Bob Weir and RatDog | RatDog.Org

1st show of tour for us. Ran innto some older Dead family & some newer RatDog family here. So kool to see old friends. Scene was good,great Vibe. Inside was nice. Frnt row bal. seats. Did anyone else see the Bat during first set buzz Jeff?? Pretty Wild. During first set there was a huge BOOM from stage. could barely hear the band? Once fixed sounded fine again. Started out without a Jam right into Sunshine. Liked when Jay Was singing that he needed help during stuff. Bob & Mark jammin onto stage front was kool. Was a great show. Cant hear He's Gone enough. set list flowed well. Thanks RatDog & Crew great show

What i liked most about this show was just how much fun Bobby seemed to be having. I had seen him once before and he had really performed a large amount of grateful dead songs. This time around it seemed he felt confident enough to put out some newer songs such as City Girls and She Says, and although they where not the strongest of the night he and the band seemed rather pleased at the warm response. What pleased me most about the show was how relaxed and understanding the audience was and seemed to, well, understand what it took to separate a good show from great show. In my mind Bob works best in a relaxed non- rushed environment and the venue and crowd provided just such a feeling. In my mind he was really thanking us (when he applauded us) for coming out on a Monday night and making it fun for him.

To me the highest parts of the show where the groovin' Brown-Eyed Women (ratdog really excels at finding that fun little place and Mark mixed some very Jerry licks while making the song his own) Garcia's country anthem liberty (really fun to hear another version than the one on So Many Roads) and of course the politically charged Throwing stones (Bobby and Mark's walk out to the edge of stage will forever be remembered).

What really kept this from being a five star show was the sound system particularly during the first set, but the powerful delivery of Brown-Eyed Women really puts that out of mind. I don't know if this being overstated but i would buy the soundboard of the show just to get a hand of that song. RatDog really delivered there.

After seeing RatDog at Meadowbrook in '05 the band seems to be slowly getting better and better. In my mind RatDog has the potential to become a really great band and therefore a really great touring attraction. At this point let's just home that Mark gets better. Bob and co keep up the good work, you guy's could really become one of the standout bands of this era.
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