David Edwin 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.[1] He played bass for the latter group, replacing Phil Lesh during the sessions for their first album.[2] He also played on "Box of Rain", a song from American Beauty,[3] 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.[4][5][6] 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".
^Dave Torbert on Allmusic
^The History of NRPS on nrpsmusic.com
^Peters, Stephen (1999). What a Long, Strange Trip, Thunder's Mouth Press, ISBN 1-56025-233-2, p. 78
^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)
David Edwin 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...
1972. The album includes six original songs by John Dawson and three by DaveTorbert, plus cover versions of country classics "She's No Angel" and "Long Black...
New Delhi River Band (which would eventually come to include bassist DaveTorbert) shortly thereafter. Although they lacked the managerial acumen and cultural...
feature ex-Byrd Skip Battin. Battin had replaced DaveTorbert as the New Riders' bass player after Torbert left to form Kingfish. One single was released...
Weir played in the Bay Area band Kingfish with friends Matt Kelly and DaveTorbert. He later contributed to Kelly's 1987 album A Wing and a Prayer, on Relix...
stage name Bif Naked C. C. Torbert Jr. (1929–2018), American jurist DaveTorbert (1948–1982), American musician Horace G. Torbert Jr. (1911–2008), American...
vocalist. The song also featured two musicians who are not in the band. DaveTorbert played bass, while Lesh played acoustic guitar. David Nelson (of New...
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McCoy and Ellis were not in this lineup, and Widespread Panic band member Dave Schools joined the band as their bass player for the tour. On October 11...
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Penque Johnny Markowski John Dawson Jerry Garcia Mickey Hart Phil Lesh DaveTorbert Spencer Dryden Skip Battin Stephen Love Val Fuentes Studio albums New...
Penque Johnny Markowski John Dawson Jerry Garcia Mickey Hart Phil Lesh DaveTorbert Spencer Dryden Skip Battin Stephen Love Val Fuentes Studio albums New...
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would allow, eventually using his car as a home. Through Grant, Garcia met Dave McQueen in February, who, after hearing Garcia perform some blues music,...
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