Blue Mountain (Bob Weir album)

Blue Mountain
A black-and-white head shot of Bob Weir
Studio album by
Bob Weir
ReleasedSeptember 30, 2016 (2016-09-30)
RecordedSpring and Fall 2015 in Woodstock, New York, and San Rafael, California
GenreRock, country, folk
Length51:43
LabelLegacy/Columbia
ProducerJosh Kaufman, Bob Weir
Bob Weir chronology
Fall 1989: The Long Island Sound
(2013) 		Blue Mountain
(2016) 		Live in Colorado
(2022)
Singles from Blue Mountain
  1. "Only a River"
    Released: August 18, 2016[1]
  2. "Gonesville"
    Released: September 8, 2016[2]
  3. "Lay My Lily Down"
    Released: September 12, 2016[3]

Blue Mountain is the third solo album by former Grateful Dead singer and guitarist Bob Weir, released on September 30, 2016.[4] The album was inspired by his time working as a ranch hand in Wyoming when he was fifteen years old.[5] It is Weir's first solo studio album since Heaven Help the Fool, released in 1978 and first studio album since recording Evening Moods as the leader of RatDog in 2000.

Blue Mountain reached No. 14 on the Billboard 200 album chart,[6] becoming his highest charting album. Songs from the album are frequently performed live by Weir with his band Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros.

  1. ^ Contreras, Felix (August 18, 2016). "Raising the Dead: Hear a Song from Bob Weir's First Album in a Decade", NPR. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
  2. ^ Leight, Elias (September 8, 2016). "Hear Bob Weir Find Loose Country Groove on "Gonesville"", Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  3. ^ Dye, David (September 12, 2016). "Hear a New Bob Weir Song, "Lay My Lily Down"", NPR. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  4. ^ Legaspi, Althea (August 4, 2016). "Bob Weir Details New Solo Album Blue Mountain, Tour", Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  5. ^ Hernandez, Brian Anthony (August 10, 2015). "Watch the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir Tease New Song from Upcoming Album", Mashable. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  6. ^ "Bob Weir Chart History – Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved September 13, 2018.