Where the Beat Meets the Street

Where the Beat Meets the Street is the second studio album by Grateful Dead rhythm guitarist Bob Weir and his side-project, Bobby and the Midnites. The album reached number 166 on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

 * 1) "(I Want to Live in) America" (Bobby Cochran, Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow, Gerrit Graham)
 * 2) "Where the Beat Meets the Street" (Nicky Chinn, Steve Glen)
 * 3) "She's Gonna Win Your Heart" (Mentor Williams, Billy Burnette)
 * 4) "Ain't That Peculiar" (Smokey Robinson, Warren Moore, Marvin Tarplin, Bobby Rogers)
 * 5) "Lifeguard" (Dennis Lambert, Peter Beckett)
 * 6) "Rock in the 80's" (Cochran)
 * 7) "Lifeline" (Roddy, Medica, Frederiksen, Haselden)
 * 8) "Falling" (Jeff Baxter, Weir, Barlow, Kenny Gradney)
 * 9) "Thunder & Lightning" (Weir, Cochran)
 * 10) "Gloria Monday" (Weir, Barlow, Baxter)

Personnel
Bobby and the Midnites
 * Bob Weir – guitar, lead and background vocals
 * Bobby Cochran – guitar, lead and background vocals
 * Dave Garland – keyboards, synthesizers, tenor and alto saxophone, background vocals
 * Kenny Gradney – bass, background vocals
 * Billy Cobham – drums

Additional musicians
 * Jeff Baxter – guitar, synthesizers
 * Paulette Brown – vocals
 * Steve Cropper – guitar
 * Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
 * Chuck Domenico – bass
 * Jim Ehinger – keyboards
 * Alphonso Johnson – bass
 * Sherlie Matthews – vocals
 * Brian Setzer – guitar

Production
 * Producer – Jeff Baxter
 * Production coordinators – Marylata Elton and David Richman
 * Engineer – Larold Rebhun
 * Assistant engineers – John Bogosian, David Ferguson and Mark Wilczak
 * Mastering – Elliot Federman
 * Design & redesign – David Richman
 * Photography – Glenn Wexler
 * Art direction – Joel Zimmerman
 * Coordination – Doug Wygal and Jamie Reamer