Kingfish (band)

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Kingfish
Origin	San Francisco, California
Genre(s)	Rock
Years active	1973 - present
Label(s)	Round Records Relix Records Phoenix Rising
Associated acts	Ratdog
Members
Matthew Kelly
Former members
Bob Weir Dave Torbert Robbie Hoddinott Chris Herold Mick Ward David Merrill Bill Laymon Arthur Steinhorn Mookie Siegel Bill Kreutzmann Barry Sless Steve Kimock Ken Emerson Steve Shive Barry Flast

Kingfish is an American rock band led by Matthew Kelly, a musician, singer, and songwriter who plays guitar and harmonica. Kelly co-founded Kingfish in 1973 with New Riders of the Purple Sage bass player Dave Torbert and fellow San Francisco Bay Area musicians Robbie Hoddinott, Chris Herold, and Mick Ward. However, Ward died in a car accident later that year.

In 1974, Kingfish became more well known, and signed their first record contract, after Grateful Dead member Bob Weir, a long time friend of Kelly's, joined the band. (Kelly had previously been a guest musician on the Grateful Dead album Wake of the Flood.) Weir toured with Kingfish and was a band member on their first two albums, Kingfish and Live 'N' Kickin'. When the Dead started touring again in 1976, Weir left Kingfish. (Kelly later appeared on the Grateful Dead albums Shakedown Street and The Closing of Winterland, and on Weir's album Bobby & the Midnites. In 1995 he became a founding member of Weir's band Ratdog.)

The lineup of the band continued to change, with Kelly and Torbert remaining at the core. Then, in 1980, Kingfish disbanded. Dave Torbert died in 1983.

Starting in 1984, Kingfish would regroup from time to time and go on tour with a gradually evolving lineup of musicians led by Matthew Kelly. (In 1987, Kelly also released a solo album called A Wing and a Prayer.) In 1999 Kingfish released a new studio album, Sundown on the Forest, recorded over a period of several years with different combinations of musicians, including Bob Weir.

In the 1990s, the touring activity of Kingfish slowly decreased. Late in that decade, Kelly was living in Hawaii, and making a yearly trip to India. Since then the band has not performed live.

[edit] Discography

Kingfish – 1976 (Round Records)
Live 'N' Kickin' – 1977 (Jet Records)
Trident – 1978 (Jet Records)
Kingfish (1973-80) – 1985
Alive in Eighty Five – 1985 (Relix Records)
Kingfish in Concert: King Biscuit Flower Hour – 1996 (King Biscuit Records)
Relix's Best of Kingfish – 1997 (Relix Records)
A Night in New York – 1997 (Relix Records)
Sundown on the Forest – 1999 (Phoenix Rising)
Live – 2000 (EMI–Capitol Special Markets)
From the Front Row... Live – 2003 – DVD-Audio
Greatest Hits Live – 2003 (King Biscuit Records)
I Hear You Knockin' – 2004 (Disky Records)

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v • d • e Grateful Dead

Jerry Garcia • Bob Weir • Phil Lesh • Bill Kreutzmann • Mickey Hart • Vince Welnick Ron "Pigpen" McKernan • Tom Constanten • Keith Godchaux • Donna Jean Godchaux • Brent Mydland • Bruce Hornsby

Side projects and spin-off bands	The Other Ones • The Dead • Jerry Garcia Band • Ratdog • Phil Lesh and Friends • Rhythm Devils • Donna Jean and the Tricksters • Missing Man Formation • New Riders of the Purple Sage • Old and in the Way • Legion of Mary • Reconstruction • Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band • Kingfish • Bobby and the Midnites

Related articles	Eric Andersen • John Perry Barlow • Dark Star Orchestra • Deadhead • Bob Dylan • Bill Graham • Gerrit Graham • Grateful Dead discography • The Grateful Dead Movie • Grateful Dead Records • Grateful Dead songs • Rick Griffin • David Grisman • Dan Healy • Robert Hunter • Jazz Is Dead • Alton Kelley • Steve Kimock • Ned Lagin • Dick Latvala • Branford Marsalis • Stanley Mouse • Rex Foundation • Merl Saunders • Laurence Shurtliff • Owsley Stanley • Summer Jam at Watkins Glen • Sunshine Daydream • Howard Wales • Wall of Sound • Wharf Rats

Studio albums	The Grateful Dead • Anthem of the Sun • Aoxomoxoa • Workingman's Dead • American Beauty • Wake of the Flood • Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel • Blues for Allah • Terrapin Station • Shakedown Street • Go to Heaven • In the Dark • Built to Last

Live albums	Live/Dead • Grateful Dead • Europe '72 • History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear's Choice) • Steal Your Face • Reckoning • Dead Set • Dylan & The Dead • Without a Net • One From the Vault • Infrared Roses • Two from the Vault • Grayfolded • Hundred Year Hall • Dozin' at the Knick • Fallout from the Phil Zone • Terrapin Station (Limited Edition) • Live at the Fillmore East 2-11-69 • Ladies and Gentlemen ... The Grateful Dead • View From The Vault, Volume One • View From The Vault, Volume Two • Nightfall of Diamonds • Postcards of the Hanging • Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72 • View from the Vault, Volume Three • Go to Nassau • Birth of the Dead • View from the Vault, Volume Four • The Closing of Winterland • Rockin' the Rhein with the Grateful Dead • The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack • Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966 • Truckin' Up to Buffalo • The Complete Fillmore West 1969 • Fillmore West 1969 • Live at the Cow Palace • Three from the Vault • Road Trips Volume 1 Number 1 • Road Trips Volume 1 Number 2 • Winterland 1973: The Complete Recordings • Dicks Picks (36 Volumes) • Digital Download Series (12 Volumes)

Compilations and box sets	Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead • What a Long Strange Trip It's Been • Dead Zone: The Grateful Dead CD Collection (1977–1987) • The Arista Years • Selections from the Arista Years • So Many Roads (1965–1995) • So Many Roads (1965–1995) Sampler • The Golden Road (1965–1973) • The Very Best of the Grateful Dead • Beyond Description (1973–1989)

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