Hot on the heels of his performance this past weekend as a member of Furthur , our favorite short, shorts wearing member of the Grateful Dead and current Ratdog front man - Bob Weir - has announced plans for a special, intimate one-off show with his current longtime drummer Jay Lane and former touring partner bassist extraordinaire Rob Wasserman. The trio will play under their old 1980's moniker Scaring The Children when they hit the stage at Williamsburg's Brooklyn Bowl on October 9. Tickets for [...]
Around mid-afternoon tomorrow, the 2nd annual Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival will kick off in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, featuring a diverse and eclectic roster of acts across seven stages. For those of us who were unable to make the trip out to the Bay Area, fear not as the folks behind the fest have teamed up with YouTube to stream the festival all weekend long, which will include sets from Dave Matthews Band, Jason Mraz, Thievery Corporation, The Dead Weather, Atmosphere and more. [...]
While the world celebrates the 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11, I made the best selection I could to fit the vibe and that is a track off of the Grateful Dead's 1989 release Built To Last titled Standing On The Moon. Many in the Grateful Dead community have hypothesized that the outro lyrics, "A lovely view of heaven but I'd rather be with you" indicated a feeling from Jerry that while he appreciated the band's success and fans, a part of him wanted to just be out in the crowd [...]
RatDog at the Beacon Theatre (04/03/08) Photo : RatDog Official Dead Heads rejoice! Bobby and RatDog are coming to town for a five night stand (2 at the Grand Ballroom and 3 at the Beacon) starting October 19, 2009 . Tickets are on Amex presale now through July 17 . (Today might be a good day to score some Grand Ballroom tickets, I'd imagine those ones will be the first to sell out.) Bob Weir & Ratdog 2009 [...]
Indie-jam rockers moe. have finalized the lineup for the 10th Annual moe.down which takes place at the Snow Ridge ski area in Turin, NY on September 4 - 6. Prog-jammers moe. and innovative alt-rock act Cake have been added to a bill that already included Method Man and Redman, Ani DiFranco, Matthew Sweet, Sam Bush, The New Mastersounds, Ominous Seapods, The Heavy Pets, Okemah, Nate Wilson Group, Family Groove Company, Lynch, My Dear Disco, The London Souls and of course...moe. A limited number of cheap-as-you'll-find $105 tickets [...]
Navigating traffic on the way to Phish at Jones Beach last Friday, myself and four friends in the car started naming a bunch of great "rain" related Phish songs that could be played in honor of the impending weather. They didn't play any of our ideas. Though I did take away my next selection for CW and that is this song off of the 1963 album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan . Every webpage out there supplying information on this song is quick to point out that the structure of the lyrics [...]
What could be more American than seeing two of the most iconic American musicians playing minor baseball stadiums this summer? Well, how about you throw in a third to make for a formidable triple play. Dating back to 2004, Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson have teamed up to tour intimate stadiums across the country. This year, the duo welcome John Mellencamp for shows at 22 ballparks across the country. The family-friendly shows will start at 5:30 PM and ticket holders may bring a child under 14 in for free. [...]
Back in 1996, Ken Hays of Terrapin Tapes started a festival called Deadhead Heaven in an attempt to bring all of Jerry's kids together to enjoy a weekend of fantastic music and vibes. Thirteen years later, Gathering of the Vibes continues to bring Deadheads and jamfans from across the Northeast together for a good time. This year's Gathering of the Vibes kicks off on July 23 and runs until the 26th at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, CT. Last night, Hays announced this year's lineup via a [...]
MUSIC NEWS - Good news for Deadheads and jam band fans --- After some late 2008 shows to support Barack Obama , this spring, the remaining members of the Grateful Dead will conduct their first tour in five years, since their " Wave That Flag " tour ! The band will take to the road starting on April 12, 2009 in Greensboro, N.C., and will play sixteen "evening with" shows in nineteen cities through May 10, ending in the group's hometown of, San Francisco. Tickets start going on sale January 13, 2009. The original Dead [...]
According to dead.net , The Dead are back and ready to tour. They will be performing with the same lineup as their 2008 Penn State show: The "core four" of Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, and Mickey Hart, joined by Warren Haynes (Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule) and Jeff Chimenti (Ratdog). Both Haynes and Chimenti playeded with the band in '04 on the "Wave That Flag" tour. But what's The Dead without Jerry? Is this the authentic experience, or might you as well see Dark Star Orchestra instead? What with three [...]
December 30 has always been a major holiday for jambands. Nearly every major act took to the stage last night for their last standard show before busting out all the stops for tonight's New Year's Eve concerts. Let's take a look at what went down last night across the country... [Photo via Mule.net by Chris Rushin ] Gov't Mule - Hammerstein Ballroom - NYC [via JRoxx] Set 1 : Blind Man In The Dark, Lola Leave [...]
After Monday night's seemingly successful Dead reunion, rhythm guitarist Bob Weir and bassist Phil Lesh are teaming up for a New Year's Eve concert at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. While we're sure there will be plenty of sit-ins, the concert's billed as RatDog and Phil Lesh & Friends with Jackie Greene opening. Tickets for this show, as well as a second concert on New Year's Eve Eve, are available starting Thursday via GDTSTOO and Music Today . The public Ticketmaster onsale takes place on 11/2. [...]
George W. Bush always used to call himself a uniter but it was Democratic nominee Barack Obama that served as the catalyst for The Allman Brothers Band and The Dead to join together for the Change Rocks fundraiser this past Monday at Penn State University. Although crossover potential was huge, the two jamband icons stayed on their respective sides of a reference-filled videotaped address from
We do not as of now have a winner to report from last week when we looked at six covers of Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys . At the time of publishing this post, The Bridge & Mr. Blotto are literally tied, so if you haven't already: Go listen and place your vote. This week's song, originally by Jimmy Cliff, first appeared on the 1971 album Another Cycle but is more well known for its inclusion on the 1972 The Harder They Come [...]
As we mentioned yesterday , NYC's Beacon Theatre is currently undergoing a much needed major renovation. This storied venue has seen a ton of amazing shows in its day, but sadly only a small fraction are represented on YouTube. For this week's B List we picked out our ten favorite videos filmed at the Beacon. 10. Radiohead - True Love Waits On June 5, 2003, Thom Yorke and the boys taped a special edition of MTV's 2 Dollar Bill at the [...]
We'd like to welcome photographer/journalist Mike Sherry into the Hidden Track Family to add some much needed coverage of the West Coast. For Mike's first assignment he headed out to Morrison, Colorado for a wonderful weekend at arguably the world's most beautiful music venue: Red Rocks. Red Rocks never fails to amaze the eyes & ears. It's an iconic music destination, worth planning a visit just to see your favorite act perform, and moreso with a two-day billing of closely-tied bands. This Labor Day weekend I enjoyed two [...]
An Opportune Moment: Cassavettes will play the Comcast Center Saturday Boston's Cassavettes will open this Saturday (August 16) for the legendary Allman Brothers and Bob Weir's (Grateful Dead) sensational Rat Dog . That's one great opportunity to play in front of a large audience. Get there early. Tickets are still available . Congratulations are definitely [...]
Once again, I have to thank my 18 month old for pulling a great cassette out of the box that I thought was so securely closed (you know, the four flap clockwise fold - there's probably a name for it, like Boy Scout knots). Between 94 and 97, I taped just about every Grateful Dead Hour off a local radio station (KZON, then KDKB). In late '95, they played what was then an early Ratdog show from the Warfield in San Francisco - it was September 2nd, short of a month after Jerry Garcia's [...]
photo courtesy of Alan Hess: http://www.shotlivephoto.com/ Headlining the McDowell Mountain Music Festival tomorrow night is Bob Weir and his band Ratdog . The band originally formed as a side project for Bob and his friend Rob Wasserman. They picked up former Primus drummer Jay Lane and guitar / harmonica player Matthew Kelly and hit the road in 1995. For those that don't know, Bob Weir was the rhythm guitar player and founding member of the Grateful Dead (did I need to mention that?). Ratdog's songbook has consisted [...]
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