (Barnett, Kreutzmann, Brandon) – 5:51
8. "New Speedway Boogie" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 5:47
9. "Stayed Away Too Long" (Barnett) – 4:12
10. "Earthchild (Barnett, Kreutzmann) – 3:45
11. "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