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Watchfire

Pete Sears & Friends

Initial release : 1988

Redwood RR 8806

Jerry Garcia and Mickey Hart play on this album.

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Tracks

  • Guatemala (Jeanette Sears / Pete Sears)
  • Stream (Jeanette Sears / Pete Sears)
  • Sanctuary (Pete Sears)
  • Save Something for the Children (Jeanette Sears / Pete Sears)
  • Lands End (Pete Sears)
  • Nothing Personal (Jeanette Sears / Pete Sears)
  • One More Innocent (Jeanette Sears / Pete Sears)
  • Rain Forest (Jeanette Sears / Pete Sears)
  • Let the Dove Fly Free (Mimi Farina / Jeanette Sears / Pete Sears)
  • Blood from the Rose (Pete Sears)
Musicians

  • Pete Sears - piano, guitar, synthesizer, keyboards, bass, accordion, vocals

  • Sikiru Adeposu - talking drum
  • David Auerbach - neo-celtic harp, mountain dulcimer, hammered dulcimer
  • Kitty Beethoven - vocals
  • John Cipollina - guitar
  • Enrique Cruz - kena (Andean flute), siqus (Andean pan pipes)
  • Jack Cunningham - highland war pipes
  • Willard Dixon - soprano saxophone
  • Marty Elliott - shekere
  • Greg Errico - drums, percussion
  • David Frazier - bongos, percussion
  • Jerry Garcia - slide guitar, lead guitar, acoustic guitar
  • David Grisman - mandolin
  • Geoff Grace - guitar
  • Paul Harris - djembe
  • Mickey Hart - drums
  • David Hayes - bass
  • Kevin Hayes - drums
  • Tony Menjivar - congas, percussion
  • Andy Narell - steel drums
  • Holly Near - vocals
  • Babtunde Olatunji - ngoma drum
  • Leo Rosales - timbales, percussion
  • Bob Ryken - drums
  • Dimitri Vandellos - guitar
  • Archie Williams - guitar
  • Rand Witherwam - samples animal sounds
Track nine features a number of support vocalists in a variety of languages;
  • Mimi Farina (English)
  • Rafael Manriquez (Spanish)
  • O.J. Ekemode (African)
  • Christy Agbe (African)
  • Paul Andrews (Russian)
  • Nada Lewis (Hebrew)
  • Nazir Latouf (Arabic)
  • The Bay Area Men's Slavic Chorus (Slavyanka)
Garcia and Hart play on One More Innocent with the following musicians;
  • Pete Sears - keyboards, bass, vocals
  • Sikiru Adeposu - talking drum
  • Marty Elliott - shekere
  • Jerry Garcia - lead guitar
  • Paul Harris - djembe
  • Mickey Hart - drums
  • Andy Narell - steel drums
  • Holly Near - vocals
  • Babtunde Olatunji - ngoma drum
  • Archie Williams - rhythm guitar
  • Rand Witherwam - samples animal sounds
Garcia plays on two other tracks;

Track 6, Nothing Personal;

  • Pete Sears - piano, vocals
  • David Auerbach - neo-celtic harp
  • Greg Errico - drums
  • David Frazier - percussion
  • Jerry Garcia - slide guitar
  • Geoff Grace - acoustic guitar
  • David Grisman - mandolin
  • David Hayes - bass
  • Tony Menjivar - congas
  • Holly Near - vocals
  • Leo Rosales - percussion
Track 9, Let The Dove Fly Free;
  • Pete Sears - piano, accordion
  • David Auerbach - neo-celtic harp
  • Greg Errico - drums
  • David Frazier - bongos, percussion
  • Jerry Garcia - lead acoustic guitar
  • Geoff Grace - rhythm acoustic guitar
  • David Grisman - mandolin
  • David Hayes - acoustic bass
  • Tony Menjivar - congas, percussion
  • Leo Rosales - timbales, percussion

  • Mimi Farina - vocals
  • Rafael Manriquez - vocals
  • O.J. Ekemode - vocals
  • Christy Agbe - vocals
  • Paul Andrews - vocals
  • Nada Lewis - vocals
  • Nazir Latouf - vocals
  • The Bay Area Men's Slavic Chorus (Slavyanka) - vocals
Credits

  • Producer - Pete Sears, Paul Stubblebine
  • Music written and arrangedby - Pete Sears
  • Art Direction - Pete Sears
  • Graphics - Jimmy Marantz
  • Package design - Timothy Harris, Fine Line Design
  • Cover painting - Andreas Nottebohm

  • Recorded at Bayview Studios, Richmond, CA
  • Very special thanks to - Steve Suda, Robert Hall
  • Thanks to - Kenny Evans (Mesa Recording, Sebastopol), Dan Godfrey and Joel Jaffe-Studio D (Sausolito)
  • Engineer - Paul Stubblebine
  • Mixed at Prairie Sun Recording, Cotati, CA - Mark Rennick, Steve Buck, Clifton Buck)
  • Additional Recording at Studio D, Sausalito, CA
  • One More Innocent engineering - Paul Stubblebine, Dana Chappelle
  • Additional engineering - Tom Anderson
  • Assistant engineer - Marc Reyburn, Steve Heger, Dave Musgrove, Wendy Bardsley

  • Spanish Translation - Rafael Manriques
  • Whale Recording from Whales Alive by Paul Winter & Paul Halley
  • Director of The Bay Area Men's Slavic Chorus (Slavyanka) - Paul Andrews

  • Thanks to - Mickey Hart, Jerry Garcia, Patricia Harris (GDM), Steve Suda, Mary O'Brien, Ray Telles, Mark Adler, Herb Ferrette, Ernesto Brown, Norton Buffalo, Linda Blackner, Lucy Blake, Beth Graybill, Florence Gardner, Joshua Kariner, Bill Moning, Bram and Brady Bevis, Gigi Wizawaty, Peter Bahouth, Mark Bernadini, Jan and George Zimmerman, Tess Klempan Gowins, Don and Maureen Hyde, David and Suzie Glanville, David Hayes for his support, Karina Bedient, Don Pearson and UltraSound, Jeff Peters, Guitar Center, Bananas at Large, Leo's Music, Elza Santos, Joanie Shoemaker, Jo Lynne Worley, Cynthia Charlotte and everyone at Redwood Records, Eluvia Reyes, Harry and Vivian Snyder, Mark Fishkin, Sister Alice Zachman, Morna McCloud, Gretchen Regnery-Wallerich, Kimo and Nancy Campbell, John, Pam, Melanie and David Sears, Les and Jane Sears, Jeannette, Dylan and Natalie.

  • Thanks to my legal consultants Beverley and Philip Green. Very special thanks : John Carey and Bill Ford of Otari Corp., Lolly Lewis of Transparent Recordings, Nancy and Fred Baysinger, Stephen Jarvis and Rocket Rentals.

  • And a very special thank you to Paul Stubblebine for his long term enthusiasm, support and expertise
  • Special thanks to Bonnie Dilger for keeping her promise to the people of Santiago Atitlan
  • My Deepest gratitude to Charlie Clements for his contributions to this project and his untiring efforts on behalf of the people of Central America and world peace.
Notes

Reissued on CD by Grateful Dead Merchandising GDCD 39032.


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