Kind Coasters
Might as Well... The Persuasions Sing Grateful Dead
CD by The Persuasions
Tribute - 1 CD
Grateful Dead Records / Arista  2000 10/10
Bay Records, Berkeley, CA
Big Sean Studio, NYC
~2000
Tracks:
1 Here Comes Sunshine:27Garcia / Hunter
2 Might as Well3:30Garcia / Hunter
3 Lazy River Road5:33Garcia / Hunter
4 Loose Lucy4:23Garcia / Hunter
5 Ripple3:10Garcia / Hunter
6 Brokedown Palace4:25Garcia / Hunter
7 Liberty5:17Garcia / Hunter
8 Sugaree5:37Garcia / Hunter
9 Ship of Fools8:20Garcia / Hunter
10 He's Gone6:29Garcia / Hunter
11 It Must Have Been the Roses4:50Robert Hunter
12 One More Saturday Night5:34Bob Weir
13 Bertha5:37Garcia / Hunter
14 I Bid You Goodnight2:04Traditional
15 Black Muddy River4:14Garcia / Hunter
Personnel:
Jimmy "Way Down" Hayes - bass, human sub-woofer, voice trombone
Jerry Lawson - baritone, lead vocalist, head chef
Joseph "Sweet Joe" Russell - second tenor, Wilson Pickett quotations
Raymond X Sanders - first tenor, soprano, good will
Jayotis Washington - tenor, baritone, inspiration

Cynsa Bonorris - bass vocals
Myriam Casimir - bass vocals
Andrew Chaikin - vocal percussion
Joe Craven - percussion, vocal percussion
David Gans - guitar, occasional vocals
Pete Grant - ten-string Zephyr Dobro
Bernard "BJ" Jones - baritone vocals
Alyn Kelley - alto/soprano vocals, voice trumpet
Desiree Pointer - alto/soprano vocals
Peter Rowan - guest vocal, yodeling on "Sugaree"
Eric Thompson - mandolin
Vince Welnick - piano, vocals, exuberance on "Ship of Fools", "One More Saturday Night" and "Bertha"