Heaven Help the Fool

Heaven Help The Fool is the second solo album by Grateful Dead rhythm guitarist Bob Weir, released in 1978. It was recorded during time off from touring, in the summer of 1977, while Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart recovered from injuries sustained in a vehicular accident. Weir returned to the studio with Keith Olsen, having recorded Terrapin Station with the producer earlier in the year. Several well-known studio musicians were hired for the project, including widely used session player Waddy Wachtel and Toto members David Paich and Mike Porcaro.

Heaven Help The Fool
Studio album by
Bob Weir
ReleasedJanuary 13, 1978
Recorded1977
GenreRock, country, folk
Length34:43
LabelArista
ProducerKeith Olsen
Bob Weir chronology
Live 'n' Kickin'
(1977)		 Heaven Help The Fool
(1978)		 Bobby and the Midnites
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Christgau's Record GuideC+[2]

Only "Salt Lake City" and the title track were played live by the Grateful Dead, the former in its namesake location on February 21, 1995,[3] and the latter in an instrumental arrangement during their 1980 acoustic sets.[4] Despite this, Weir has continued to consistently play tracks from the album with other bands of his, including RatDog and Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros. "Bombs Away" was released as a single and peaked at number 70 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his only solo song to make the chart.[5] The album itself stalled at number 69, one spot behind his previous album, Ace.[6]

Track listing
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bombs Away"John Perry Barlow, Bob Weir5:06
2."Easy to Slip"Lowell George, Martin Kibbee3:05
3."Salt Lake City"Barlow, Weir4:04
4."Shade of Grey"Barlow, Weir4:30
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Heaven Help the Fool"Barlow, Weir5:30
2."This Time Forever"Barlow, Weir4:09
3."I'll Be Doggone"Warren Moore, Smokey Robinson, Marv Tarplin3:07
4."Wrong Way Feelin'"Barlow, Weir5:12
Total length:34:43

Credits

Personnel

Production
  • Producer – Keith Olsen
  • Engineers – David de Vore and Keith Olsen
  • Art direction – Ria Lewerke
  • Photography – Richard Avedon
  • Mastering – Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC

Charts
Chart (1978) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 97

References
  1. Planer, Lindsay. "Heaven Help the Fool". AllMusic. Retrieved October 21, 2018.
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: W". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 22, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. "Grateful Dead Delta Center - February 21, 1995".
  4. "Grateful Dead Heaven Help the Fool".
  5. "Bob Weir". Billboard.
  6. "Bob Weir". Billboard.
  7. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 334. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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