Bob Weir - Ace (50th Anniversary)

Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Bob Weir's solo album Ace. When Bob started working on Ace at Wally Heider's Studio in San Francisco in early 1972, he wasn't planning for the Grateful Dead to be his backing band. It just happened. "I pretty much knew in the back of my mind what would happen," Weir told Crawdaddy a few months after the sessions. "I go and get the time booked and start putting the material together. Everybody gets wind of the fact I got the time booked and I may be going into the studio. So, one by one, they start coming around..."

It made sense, the band was already familiar with most of the music, having road-tested six of the album's eight songs, including "Greatest Story Ever Told," "Mexicali Blues," and "Playing in the Band," destined to become one of Weir's signature tunes. Ace also marked the beginning of Weir's long-running collaboration with lyricist John Perry Barlow and includes early standouts "Cassidy" and "Looks Like Rain."

50th Anniversary Edition vinyl produced by Warner Records in 2023. Remixed by Derek Featherstone and mastered by David Glasser. 

TRACKLISTING:

1. Greatest Story Ever Told
2. Black-Throated Wind
3. Walk in the Sunshine
4. Playing in the Band
5. Looks Like Rain
6. Mexicali Blues
7. One More Saturday Night
8. Cassidy