Easy Answers
Composer: Robert Hunter / Bob Bralove / Bob Weir / Vince Welnick / Rob Wasserman
Recordings
Trios, Rob Wasserman, 1994
Furthur Most, Various Artists, 2000
Philadelphia PA: October 16, 2003
Wilkes-Barre PA: October 21, 2003
Toronto ON: October 29, 2003
Chicago IL: November 3, 2003
Ft. Wayne IN: November 11, 2003
Lawrence KS: November 18, 2003
Weir Here: The Best Of Bob Weir, Bob Weir, 2004
Trilogy, Rob Wasserman, 2004
Anaheim CA, February 23, 2004
Los Angeles CA, March 1, 2004
Boise ID, March 12, 2004
Philadelphia PA, March 26, 2004
Tulsa OK, September 15, 2004Ratdog, 2004
Phoenix AZ, February 5, 2005
Indianapolis IN, April 4, 2005
Boston MA, April 23, 2005
Philadelphia, PA, April 30, 2005
Covington, KY, June 8, 2005
Terra Alta, WV, August 5, 2005
Milwaukee, WI, October 25, 2005
Baltimore, MD, November 2, 2005
Atlanta, GA, November 16, 2005
Las Vegas, NV, December 7, 2005
North Charleston, SC, March 16, 2006
Northampton, MA, March 23, 2006
Providence, RI, April 3, 2006
Alpine, CA, June 26, 2006
St. Louis, MO, July 8, 2006
Atlantic City, NJ, August 18, 2006
St. Paul MN, October 22, 2006
Albany NY, November 3, 2006
Rochester NY, March 3, 2007
Boston MA, March 13, 2007
Charlottesville VA, July 14, 2007
Wantagh NY, August 21, 2007
Hampton Beach NH, October 27, 2007
Reading, PA, November 6, 2007
Myrtle Beach, SC, November 10, 2007
Stroudsburg, PA, April 1, 2008
Charleston, SC, April 11, 2008
Hunter, NY, June 1, 2008
Indio, CA, June 28, 2008
Bethel, NY, August 12, 2008
Munhall, PA, November 1, 2008
Clearwater, FL, November 18, 2008
San Francisco, CA, December 30, 2008
Negril, Jamaica, January 29, 2009
Notes
Rob Wasserman discusses the creation and recording of this song in the liner notes of the Trios album;
The night before this session Bob Weir and I were rehearsing a song idea for our trio with Neil Young. As we were wrapping up he asked me if I wanted to hear another new tune he had been working on. The next day Neil, Bobby and I were sitting in Neil's ancient Cadillac listening to both songs, and we decided to record the newer one from the previous evening which, needless to say, became Easy Answers. Bobby recorded his lead vocal around midnight. Neil and I wouldn't let him do it over again as we both felt he had captured the true spirit of a preacher in his late night delivery. I remember thinking that the song must be pretty good when I saw Neil simultaneously washing dinner dishes at the studio sink and dancing non-stop while he listened to the playback. He commented that my vocal part sounded like a disinterested New Yorker on a street corner using a pay phone while singing the words 'easy answers'!