Sweetwater Music Hall, a new venue for which Bob Weir is a partner, had its official opening last night in the Bay Area's Mill Valley. The same Ratdog ensemble that performed at TRI Studios on Wednesday were on hand at Sweetwater for two more sets. Bay Area residents Sammy Hagar (Van Halen) and Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads) both sat in with Ratdog at different points during the show. [Photo via @RatDogDotOrg ] Ratdog didn't repeat any songs from Thursday's webcast with the exception of the group's traditional [...]
Bob Weir brought his Ratdog ensemble back together for the first time in nearly two years tonight for a free webcast from the Grateful Dead / Furthur guitarist's TRI Studios . A special version of the group featuring Steve Kimock on guitar performed two full sets that included plenty of Dead classics as well as a number of RatDog originals. Longtime bassist Robin Sylvester had to pull out of the event due to illness. Weir mentioned his comrade towards the end of the show and urged viewers to donate to his Ratdog Foundation to help Sylvester [...]
I ran some Ratdog on Stormy Mondays not too long ago, back when Bobby's postponed solo tour was supposed to take place, but that was before anyone knew Ratdog itself would make an appearance. On Wednesday of this week, an enhanced version of The Dog will play at Bobby's TRI Studios , that golden room with its unparalleled sonics and web casting capabilities. The band will feature both Rob Wasserman and Robin Sylvester on bass (both played the inaugural TRI Bob Weir and Friends gig) and both Mark Karan and Steve Kimock on guitar. A lot of people who [...]
When Bob Weir started Furthur with Phil Lesh he promised it wouldn't be the end of RatDog - the outfit he assembled in 1995 that toured sporadically through the beginning of 2010. Weir made good on that promise with the announcement of a free webcast from Bobby's TRI Studios on January 25. Over the years RatDog has featured a number of different members, so for this month's webcast Weir has put together a RatDog Revue of sorts, enlisting the last touring version of the band (Weir, Jeff Chimenti, [...]
Bob Weir finished up a run of abnormal gigs over Labor Day Weekend: a solo show and two gigs as a guest in the Levon Helm Band. With a rescheduled solo mini-tour forthcoming, more Furthur dates and his TRI Studios , Weir's got a full plate, but there was a time when his only muse was Ratdog, a steady grooving road machine that boasted an incredibly tight rhythm section and a sax/guitar matrix always at the forefront of segue-laden sets. This week's Stormy Monday [...]
Today's installment covers 45 songs - including what Dylan has claimed is his favorite cover ever!
With the Black Crowes once again on an extended hiatus, minus the handful of European dates the band scheduled this summer, Chris Robinson isn't wasting anytime in getting back on the road with a new band for an exclusive tour up and down California. The mysterious new act called Chris Robinson Brotherhood , that according to Jambase includes psych-folk singer Jonathan Wilson and fellow Crowe Adam MacDougall, will play a 33-date run that kicks off on March 28 at the Echoplex in Los Angeles. [...]
In an age of Facebook, Twitter and any number of social media outlets capable of documenting the minutia of your day to day life, sometimes something as simple as the lost art of the phone call serves as the best way to connect with someone on a personal level. For their latest social activism campaign, HeadCount is doing just that by taking a back to basics approach in order to remind people to head to the polls to exercise the Constitutional right to vote in next Tuesday's mid-term elections. [...]
RatDog-based jam supergroup covers a bajillion Dylan songs, both famous and obscure.
The party got started early last night at Furthur Festival with the Open Aire Soundcheck turning into a family affair of sorts, with warm-up portions of the show featuring Ratdog, Phil & Friends and Hot Tuna along with the core Furthur lineup. The festival officially starts today. Furthur Festival Friday May 28 2010 [...] Related posts: Furthur to Play Six Classic Dead Albums at Furthur Festival Furthur Fest 2010 Lineup Announced, Jay Lane Departs to Re-Join Primus [...]
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Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Founding Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh turned 70 on Monday but he celebrated it over the weekend with a little help from his friends. At the sold-out Bill Graham Civic Arena in San Francisco -- site of many historic Grateful Dead related shows -- Lesh anchored a three set, six hour spectacle which included a Mardi Gras style parade and balloon drop. The evening was billed " Furthur and Friends" with proceeds benefiting Lesh's Unbroken Chain Foundation to help funnel [...]
With barely a dozen shows under their belt and a larger scale cross-country tour on the immediate horizon, longtime Grateful Dead bandmates Bob Weir and Phil Lesh brought their latest project - Furthur - to the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium for a hometown three-set throw down. Weir and Lesh, who are no strangers to the spectacle of a New Year's performance, augmented the band with a pair of back-up singers and included covers of Pink Floyd's Time and J.J. Cale's After Midnight among their selection of familiar big jam staples from the Dead catalog, as [...]
Attention hipsters - Phish is responsible for the current trend of indie-bands playing special full album shows. Back in 1994, the Vermont jam-act used the second set of their stop in Charleston, WV to run through their then relatively new album Hoist in its entirety. While jambands aren't normally known for their studio output it seems as if they are finally get on board - Widespread tackled Space Wrangler earlier this year - and now comes the news at Bob Weir and his Ratdog bandmates will [...]
With Phish closing out their scorching three-night stand at MSG last Friday night, New York City jam fans now turn their attention to the NYC debut of Bob Weir and Phil Lesh's new project - Furthur. The group's five-show area run starts tomorrow with the first of two shows at the Hammerstein Ballroom. To get everyone in the mood, here's the good ol' Grateful Dead with Hell In A Bucket - one of five music videos the band made...
For the past 12 years and for over 1700 shows John Kadlecik has played the role of Jerry Garcia for the Dark Star Orchestra , a Grateful Dead cover band got its start with weekly gigs at Martyr's several years ago and has since crafted a following across the country and into Europe. Kadlecik announced yesterday in a letter posted on the band's website that he will be leaving Dark Star Orchestra to join Furthur , the newly formed ban comprised of founding Grateful Dead members Phil Lesh and Bob [...]
Last Week's Sauce is a recurring column featuring recordings of shows from the previous week. Thanks to bigperm for this week's photo. Artist & Title: The Breakfast - Rufus>Frankly Po Zest>Rufus>Frankly Po Zest Date & Venue: 2009-10-16 River Street Jazz Cafe, Plains PA Taper & Show Download: Keith Litzenberger Tim Palmieri is one of the best shredders on the scene, and you get some good evidence why in this section of segued classic Breakfast tunes. The Breakfast [...]
The five best Bob Dylan covers by Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir and his band RatDog.
MUSIC NEWS - The GRATEFUL DEAD is being honored in New York City today when the Empire State Building will be lit up with special tie-dye colors to celebrate the unveiling of a new exhibit at the NY Historical Sociey. The color scheme will represent the group's iconic imagery and psychedelic influences. This Wednesday, October 21, founding DEAD members BOB WEIR (in town too for Ratdog concerts) and PHIL LESH will attend a fundraiser at the New York Historical Society as part of the exhibit celebrating [...]
On Friday night, I had the privilege of catching Bob Weir, Rob Wasserman and Jay Lane play an intimate show under the moniker Scaring The Children at what is fast becoming one of my favorite places to catch a show - Brooklyn Bowl . The trio delivered a cover heavy, two-plus hour set . Let's check out the show opening Maggie's Farm, featuring Bob on slide... Scaring The Children - Maggie's Farm Bobby may want to look into a sublet, as he'll spending [...]
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