Reflections is the third solo album by the Grateful Dead's guitarist Jerry Garcia, released in February 1976. Partway through production, Garcia stopped recording with his solo band and brought in the members of the Grateful Dead, who performed on four songs, plus a bonus jam from 2004 release. Three of the four Grateful Dead-performed songs had earlier live debuts: "Comes a Time" (1971), "They Love Each Other" (1973) and "It Must Have Been the Roses" (1974); "Might as Well" entered their rotation in 1976, and "Mission in the Rain" received a select few performances that same year. Most of the songs entered the live rotation of the new Jerry Garcia Band as well.
| Reflections | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 15, 1976 | |||
| Studio | His Masters Wheels, San Francisco | |||
| Genre | Roots rock, folk rock | |||
| Label | Round Records | |||
| Producer | Jerry Garcia | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B[2] |
| Music Box |  [3] |
| Rolling Stone | (not rated)[4] |
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Might As Well" | Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter | 3:54 |
| 2. | "Mission In The Rain" | Garcia, Hunter | 5:04 |
| 3. | "They Love Each Other" | Garcia, Hunter | 4:37 |
| 4. | "I'll Take a Melody" | Allen Toussaint | 9:28 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5. | "It Must Have Been the Roses" | Hunter | 5:29 |
| 6. | "Tore Up Over You" | Hank Ballard | 4:30 |
| 7. | "Catfish John" | Bob McDill, Allen Reynolds | 7:00 |
| 8. | "Comes a Time" | Garcia, Hunter | 6:29 |
The album was reissued in the All Good Things: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions box set with the following bonus tracks:
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9. | "Mystery Train (Studio Jam)" | Junior Parker, Sam Phillips | 5:12 |
| 10. | "All By Myself (Studio Jam)" | Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino | 4:10 |
| 11. | "Oh Babe, It Ain't No Lie" | Elizabeth Cotten | 3:12 |
| 12. | "You Win Again" | Hank Williams | 2:25 |
| 13. | "Orpheus" | Grateful Dead | 16:44 |
Personnel
edit- Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, organ, synthesizer, percussion, chimes, vocals
Grateful Dead
editon "Might As Well", "They Love Each Other", "It Must Have Been the Roses", "Comes a Time", "Orpheus"
- Bob Weir – second guitar, background vocals
- Phil Lesh – bass
- Bill Kreutzmann – drums
- Keith Godchaux – Fender Rhodes, acoustic piano, tack piano
- Donna Jean Godchaux – background vocals ("Might as Well", "It Must Have Been the Roses")
- Mickey Hart – drums, percussion
- John Kahn – organ (on "They Love Each Other")
Jerry Garcia Band
editon "Mission in the Rain", "I'll Take a Melody", "Tore Up Over You", "Catfish John", "Mystery Train", "All By Myself", "Oh Babe, It Ain't No Lie", "You Win Again"
- Nicky Hopkins – piano
- Larry Knechtel – Fender Rhodes, piano
- John Kahn – bass, organ, synthesizer, vibraphone, clavinet
- Ron Tutt – drums
- Donna Jean Godchaux, Bob Weir – background vocals (on "I'll Take a Melody" and "Catfish John")
- Mickey Hart – percussion ("I'll Take a Melody", "Tore up over You", "Catfish John")
Production
editReferences
edit- ^ Planer, Lindsay. Reflections at AllMusic
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Music Box review
- ^ Niester, Alan (June 3, 1976). Reflections, Rolling Stone