{"id":506378,"date":"2023-01-13T10:10:46","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T10:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/?p=506378"},"modified":"2023-01-23T09:54:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T09:54:23","slug":"50-years-on-bob-weir-s-ace-is-an-essential-part-of-the-grateful-dead-family-canon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/50-years-on-bob-weir-s-ace-is-an-essential-part-of-the-grateful-dead-family-canon","title":{"rendered":"50 years on, Bob Weir&#8217;s &#8216;Ace&#8217; is an essential part of the Grateful Dead family canon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are very few straight lines in the land of the Grateful Dead.Instead, this is an artistic realm that can be charted nearly exclusively in scenic routes. No two shows were ever the same &#8212; heck, no two performances of any song were ever the same. This band demands exploration, rewards patience and thrives on unpredictability.But even then, there&#8217;s 1972&#8217;s &#8220;Ace.&#8221;Billed as the debut solo album from singer and guitarist Bob Weir, &#8220;Ace&#8221; featured backing accompaniment from guitarist Jerry Garcia, drummer Bill Kreutzmann, bassist Phil Lesh, pianist Keith Godchaux and singer Donna Jean Godchaux, also known as the then-current lineup of the Dead, save for harmonica player Ron &#8220;Pigpen&#8221; McKernan.The album has lyrics by the Dead&#8217;s official wordsmiths, Robert Hunter and John Perry Barlow, and it was an &#8220;Ace&#8221; single, &#8220;One More Saturday Night,&#8221; that the Dead were touring in support of in their legendary trek across western Europe in the spring of 1972.Seven of the eight songs on &#8220;Ace&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are very few straight lines in the land of the Grateful Dead. Instead, this is an artistic realm that can be charted nearly exclusively in scenic routes. No two<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-506378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506378\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}