Jamaica World Music Festival, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 11-27-1982, Part 1: Bobby and the Midnites

The first act of the third and final day of the 1982 Jamaica World Music Festival was Bobby and the Midnites. This was a short-lived solo project by Bob Weir, one of the two main singer-songwriters in the Grateful Dead.

I have to confess I'm not terribly impressed with Bobby and the Midnites. I think Bob Weir has have an excellent music career. But pretty much all of his good songs were used by the Grateful Dead, including the songs from his first solo album, 1972's "Ace." His later solo albums generally weren't that memorable. There were two Bobby and the Midnites albums, one in 1981 (simply titled "Bobby and the Midnites") and the other in 1984. Naturally, with this concert taking place in 1982, it largely drew on the 1981 album, although two songs performed here, "Rock in the '80's" and "Thunder and Lightning," eventually ended up on the second album.

Weir decided that his solo project would play no original songs also played by the Grateful Dead, so virtually all of his best original songs were excluded. (Although the cover "Man Smart, Women Smarter," performed here, was often played by the Dead, including in their set at this very festival.) So he was left with a fairly weak bunch of original songs. But that was partially made up by a lively performance, as well as some classic covers, such as "Young Blood," "Easy to Slip," "Bahama Mama," and "Book of Rules."

This album is an hour and 17 minutes long.

01 talk (Bobby & the Midnites)
02 [I Want To] Fly Away (Bobby & the Midnites)
03 Festival (Bobby & the Midnites)
04 Young Blood (Bobby & the Midnites)
05 Easy to Slip (Bobby & the Midnites)
06 Bahama Mama [Instrumental] (Bobby & the Midnites)
07 Rock in the '80's (Bobby & the Midnites)
08 Little Junkie Girl (Bobby & the Midnites)
09 Jah Laughs (Bobby & the Midnites)
10 Man Smart, Women Smarter (Bobby & the Midnites)
11 Heaven Help the Fool (Bobby & the Midnites)
12 Drums [Instrumental] (Bobby & the Midnites)
13 Josephine (Bobby & the Midnites)
14 Thunder and Lightning (Bobby & the Midnites)
15 talk (Bobby & the Midnites)
16 Book of Rules (Bobby & the Midnites)

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The cover photo of Bob Weir comes from this exact festival, but I manipulated it a lot. The original photo was a black and white one of Weir standing with Jimmy Cliff backstage at the festival. I blackened everything else but Weir, and then colorized it using the Palette program. It was the only decent photo of him from the festival I could find.