Bobby and the Midnites (album)

{{Short description|1981 studio album by Bobby and the Midnites}}

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| name = Bobby and the Midnites

| type = studio

| artist = Bobby and the Midnites

| cover = Bobby & The Midnites (album).jpg

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| released = October 21, 1981

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| genre = Rock, country

| length = 38:47

| label = Arista

| producer = Gary Lyons

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| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Bob Weir

| type = studio

| prev_title = Heaven Help the Fool

| prev_year = 1978

| title = Bobby and the Midnites

| year = 1981

| next_title = Where the Beat Meets the Street

| next_year = 1984

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{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |first=William |last=Ruhlman |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bobby-the-midnites-mw0000196649 |title=Bobby & the Midnites |website=AllMusic |access-date=October 21, 2018}}

|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

|rev2score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=758}}

}}

Bobby and the Midnites is a 1981 studio album by Grateful Dead singer and guitarist Bob Weir and his then side project, Bobby and the Midnites. The band featured fellow Grateful Dead member Brent Mydland at that time, and also jazz fusion drummer Billy Cobham. Though not a huge commercial success, the album did chart in the Billboard 200 and reached #158 in December 1981.[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r21656/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} Chart info for Bobby and the Midnites on All Music Guide] The song "Festival" became a live concert favorite for the band. "(I Want to) Fly Away" was reissued on the 2004 compilation album Weir Here – The Best of Bob Weir.