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Dave Torbert (June 7, 1948 – December 7, 1982) was a Bay Area musician, best known for his associations with the Grateful Dead and the New Riders of the Purple Sage.〔(Dave Torbert on Allmusic )〕 He played bass for the latter group, replacing Phil Lesh during the sessions for their first album.〔(''The History of NRPS'' on nrpsmusic.com )〕 He also played on "Box of Rain", a song from ''American Beauty'',〔(Peters, Stephen (1999). ''What a Long, Strange Trip'', Thunder's Mouth Press, ISBN 1-56025-233-2, p. 78 )〕 and on "Greatest Story Ever Told" from Bob Weir's solo album ''Ace''. Additionally, he was a founding member, with Matthew Kelly, of the band Kingfish.〔(Biography of Kingfish on bay-area-bands.com )〕〔(Knight, Brian L. "Kingfishing for Blues: An Interview with Matthew Kelly", ''Vermont Review'' )〕〔(Biography of the Grateful Dead from ''The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll'' (2001) )〕 Torbert died of a heart attack in 1982. Among the songs that Torbert wrote and sang lead with the New Riders were "California Day", "Contract", "Gypsy Cowboy", "Groupie", "On My Way Back Home", "It's Alright with Me", "Important Exportin' Man", and "Thank the Day". ==Discography== *''Horses'' – Horses (1969) *''American Beauty'' – Grateful Dead (1970) *''New Riders of the Purple Sage'' – New Riders of the Purple Sage (1971) *''Powerglide'' – New Riders of the Purple Sage (1972) *''Ace'' – Bob Weir (1972) *''Gypsy Cowboy'' – New Riders of the Purple Sage (1972) *''The Adventures of Panama Red'' – New Riders of the Purple Sage (1973) *''Home, Home on the Road'' – New Riders of the Purple Sage (1974) *''Kingfish'' – Kingfish (1976) *''Live 'n' Kickin''' – Kingfish (1977) *''Trident'' – Kingfish (1978) *''Kingfish'' – Kingfish (1985) *''Vintage NRPS'' – New Riders of the Purple Sage (1986) *''Kingfish in Concert: King Biscuit Flower Hour'' – Kingfish (1996) *''Worcester, MA, 4/4/73'' – New Riders of the Purple Sage (2003) *''Boston Music Hall, 12/5/72'' – New Riders of the Purple Sage (2003) *''Veneta, Oregon, 8/27/72'' – New Riders of the Purple Sage (2004) *''S.U.N.Y., Stonybrook, NY, 3/17/73'' – New Riders of the Purple Sage (2007) *''Glendale Train'' – New Riders of the Purple Sage (2013) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dave Torbert」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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