Run for the Roses (album)

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Run for the Roses
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Studio album by
Released1982
RecordedSeptember — December 1981
Genre Roots rock, folk rock
Length34:50
Label Arista
Producer Jerry Garcia & John Kahn
Jerry Garcia chronology
Cats Under the Stars
(1978)
Run for the Roses
(1982)
Vintage NRPS
(1986)
Professional ratings
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Run for the Roses is the fourth and final solo album by the American musician Jerry Garcia, released in 1982. [5] [6] It was recorded during a period when Garcia began to have health issues. [7]

Contents

Track listing

This side

  1. "Run for the Roses" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 3:30
  2. "I Saw Her Standing There" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:53
  3. "Without Love" (Danny Small) – 4:22
  4. "Midnight Getaway" (Jerry Garcia, John Kahn, Robert Hunter) – 7:46

That side

  1. "Leave The Little Girl Alone" (John Kahn, Robert Hunter) – 3:33
  2. "Valerie" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 5:19
  3. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan) – 7:27

Bonus tracks ( All Good Things box set):

  1. "Fennario" (Traditional) (aka Peggy-O)
  2. "Alabama Getaway" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter)
  3. "Tangled Up in Blue" (Bob Dylan)
  4. "Simple Twist of Fate" (Bob Dylan)
  5. "Dear Prudence" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
  6. "Valerie" alternative mix (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter)

Personnel

Musicians

Production

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