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Performer, producer, composer, and artist.

Bob Bralove was the MIDI wizard, producer (Infrared Roses, Built to Last), and co-writer of Gold and Platinum selling songs, including: Picasso Moon, Way to Go Home, Easy Answers, Parallelogram, Little Nemo in Nightland, Sparrow Hawk Row, with the Grateful Dead for the last eight years of the long, strange trip. Bralove, who has a Masters Degree in composition, studied with Pulitzer Prize winning composer, Wayne Peterson, focusing on composing orchestral and chamber works. He perfected his skills in the digital manipulation of sound, as the sound designer and computer music director for Stevie Wonder (Woman in Red, In Square Circle). After an eight-year tenure with Stevie, he began working with the Grateful Dead. His first project was to help score the CBS remake of the television series The Twilight Zone.

In addition to his songwriting, producing and MIDI wizard activities for the band, Bralove is especially well known for his undeniable creative sound, performing and designing with the Grateful Dead, the mind-bending, avant-garde Drums and Space segments of their live shows. Bralove also performs his art work and music live across the U.S. and in Japan in solo concerts, with Dose Hermanos and The Psychedelic Keyboard Trio, Bralove's paintings and prints have been featured in a three gallery exhibition/ installation at The Dogwood Center for Performing Arts in Fremont, MI and at the Newago County Council of the Arts Gallery.

APPEARANCES +


Grateful Dead*
Dave's Picks, Volume 55 (Le Zénith, Paris, France • 10/28/90)
2025, 3xHDCD, Album, Ltd, Num, Rhino Records (2), Grateful Dead Productions
Jimmy Ågren, Scott Colby, Henry Kaiser
Trouble With The Treble
2023, CD, Album, Promo, Not On Label (Henry Kaiser Self-released), ,
Blues Rock/Alternative Rock
Grateful Dead*
Dave's Picks, Volume 40 (Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN • 7/18/90 & 7/19/90)
2021, 4xHDCD, Album, Ltd, Num, Rhino Records (2), Grateful Dead Records,
Grateful Dead*
Ready Or Not
2019, CD Digipak,
Instagon
Instagon Live At Luna's Cafe (Nebraska Mondays) On 2017-05-08
2017, 11xFile, FLAC, Not On Label (Instagon Self-released)
Grateful Dead*
Spring 1990
2012, 18x CD, Box Set, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Blues Rock/Classic Rock
Grateful Dead*
Nightfall Of Diamonds
2001, 2x CD, ,
Blues Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Experimental/Free Improvisation
Dose Hermanos
Shadow Of The Invisible Man
1999, DVD, Pioneer Artists
Grateful Dead*
So Many Roads (1965-1995)
1999, ,
Electric Blues/Country/Psychedelic Rock/Free Improvisation
Henry Kaiser & Wadada Leo Smith
Yo Miles!
1998, 2xHDCD, Album, Shanachie
Grateful Dead*
Terrapin Station: Capital Centre, Landover, MD 3/15/90
1997, 3xCD, Album, Ltd, Num, Grateful Dead Records, ,
Folk Rock/Country Rock/Free Improvisation
Joe Gallant & Illuminati
The Blues For Allah Project
1996, CD, Knitting Factory Works, ,
Jazz-Rock/Big Band
Grateful Dead*
The Arista Years
1996, 2x CD, ,
Classic Rock
Neil Diamond
In My Lifetime
1996, 3x CD Digibook,
Henry Kaiser
Eternity Blue
1995, CD, Album, Shanachie, ,
Art Rock
Rob Wasserman
Special Sampler
1994, CD, Comp, Promo, MCA Victor, Inc., ,
Soul-Jazz/Acoustic/Jazz-Rock/Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Henry Kaiser, Steve Kimock, Harvey Mandel, Freddie Roulette
The Psychedelic Guitar Circus
1994, CD, ,
Blues Rock/Contemporary/Psychedelic Rock/Classic Rock/Electric Blues/Avantgarde/Experimental
Rob Wasserman
Trios
1994, CD, ,
Soul-Jazz/Acoustic/Jazz-Rock/Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
The Grateful Dead
Backstage Pass
1992
Grateful Dead*
Without A Net
1990, 2x CD, Box Set Longbox Edition, ,
Blues Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Classic Rock
Grateful Dead*
Ante Up - The Built To Last Interview
1989, CD, Promo, Arista, ,
Interview/Blues Rock/Psychedelic Rock
The Gyuto Monks*
Freedom Chants From The Roof Of The World
1989, CD, Album, Rykodisc
Grateful Dead*
Built To Last
1989, Vinyl,
Dylan* & The Dead*
Dylan & The Dead
1989, Vinyl, ,
Folk Rock/Psychedelic Rock
The Gyuto Monks*
Freedom Chants From The Roof Of The World
1989
The Grateful Dead
Dead Zone (The CD Collection 1977-1987)
1987, 6xCD, Album, RE, RM + Box, Comp, Ltd, Num, S/Editi, Arista, ,
Blues Rock/Folk Rock/Classic Rock
Grateful Dead*
In The Dark
1987, Vinyl SRC Press, Right Side Up Eyes, Translucent Vinyl, ,
Folk Rock/Country Rock/Blues Rock
Neil Diamond
Headed For The Future
1986, Vinyl Carrollton Pressing, ,
Pop Rock/Soft Rock
Eddie Murphy
How Could It Be
1985
Stevie Wonder
In Square Circle
1985
Stevie Wonder
The Woman In Red (Selections From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1984, Vinyl, ,
Funk/Soul/Disco/Soundtrack
Stevie Wonder
In Square Circle
1985, Cassette, ,
Soul/Contemporary R&B
Stevie Wonder
The Woman In Red (Selections From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
,
Synth-pop/Disco