''Kingfish'' is the self-titled first album by the rock band Kingfish. It was recorded and released in 1976. When they recorded their debut album, the lineup of Kingfish included

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rhythm guitarist

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. Weir was a member of the band from 1974 to 1976, and left the group shortly after the album's release. ''Kingfish'' includes "Lazy Lightnin'" and "Supplication", a jazzy song combination sung by Weir that quickly found its way into the Grateful Dead repertoire. Besides Weir, ''Kingfish'' features original band members

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on guitar and harmonica,

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on bass, Robbie Hoddinott on guitar, and Chris Herold on drums.

Track listing

Credits

Kingfish

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guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

, lead vocals on "Lazy Lightnin'", "Supplication", "Home to Dixie", "Big Iron" & "Bye and Bye" *

– guitar,

harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica inclu ...

, vocals *

– bass, vocals *Robby Hoddinott –

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

slide guitar Slide guitar is a technique for playing the guitar that is often used in blues music. It involves playing a guitar while holding a hard object (a slide) against the strings, creating the opportunity for glissando effects and deep vibratos tha ...

*Chris Herold –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

Additional personnel

*Steve Evans – bass *Barry Flast –

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

, vocals *Pablo Green – percussion on track 10 *Anna Rizzo – vocals *Jim Sanchez – drums *J.D. Sharp – string symphonizer on tracks 1, 9, and 10

Production

*Producer – Dan Healy, Bob Weir *Production assistants – Richard Hundgren, Dean Layman *Arrangement – Kingfish *Recording – Dan Healy, Kingfish *Engineer – Rob Taylor *Mastering – George Horn *Cover painting – Philip Garris *Trident logo – James A. Nelson III *Photography – Bob Marks

Notes

{{Authority control Kingfish (band) albums 1976 debut albums Albums produced by Dan Healy (soundman)