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. Prior to making ''Hooteroll?'', Wales and Garcia had played together at Monday night jam sessions at

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. Wales had also played

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on several tracks of the

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album '' American Beauty''. ''Hooteroll?'' features a few musicians who later played in Jerry Garcia side projects —

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and many other Garcia related groups),

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and Jerry Garcia), and

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Cover

The cover art is a painting by Abdul Mati Klarwein titled ''Saint John''. The same painting is also on the cover of the

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''. The inside cover of the album depicts a photograph of Jerry Garcia and Howard Wales smoking on an outdoor sofa. The photo is evidently reversed as Jerry Garcia's missing finger appears on his "left" as opposed to his "right" hand.

Different versions of the album

''Hooteroll?'' was originally released in 1971 as an LP on the Douglas Records label. In 1987 it was released on CD and

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. This version of the album has a markedly different track listing from the LP, with two songs added and one removed. In 1992 the CD was reissued by Grateful Dead Records. On September 14, 2010, Douglas Records reissued the album again, restoring the missing track "A Trip to What Next" (and retaining the two added to the 1987 CD), and adding two live bonus tracks from the Palace Theatre in

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recorded on January 28, 1972. The song "Da Birg Song" is listed on this version as "Da Bird Song". Also, the song "DC-502" had a 0:44 keyboard intro on the original vinyl LP which was cut on the CD versions.

Track listing

All compositions are by Howard Wales, except "South Side Strut" by Martin Fierro and Howard Wales and "Da Birg Song" by Jerry Garcia and Howard Wales.

LP track listing

Side 1 # "South Side Strut" – 5:38 # "A Trip to What Next" – 7:28 # "Up from the Desert" – 3:03 Side 2 # "DC-502" – 4:24 # "One A.M. Approach" – 4:39 # "Uncle Martin's" – 3:09 # "Da Birg Song" – 2:35

1987 CD track listing

# "Morning in Marin" – 6:59 # "Da Birg Song" – 2:37 # "South Side Strut" – 5:39 # "Up from the Desert" – 3:03 # "DC-502" – 3:38 # "One A.M. Approach" – 4:39 # "Uncle Martin's" – 3:39 # "Evening in Marin" – 4:09

2010 CD track listing

# "Morning in Marin" – 7:05 # "Da Bird Song" – 2:43 # "South Side Strut" – 5:45 # "Up from the Desert" – 3:08 # "A Trip to What Next" – 7:26 # "DC-502" – 3:45 # "One A.M. Approach" – 4:45 # "Uncle Martin's" – 3:15 # "Evening in Marin" – 4:18 # "She Once Lived Here" (live, 1972) – 4:48 # "Sweet Cocaine" (live, 1972) – 12:49

Personnel

Musicians

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* Curly Cook – guitar * Bill Vitt –

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* Michael Marinelli – drums * Ken Balzall –

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Production

* Produced by: Alan Douglas and Doris Dynamite * Horn arrangements: Martin Fierro * Recording engineer: Russ Geary * Mixing engineer: Tony Bongiovi * Cover painting: Abdul Mati * Photographs: Ron Rakow * CD digital mastering: Joe Gastwirt * CD package design: J.E. Tully

References

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