Bobby & The Midnites

Bobby & the Midnites were a Grateful Dead spin-off group led by the Dead's guitarist/singer Bob Weir during the first half of the '80s. Their initial lineup, in addition to Weir, comprised Bobby Cochran (guitar, vocals), the Dead's Brent Mydland (keyboards, vocals), Tim Bogert (bass), noted jazz fusion drummer Billy Cobham, and Matt Kelly (harmonica, guitar, congas), who had been in Weir's '70s spin-off group Kingfish. This sextet played their first gig at Golden Bear in Huntington Beach, California, on June 30, 1980. Bobby & the Midnites signed to the Dead's label, Arista Rec...