Reflections (Jerry Garcia album)

Reflections
Studio album by Jerry Garcia
Released	February 1976
Genre	Rock, Folk
Label	Round Records
Producer	Jerry Garcia
Jerry Garcia chronology
Old and in the Way (1975) Reflections (1976) Cats Under the Stars (1978)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	(not rated) [2]

Reflections is Jerry Garcia's third solo album, released in 1976. It includes five songs that were performed by the Grateful Dead. All of the then-members of the Grateful Dead contribute to the music on this album.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Might As Well"	Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter	3:54
2.	"Mission In The Rain"	Garcia, Hunter	5:04
3.	"They Love Each Other"	Garcia, Hunter	4:37
4.	"I'll Take a Melody"	Allen Toussaint	9:28

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"It Must Have Been the Roses"	Hunter	5:29
6.	"Tore Up Over You"	Hank Ballard	4:30
7.	"Catfish John"	Bob McDill, Allen Reynolds	7:00
8.	"Comes a Time"	Garcia, Hunter	6:29

The album was reissued in the All Good Things: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions box set with the following bonus tracks:

Bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
9.	"Mystery Train (Studio Jam)"	Junior Parker, Sam Phillips	5:12
10.	"All By Myself (Studio Jam)"	Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino	4:10
11.	"Oh Babe, It Ain't No Lie"	Elizabeth Cotten	3:12
12.	"You Win Again"	Hank Williams	2:25
13.	"Orpheus"	Grateful Dead	16:44

Personnel

• Jerry Garcia - guitar, organ, vocals

Grateful Dead

on "Might As Well", "They Love Each Other", "Must Have Been the Roses", "Comes a Time", "Orpheus"

• Bob Weir - guitar, background vocals
• Phil Lesh - bass
• Bill Kreutzmann - drums
• Keith Godchaux - Fender Rhodes, tack piano
• Donna Jean Godchaux - background vocals
• Mickey Hart - drums, percussion

Jerry Garcia Band

on "Mission in the Rain", "I'll Take a Melody", "Tore Up Over You", "Catfish John", "Mystery Train", "All By Myself", "Oh Babe, It Ain't No Lie", "You Win Again"

• Nicky Hopkins - piano
• John Kahn - bass, synthesizer, vibraphone
• Ron Tutt - drums
• Larry Knechtel - Fender Rhodes
• Donna Jean Godchaux - background vocals

Production

• Engineer – Dan Healy
• Production assistants – Steve Brown, Kidd, Ramrod, Steve Parrish
• Cover – Mike Steirnagel
• Art direction – Ria Lewerke
• Second engineers – Rob Taylor, Willi Deenihan, Joel Edelstein
• Engineer & mix-down engineer – Smiggy

References

1. Planer, Lindsay. Reflections at AllMusic
2. Niester, Alan (June 3, 1976). Reflections, Rolling Stone