Backbone (Backbone album)
# Backbone (Backbone album)

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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".

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

## Track listing

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