Missing Man Formation (band)
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Missing Man Formation was a band put together by former Grateful Dead
keyboardist
Vince Welnick
, featuring Welnick and an ever-changing group of musicians, including Steve Kimock
on guitar (eventually replaced by John Wedemeyer, Terry Haggerty and Mark Holzinger), Prairie Prince
on drums (eventually replaced by Trey Sabatelli), Bobby Vega on bass (eventually replaced by Robin Sylvester
) and others, most notably, Bobby Strickland (reeds and flute).
, another Welnick/Hunter song "Golden Stairs", and "Devil I Know", by Welnick with John Perry Barlow
and Bob Bralove.
(e.g., The Wheel, Stella Blue, Scarlet Begonias, Standing On The moon, Not Fade Away, Long Way To Go Home) The Beatles
(e.g., Helter Skelter, All You Need Is Love), Bob Dylan
(e.g., It's All Over Now, Baby Blue, Change Is Gonna Come) and songs written by other well-known rock and roll bands (e.g., Kashmir, by Led Zeppelin
, You Can't Always Get What You Want, by the Rolling Stones and Godzilla, by Blue Öyster Cult
).
Missing Man Formation
Track Listing
1. Golden Days
2. Devil I Know
3. Fabiana
4. Golden Stairs
5. Samba In The Rain
6. It's Alive
7. True Blue
8. Smog Farm
9. War Pigs
Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for live performances of long...
keyboardist
Keyboardist
A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instruments with keyboards have come into common usage, requiring a more...
Vince Welnick
Vince Welnick
Vince Welnick was an American keyboardist, best known for playing with the band The Tubes during the 1970s and 1980s and with the Grateful Dead in the 1990s.-Music career:...
, featuring Welnick and an ever-changing group of musicians, including Steve Kimock
Steve Kimock
-External links:** at the Internet Archive's live music archive* at the Internet Archive's live music archive* at Internet Archive's live music archive*, San Francisco, April 3, 1999*, Unofficial Fan Forum...
on guitar (eventually replaced by John Wedemeyer, Terry Haggerty and Mark Holzinger), Prairie Prince
Prairie Prince
Prairie Prince is a rock drummer. He was a member of The Tubes and a founding member of Journey...
on drums (eventually replaced by Trey Sabatelli), Bobby Vega on bass (eventually replaced by Robin Sylvester
Robin Sylvester
Robin Sylvester is a London born musician, living in San Francisco, who is best known for his ongoing work with RatDog. Although primarily a bass player, he plays several instruments, including the guitar and keyboards, and has done extensive arranging....
) and others, most notably, Bobby Strickland (reeds and flute).
History
The band performed primarily between 1996 and 2000, mostly in the San Francisco Bay area, often at the Fillmore Auditorium, and generally for two-sets lasting two hours or more, or at music festivals, where they played shorter sets. Guest performers included artists such as Todd and Michelle Rundgren, Scott Black, Annie Simpson and Diana Mangano.Studio work
Their first and only album, Missing Man Formation, was released in 1998. It includes a version of "Samba in the Rain", written for the Dead by Welnick and Robert HunterRobert Hunter (lyricist)
Robert C. Hunter is an American lyricist, singer-songwriter, translator, and poet, best known for his association with Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead.-Biography:He was born Robert Burns in San Luis Obispo, California...
, another Welnick/Hunter song "Golden Stairs", and "Devil I Know", by Welnick with John Perry Barlow
John Perry Barlow
John Perry Barlow is an American poet and essayist, a retired Wyoming cattle rancher, and a cyberlibertarian political activist who has been associated with both the Democratic and Republican parties. He is also a former lyricist for the Grateful Dead and a founding member of the Electronic...
and Bob Bralove.
Live performances
During performances, the band generally played, in addition to the material on that album, songs written by (or for, or popularized by) the Grateful DeadGrateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for live performances of long...
(e.g., The Wheel, Stella Blue, Scarlet Begonias, Standing On The moon, Not Fade Away, Long Way To Go Home) The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
(e.g., Helter Skelter, All You Need Is Love), Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
(e.g., It's All Over Now, Baby Blue, Change Is Gonna Come) and songs written by other well-known rock and roll bands (e.g., Kashmir, by Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
, You Can't Always Get What You Want, by the Rolling Stones and Godzilla, by Blue Öyster Cult
Blue Öyster Cult
Blue Öyster Cult, often abbreviated BÖC, is an American rock band, most of whose members first came together in Long Island, NY in 1967 as the band Soft White Underbelly...
).
Discography
Album - CDMissing Man Formation
Track Listing
1. Golden Days
2. Devil I Know
3. Fabiana
4. Golden Stairs
5. Samba In The Rain
6. It's Alive
7. True Blue
8. Smog Farm
9. War Pigs