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After releasing Love Will See You Through, a live album featuring onetime guests like Jorma Kaukonen, Phil Lesh organized a permanent touring and recording band under the moniker Phil Lesh & Friends. This quintet, with an instrumentation that replicated the Grateful Dead's except for the inclusion of only one drummer, featured former Allman Brothers Band guitarists Warren Haynes and Jimmy Herring, former Zen Tricksters keyboardist Rob Barraco, and former Bruce Hornsby & the Range drummer John Molo. There and Back Again is this unit's first studio album and, not surprisingly, it sounds like a cross between the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers Band. Lesh has made one other crucial connection, bringing in Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter to write the words for six of the 11 songs. (One of them is "Liberty," a Jerry Garcia co-composition the Grateful Dead performed toward the end.) Hunter has a distinctive, wordy writing style, full of allusions, aphorisms, and wordplay that will be familiar to any Deadhead. The leadoff track, "Celebration," with music by Lesh, is very much the product of the team who wrote the Grateful Dead's "Box of Rain"; it is a statement of purpose, proclaiming a recommitment to a positive viewpoint despite "stolen elections, corruption, and hate." Haynes, who does most of the singing (though Lesh and Barraco get leads, too), was a careful student of Gregg Allman's throaty style, and his stinging slide guitar work recalls Duane Allman. For the most part, the bandmembers keep their natural tendency to jam in check, placing emphasis on the well-written songs. The tracks run four to six minutes each and usually fade out with the band still playing, so this material no doubt stretches out in concert. The result is a surprisingly well-organized and accessible collection that is the best album yet made by a Grateful Dead spinoff band.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Phil Lesh & Friends, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Phil Lesh, Bass Guitar, Composer, Lyricist - Don Gehman for Rhaspsody Productions, Producer - Jill Lesh, Executive Producer - Robert Hunter, Composer, Lyricist - Warren Haynes, Guitar, Slide Guitar - Stefani Scamardo, Executive Producer - Rob Barraco, Keyboards - Jimmy Herring, Guitar - John Molo, Drums, Percussion
(P) 2002 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Phil Lesh & Friends featuring Warren Haynes, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Phil Lesh, Bass Guitar, Composer, Lyricist - Don Gehman for Rhaspsody Productions, Producer - Jill Lesh, Executive Producer - Warren Haynes, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Slide Guitar - Stefani Scamardo, Executive Producer - Robert Hunter, Composer, Lyricist - Rob Barraco, Keyboards - Jimmy Herring, Guitar - John Molo, Drums, Percussion
(P) 2002 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Phil Lesh & Friends featuring Warren Haynes, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Warren Haynes, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Slide Guitar - Phil Lesh, Bass Guitar - Don Gehman for Rhaspsody Productions, Producer - Jill Lesh, Executive Producer - Stefani Scamardo, Executive Producer - Rob Barraco, Keyboards - Jimmy Herring, Guitar - John Molo, Drums, Percussion
(P) 2002 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Phil Lesh & Friends, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Jimmy Herring, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist - Phil Lesh, Bass Guitar - Don Gehman for Rhaspsody Productions, Producer - Jill Lesh, Executive Producer - Robert Hunter, Composer, Lyricist - Warren Haynes, Guitar, Slide Guitar - Stefani Scamardo, Executive Producer - Rob Barraco, Keyboards - John Molo, Drums, Percussion
(P) 2002 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Phil Lesh & Friends, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Phil Lesh, Bass Guitar, Composer, Lyricist - Don Gehman for Rhaspsody Productions, Producer - Jill Lesh, Executive Producer - Robert Hunter, Composer, Lyricist - Warren Haynes, Guitar, Slide Guitar - Stefani Scamardo, Executive Producer - Rob Barraco, Keyboards - Jimmy Herring, Guitar - John Molo, Drums, Percussion
(P) 2002 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Phil Lesh & Friends, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Warren Haynes, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Slide Guitar - Phil Lesh, Bass Guitar - Don Gehman for Rhaspsody Productions, Producer - Jill Lesh, Executive Producer - Stefani Scamardo, Executive Producer - Rob Barraco, Keyboards - Jimmy Herring, Guitar - John Molo, Drums, Percussion
(P) 2002 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Phil Lesh & Friends, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Jerry Garcia, Composer, Lyricist - Phil Lesh, Bass Guitar - Don Gehman for Rhaspsody Productions, Producer - Jill Lesh, Executive Producer - Robert Hunter, Composer, Lyricist - Warren Haynes, Guitar, Slide Guitar - Stefani Scamardo, Executive Producer - Rob Barraco, Keyboards - Jimmy Herring, Guitar - John Molo, Drums, Percussion
(P) 2002 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Phil Lesh, Associated Performer, Bass Guitar, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Bass Guitar, Composer, Lyricist - Don Gehman, Producer - Jill Lesh, Executive Producer - Warren Haynes, Guitar, Slide Guitar - Stefani Scamardo, Executive Producer - Rob Barraco, Keyboards - Jimmy Herring, Guitar - John Molo, Drums, Percussion
(P) 2002 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Phil Lesh & Friends, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Bob Barraco, Composer, Lyricist - Phil Lesh, Bass Guitar - Don Gehman for Rhaspsody Productions, Producer - Jill Lesh, Executive Producer - Jeff Mattson, Composer, Lyricist - Warren Haynes, Guitar, Slide Guitar - Stefani Scamardo, Executive Producer - Rob Barraco, Keyboards - Jimmy Herring, Guitar - John Molo, Drums, Percussion
(P) 2002 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Phil Lesh, Associated Performer, Bass Guitar, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Bass Guitar - Don Gehman, Producer - Warren Haynes, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Slide Guitar - Jill Lesh, Executive Producer - Stefani Scamardo, Executive Producer - Rob Barraco, Keyboards - Jimmy Herring, Guitar - John Molo, Drums, Percussion
(P) 2002 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Phil Lesh & Friends, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Phil Lesh, Bass Guitar, Composer, Lyricist - Don Gehman for Rhaspsody Productions, Producer - Jill Lesh, Executive Producer - Robert Hunter, Composer, Lyricist - Warren Haynes, Guitar, Slide Guitar - Stefani Scamardo, Executive Producer - Rob Barraco, Keyboards - Jimmy Herring, Guitar - John Molo, Drums, Percussion - Michael Kang, Violin
(P) 2002 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
DISC 2
Phil Lesh & Friends, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - P. Lesh, Composer, Lyricist - Phil Lesh, Bass Guitar - Don Gehman for Rhaspsody Productions, Producer - Jill Lesh, Executive Producer - P. Monk, Composer, Lyricist - Warren Haynes, Guitar, Slide Guitar - Stefani Scamardo, Executive Producer - Rob Barraco, Keyboards - Jimmy Herring, Guitar - John Molo, Drums, Percussion
(P) 2002 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Phil Lesh & Friends featuring Derek Trucks, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - J. Garcia, Composer, Lyricist - Phil Lesh, Bass Guitar - Don Gehman for Rhaspsody Productions, Producer - Jill Lesh, Executive Producer - P. Lesh, Composer, Lyricist - Warren Haynes, Guitar, Slide Guitar - Stefani Scamardo, Executive Producer - R. HUNTER, Composer, Lyricist - Rob Barraco, Keyboards - Jody Salino, Mastering Engineer - Jimmy Herring, Guitar - Dennis Leonard, Bass Guitar - John Molo, Drums, Percussion
(P) 2002 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Phil Lesh & Friends featuring Derek Trucks, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - J. Garcia, Composer, Lyricist - Phil Lesh, Bass Guitar - Don Gehman for Rhaspsody Productions, Producer - Jill Lesh, Executive Producer - P. Lesh, Composer, Lyricist - Warren Haynes, Guitar, Slide Guitar - Stefani Scamardo, Executive Producer - Weir, Composer, Lyricist - Rob Barraco, Keyboards - Jody Salino, Mastering Engineer - Kreutzmann, Composer, Lyricist - Mckernan, Composer, Lyricist - Jimmy Herring, Guitar - M. Hart, Composer, Lyricist - Dennis Leonard, Bass Guitar - R. HUNTER, Composer, Lyricist - John Molo, Drums, Percussion
(P) 2002 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Phil Lesh & Friends, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - P. Lesh, Composer, Lyricist - Phil Lesh, Bass Guitar - Don Gehman for Rhaspsody Productions, Producer - Jill Lesh, Executive Producer - R. HUNTER, Composer, Lyricist - Warren Haynes, Guitar, Slide Guitar - Stefani Scamardo, Executive Producer - Rob Barraco, Keyboards - Jody Salino, Mastering Engineer - Jimmy Herring, Guitar - Dennis Leonard, Bass Guitar - John Molo, Drums, Percussion
(P) 2002 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
After releasing Love Will See You Through, a live album featuring onetime guests like Jorma Kaukonen, Phil Lesh organized a permanent touring and recording band under the moniker Phil Lesh & Friends. This quintet, with an instrumentation that replicated the Grateful Dead's except for the inclusion of only one drummer, featured former Allman Brothers Band guitarists Warren Haynes and Jimmy Herring, former Zen Tricksters keyboardist Rob Barraco, and former Bruce Hornsby & the Range drummer John Molo. There and Back Again is this unit's first studio album and, not surprisingly, it sounds like a cross between the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers Band. Lesh has made one other crucial connection, bringing in Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter to write the words for six of the 11 songs. (One of them is "Liberty," a Jerry Garcia co-composition the Grateful Dead performed toward the end.) Hunter has a distinctive, wordy writing style, full of allusions, aphorisms, and wordplay that will be familiar to any Deadhead. The leadoff track, "Celebration," with music by Lesh, is very much the product of the team who wrote the Grateful Dead's "Box of Rain"; it is a statement of purpose, proclaiming a recommitment to a positive viewpoint despite "stolen elections, corruption, and hate." Haynes, who does most of the singing (though Lesh and Barraco get leads, too), was a careful student of Gregg Allman's throaty style, and his stinging slide guitar work recalls Duane Allman. For the most part, the bandmembers keep their natural tendency to jam in check, placing emphasis on the well-written songs. The tracks run four to six minutes each and usually fade out with the band still playing, so this material no doubt stretches out in concert. The result is a surprisingly well-organized and accessible collection that is the best album yet made by a Grateful Dead spinoff band.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:54:51
- Main artists: Phil Lesh & Friends
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
(P) 2002 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
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