Backbone (Backbone album)

Backbone
Studio album by
Backbone
ReleasedJanuary 13, 1998
Recorded1997
GenreBlues-rock
Length51:17
LabelGrateful Dead
ProducerRick Barnett
Bill Kreutzmann chronology
The Apocalypse Now Sessions
(1980) 		Backbone
(1998) 		Trichromes
(2002)
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The Music Box[2]

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]

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