Engineering · Production
Bob Matthews
real name Robert C. Matthews
Bob Matthews is credited on 730 releases across 80 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1963–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
730
Credits
80
Albums
7
Decades active
1,034
In collections
Biography
American engineer, producer and guitarist, most known for his work with The Grateful Dead. He has also occasionally played other instruments, such as bass and banjo. Officially retired in 2002.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
730 releases · 80 albums · active 1963–2026
- Engineering · 613
- Production · 381
- Performance · 4
- Other credits · 1
Studios: Alembic Studios · Pacific High Recording · Wally Heider Studios · Fillmore East
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
American Beauty
1970
Workingman's Dead
1970
Europe '72
1972
Anthem Of The Sun
1968
Blues For Allah
1975
Live/Dead
1969
Grateful Dead
1971
Aoxomoxoa
1969
Shakedown Street
1978
The Best Of The Grateful Dead: Skeletons From The Closet
1974
Reckoning
1981
Go To Heaven
1980
Ace
1972
Garcia
1972
Dead Set
1981
What A Long Strange Trip It's Been (The Best Of The Grateful Dead)
1977
The Very Best Of Grateful Dead
2003
Apocalypse Now (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1979
Cats Under The Stars
1978
The Best Of The Grateful Dead
2015
Baron Von Tollbooth & The Chrome Nun
1973
Tales Of The Great Rum Runners
1974
Rock Festival
1970
Gratest Hits
2025
Frequent collaborators
- Grateful Dead
- The Grateful Dead
- Jerry Garcia
- Various
- Ned Lagin
- Robert Hunter
- New Riders Of The Purple Sage
- Carmine Coppola
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