Where the Beat Meets the Street

Where the Beat Meets the Street is the second studio album by Grateful Dead rhythm guitarist Bob Weir and his side-project, Bobby and the Midnites. The album reached number 166 on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

1. "(I Want to Live in) America" (Bobby Cochran, Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow, Gerrit Graham)
2. "Where the Beat Meets the Street" (Nicky Chinn, Steve Glen)
3. "She's Gonna Win Your Heart" (Mentor Williams, Billy Burnette)
4. "Ain't That Peculiar" (Smokey Robinson, Warren Moore, Marvin Tarplin, Bobby Rogers)
5. "Lifeguard" (Dennis Lambert, Peter Beckett)
6. "Rock in the 80's" (Cochran)
7. "Lifeline" (Roddy, Medica, Frederiksen, Haselden)
8. "Falling" (Jeff Baxter, Weir, Barlow, Kenny Gradney)
9. "Thunder & Lightning" (Weir, Cochran)
10. "Gloria Monday" (Weir, Barlow, Baxter)

Personnel

Bobby and the Midnites

• Bob Weir – guitar, lead and background vocals
• Bobby Cochran – guitar, lead and background vocals
• Dave Garland – keyboards, synthesizers, tenor and alto saxophone, background vocals
• Kenny Gradney – bass, background vocals
• Billy Cobham – drums

Additional musicians

• Jeff Baxter – guitar, synthesizers
• Paulette Brown – vocals
• Steve Cropper – guitar
• Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
• Chuck Domanico – bass
• Jim Ehinger – keyboards
• Alphonso Johnson – bass
• Sherlie Matthews – vocals
• Brian Setzer – guitar

Production

• Producer – Jeff Baxter
• Production coordinators – Marylata Elton and David Richman
• Engineer – Larold Rebhun
• Assistant engineers – John Bogosian, David Ferguson and Mark Wilczak
• Mastering – Elliot Federman
• Design & redesign – David Richman
• Photography – Glenn Wexler
• Art direction – Joel Zimmerman
• Coordination – Doug Wygal and Jamie Reamer

References