Ace
Studio album by Bob Weir
Released	May 1972
Recorded	January - March 1972
Genre	Rock, Country, Folk
Length	37:45
Label	Warner Bros. Records, Grateful Dead Records
Producer(s)	Grateful Dead or "everyone involved"
Bob Weir chronology
	Ace (1972)	Kingfish (1976)

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Its origins come from an offer by the Dead's Warner Bros. Records label to have band members cut their own solo records, and came out at the same time as Jerry Garcia's Garcia and Mickey Hart's Rolling Thunder. In the case of Ace, Weir's backing band was essentially the Dead itself, and all songs except "Walk In The Sunshine", became concert staples of the Dead. In a way, Ace and Garcia can be considered Dead studio albums during a live album era that included Skull & Roses and Europe '72. Warner Bros. ... Jerome John Jerry Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was famous as the lead guitarist and vocalist of the psychedelic rock band the Grateful Dead, though his extensive career involved many other projects. ... Garcias first solo album. ... Mickey Hart Mickey Hart (born September 11, 1943) is known as one of the two drummers from the rock band the Grateful Dead. ... A live album is a musical recording containing recorded concert performances. ... Grateful Dead is an eponymous live double album by the Grateful Dead, released in 1971. ... Europe 72 is a 1972 live triple album by The Grateful Dead, from performances on their Spring 1972 tour of Western Europe. ...

Track listing

Side One

1. Greatest Story Ever Told (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 3:43
2. Black-Throated Wind (Weir, Barlow) – 5:42
3. Walk in the Sunshine (Weir, Barlow) – 3:05
4. Playing in the Band (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 7:38

Side Two Mickey Hart Mickey Hart (born September 11, 1943) is known as one of the two drummers from the rock band the Grateful Dead. ... Robert C. Hunter (born June 23, 1941) is an American lyricist, singer songwriter, and poet, best known for his association with Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Ace (album). ... John Perry Barlow (born Jackson Hole, Wyoming, October 3, 1947) is an American poet, essayist, retired Wyoming cattle rancher, and former lyricist for the Grateful Dead. ... Playing in the Band is a Grateful Dead song, that first emerged in embryonic form on the groups 1971 live Skull & Roses album and then in more polished form on Bob Weirs 1972 solo-but-de-facto-Dead album Ace. ...

1. Looks Like Rain (Weir, Barlow) – 6:12
2. Mexicali Blues (Weir, Barlow) – 3:28
3. One More Saturday Night (Weir, Hunter) – 4:31
4. Cassidy (Weir, Barlow) – 3:41

This has been the same tracklisting for every reissue of Ace.

Musicians

• Bob Weir - Lead Vocals, Electric and Acoustic Guitars
• Jerry Garcia - Lead Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar on "Looks Like Rain", Backup Vocals on "Greatest Story Ever Told"
• Phil Lesh - Bass Guitar, Backup Vocals on "Mexicali Blues"
• Bill Kreutzmann - Drums, Percussion
• Keith Godchaux - Piano, Organ
• Donna Jean Godchaux - Backup Vocals on "Greatest Story Ever Told", "Walk In The Sunshine", "Playing In The Band", and "Cassidy".
• Dave Torbert - Bass Guitar on "Greatest Story Ever Told"
• Snooky Flowers, Luis Gasca, and the Space Rangers - Horns on "Black-Throated Wind", "Mexicali Blues", and "One More Saturday Night"
• Ed Bogus - String Arrangements on "Looks Like Rain"