Hooteroll?
Studio album by Howard Wales andJerry Garcia
Released	November 1, 1971
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	34:15
Label	Douglas Records
Producer	Alan Douglas Doris Dynamite
Howard Wales andJerry Garcia chronology
Hooteroll? (1971) Side Trips, Volume One (1998)
Jerry Garcia chronology
New Riders of the Purple Sage (1971) Hooteroll? (1971) Garcia (1972)

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Allmusic	[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	C+[3]
Rolling Stone	(not rated)[4]
The Village Voice	C+[5]

Hooteroll? is ajazz-rock fusion album byHoward Wales andJerry Garcia.^[6][7]

Prior to makingHooteroll?, Wales and Garcia had played together at Monday night jam sessions atThe Matrix inSan Francisco. Wales had also playedorgan on several tracks of theGrateful Dead albumAmerican Beauty.

Hooteroll? features a few musicians who later played in Jerry Garcia side projects —John Kahn (Jerry Garcia Band and many other Garcia related groups),Bill Vitt (Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia), andMartin Fierro (Legion of Mary).

The cover art is a painting byAbdul Mati Klarwein titledSaint John.^[8] The same painting is also on the cover of theJam & Spoon albumKaleidoscope.^[9] Other paintings by Klarwein were used for the cover and gatefold art of theMiles Davis albumBitches Brew.

The inside cover of the album depicts a photograph of Jerry Garcia and Howard Wales smoking on an outdoor sofa. The photo is evidently reversed as Jerry Garcia's missing finger appears on his left as opposed to his right hand.

Hooteroll? was originally released in 1971 as anLP on the Douglas Records label. In 1987 it was released onCD andcassette byRykodisc Records. This version of the album has a markedly different track listing from the LP, with two songs added and one removed. In 1992 the CD was reissued by Grateful Dead Records. On September 14, 2010, Douglas Records reissued the album again, restoring the missing track "A Trip to What Next" (and retaining the two added to the 1987 CD), and adding two live bonus tracks from the Palace Theatre inProvidence, Rhode Island recorded on January 28, 1972. The song "Da Birg Song" is listed on this version as "Da Bird Song". Also, the song "DC-502" had a 0:44 keyboard intro on the original vinyl LP which was cut on the CD versions.

All compositions are by Howard Wales, except "South Side Strut" by Martin Fierro and Howard Wales and "Da Birg Song" by Jerry Garcia and Howard Wales.

Side 1

1. "South Side Strut" – 5:38
2. "A Trip to What Next" – 7:28
3. "Up from the Desert" – 3:03

Side 2

1. "DC-502" – 4:24
2. "One A.M. Approach" – 4:39
3. "Uncle Martin's" – 3:09
4. "Da Birg Song" – 2:35

1. "Morning in Marin" – 6:59
2. "Da Birg Song" – 2:37
3. "South Side Strut" – 5:39
4. "Up from the Desert" – 3:03
5. "DC-502" – 3:38
6. "One A.M. Approach" – 4:39
7. "Uncle Martin's" – 3:39
8. "Evening in Marin" – 4:09

1. "Morning in Marin" – 7:05
2. "Da Bird Song" – 2:43
3. "South Side Strut" – 5:45
4. "Up from the Desert" – 3:08
5. "A Trip to What Next" – 7:26
6. "DC-502" – 3:45
7. "One A.M. Approach" – 4:45
8. "Uncle Martin's" – 3:15
9. "Evening in Marin" – 4:18
10. "She Once Lived Here" (live, 1972) – 4:48
11. "Sweet Cocaine" (live, 1972) – 12:49

• Howard Wales –organ,piano
• Jerry Garcia –guitar
• Curly Cook (James Curley Cooke) – rhythm guitar
• John Kahn –bass
• Bill Vitt –drums
• Michael Marinelli – drums
• Ken Balzall –trumpet
• Martin Fierro –saxophone,flute
• Jim Vincent – guitar(live tracks 10–11 on 2010 reissue)
• Roger "Jelly Roll" Torres – bass, vocals(live tracks 10–11 on 2010 reissue)
• Jerry Love – drums(live tracks 10–11 on 2010 reissue)

• Produced by: Alan Douglas and Doris Dynamite
• Horn arrangements: Martin Fierro
• Recording engineer: Russ Geary
• Mixing engineer: Tony Bongiovi
• Cover painting:Abdul Mati
• Photographs: Ron Rakow
• CD digital mastering: Joe Gastwirt
• CD package design: J.E. Tully

• Howard Wales albums
• Jerry Garcia albums
• 1971 collaborative albums
• Albums produced by Alan Douglas (record producer)
• Rykodisc albums
• Grateful Dead Records albums
• Albums with cover art by Mati Klarwein

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