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)

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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 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

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