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Down In The Groove

Bob Dylan

Initial release : May 1988

Columbia OC 40957

The 23rd Dylan studio album. Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir and Brent Mydland contribute to the backing vocals on one track on this album. Two of the tracks were co-written by Robert Hunter and Bob Dylan.

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Tracks

  • Let's Stick Together (W. Harrison)
  • When Did You Leave Heaven? (W. Bullock / R. Whiting)
  • Sally Sue Brown (J. Alexander / E. Montgomery / T. Stafford)
  • Death Is Not the End (Bob Dylan)
  • Had a Dream About You, Baby (Bob Dylan)
  • Ugliest Girl in the World (Bob Dylan / Robert Hunter)
  • Silvio (Bob Dylan / Robert Hunter)
  • Ninety Miles an Hour (Down a Dead End Street) (H. Blair / D. Robertson)
  • Shenandoah (Traditional arr. Bob Dylan)
  • Rank Strangers To Me (A. Brumley)
Musicians

  • Bob Dylan - guitar, harmonica, keyboards, vocals
  • Danny Kortchmar - guitar
  • Steve Jordan - drums
  • Randy Jackson - bass
  • Madelyn Quebec - keyboards, vocals
  • Stephen Shelton - drums, keyboards
  • Steve Jones - guitar
  • Myron Grombacher - drums
  • Paul Simonon - bass
  • Kevin Savigar - keyboards
  • Bobby King - vocals
  • Willie Green - vocals
  • Clydie King - vocals
  • Mark Knopfler - guitar
  • Robbie Shakespeare - bass
  • Sly Dunbar - drums
  • Alan Clarke - keyboards
  • FULL FORCE - vocals
  • Eric Clapton - guitar
  • Kip Winger - bass
  • Ron Wood - bass
  • Beau Hill - keyboards
  • Mitchell Froom - keyboards
  • Henry Spinetti - drums
  • Carol Dennis - vocals
  • Nathan East - bass
  • Mike Baird - drums
  • Jerry Garcia - vocals
  • Brent Mydland - vocals
  • Bob Weir - vocals
  • Peggi Blu - vocals
  • Alexandra Brown - vocals
  • Larry Klein - bass
The musicians on Silvio are;
  • Bob Dylan - guitar, vocals
  • Mike Baird - drums
  • Carol Dennis - vocals
  • Nathan East - bass
  • Jerry Garcia - vocals
  • Brent Mydland - vocals
  • Madelyn Quebec - vocals
  • Bob Weir - vocals
Credits

  • Engineer - Stephen Shelton
  • Engineer (Sally Sue Brown only) - Coke Johnson
  • Assistant engineers - Mike Kloster, Jeff Musel, Jim Preziosi, Brian Soucy
  • Mixing - Stephen Shelton
  • Mastering - Joe Glaswirt
  • Had A Dream About You Baby produced and arranged by Beau Hill
Notes

Silvio was probably recorded at the Sunset Sound Studios in Los Angeles in June 1987.

It's possible that Garcia contributed to some proposed tracks for Down In The Groove earlier in 1987. If so none have yet found their way out of Dylan's studio recordings vault.

Related releases

Silvio was released on a 7" single and a 12" single;

  • Silvio / Driftin' Too Far From Shore, Bob Dylan, 1988, Columbia 38-07970
  • Political World, Bob Dylan, 1990
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