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Kahn, quoted in Blair Jackson's book, said "the album was supposed to be a Jerry Garcia Band album, but it sort of fell apart in the middle, so it ended up being half that and half Grateful Dead" (Jackson, p. Over the years, the genesis of the album has been described by Bob Weir, John Kahn and others as a compromise. Nicky Hopkins had already left the Jerry Garcia Band by that time, but the group had continued on with Keith and Donna Godchaux on board. Reflections was released in February, 1976. A few tracks with the parent group, some originals and some hip-but-obtuse covers- Reflections was an excellent specimen of a typical mid-70s solo album by the front man of a major group. The three cover versions were excellent choices but suitably obscure ("Catfish John," "I'll Take A Melody" and "Tore Up Over You"), and the configuration of the record was typical of solo albums at the time. There were two new songs as well, namely "Might As Well" and "Mission In The Rain," and they were pretty good. Still, the recordings on Reflections were very well done, and they wouldn't have fit on Blues For Allah. I owned a bootleg Grateful Dead lp with "Comes A Time" on it, and I knew "They Love Each Other" and "It Must Have Been The Roses" from live shows. Of course, even at the time I knew that some of the songs had been floating around for a while. While a few connected people had some tapes in those days, most people didn't, and Jerry Garcia tapes were even rarer, so Reflections gave a contemporary picture of Jerry Garcia's music at the end of 1975 that wasn't available otherwise. The album featured four songs recorded by the Grateful Dead and four recorded by what was the Jerry Garcia Band at the time, featuring Nicky Hopkins on piano, along with John Kahn and Ron Tutt. The album was well received when it was released, and on the rare occasions when I hear any of it, it still sounds pretty good. Jerry Garcia's third solo album Reflections was released on Round Records in February 1976. Jerry Garcias's solo album Reflections, released in February 1976 on Round Records