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Press Coverage
2008
Former Grateful Dead member Bob Weir plays in the Lowcountry
Charleston Press and Courier | April 10, 2008 |
| By all accounts, Bob Weir is what you would consider a blue-collar working musician.
The San Francisco native is 60 and steadily has been performing live for more than 40 years. More importantly, there's no reason to think he'll stop anytime soon.... [Complete Story] |
RatDog makes fans smile
Syracuse Post-Standard | March 30, 2008 |
| Many people get ready for a concert by listening to older albums by the artist. It reacquaints them with the material. That might've helped for Bob Weir and RatDog's Saturday performance at the Landmark Theater, but wasn't necessary.... [Complete Story] |
Ex-Dead man Weir remembers Johnnie Johnson
St. Louis Post-Dispatch | March 20, 2008 |
| When former Grateful Dead guitarist-vocalist Bob Weir brings his band Ratdog back to St. Louis next week, he'll be thinking about a late friend: rock 'n' roll pioneer, St. Louis legend and, for a time, Ratdog pianist Johnnie Johnson.... [Complete Story] |
Bob Weir & RatDog | Keeping the Dead Spirit Alive
PLAYBACK:stl | March 20, 2008 |
| As a second generation "Deadhead," I spent much of the summers of my college youth driving around the country to see Grateful Dead shows. Like most other Deadheads, the death of Jerry Garcia in 1995 left a gaping concert-going hole in my life.... [Complete Story] |
2007
Deadhead alum Weir takes band to campus
The Daily Collegian (PA) | November 1, 2007 |
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Penn State will experience the Grateful Dead years again this Sunday when Bob Weir & RatDog take the stage at Eisenhower Auditorium.
RatDog is a rock band that includes Bob Weir, founder and former guitarist/singer of the Grateful Dead.... [Complete Story] |
A longer trip
Albany Times Union | November 1, 2007 |
| Bob Weir had just turned 17 when he first began playing music with Jerry Garcia in a loose, funky ensemble called Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions, which, of course, eventually morphed into the Grateful Dead.... [Complete Story] |
Bob Weir looks back -- at life, career
Burlington Free Press | November 1, 2007 |
| Bob Weir was speaking by phone from his home in Marin County, Calif., on an early October afternoon, less than two weeks before his 60th birthday. He was already becoming reflective in the days leading up to the milestone, wondering how he got there.... [Complete Story] |
Ticket to Ratdog was much more
Honolulu Advertiser | August 20, 2007 |
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For some reason, I didn't want to tell the kids I had a ticket to a Ratdog concert.
There were 14 of us in all in the class — 13 twentysomethings and me — and I was having a little trouble bridging the generation gap.... [Complete Story] |
A night to remember and savor from RatDog and the Allmans
Buffalo News | August 20, 2007 |
| It’s such a privilege, sometimes, to go to a show such as Sunday’s and then be able to write about it. Musicians as good as those gathered on stage at Darien Lake for the Rat- Dog/Allmans gig are an absolute pleasure to watch and listen to.... [Complete Story] |
Ratdog with Allman Brothers at PNC Wednesday
Asbury Park Press | August 17, 2007 |
| It's usually a laid-back scene in the Ratdog camp. Bob Weir and his bandmates typically focus on the band's jam-based music, and the rest of the vibe is fairly chill.... [Complete Story] |
Music Review: Ratdog, Allman Brothers give crowd a jam session from rock 'n' roll heaven
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | August 17, 2007 |
| Pittsburgh doesn't have its own summer jam-band festival where hippies young and old can congregate, like All Good or JerryFest.... [Complete Story] |
Weir still jamming
Rocky Mountain News | July 23, 2007 |
| As Bob Weir talks from his Northern California home, his young daughter insists he needs more ice in his water. She brings it and tops off his glass. The former Grateful Dead guitarist has bigger things on his mind than ice.... [Complete Story] |
Jam band one of America’s great pastimes
Cañon City (CO) Daily Record | July 19, 2007 |
| In an attempt to describe the “circus is in town”-like concert scene that is a Grateful Dead show, historian David Gans once likened performances by the enigmatic grandfathers of jam band music to that of baseball games:
“No two are ever alike.... [Complete Story] |
Concert Review: Bob Weir and his Band Ratdog Howl in Central Park's SummerStage
Blogcritics Magazine | July 12, 2007 |
| n... [Complete Story] |
Bob Weir and RatDog and Keller Williams are Fitting Tourmates
Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star | July 12, 2007 |
| Bob Weir can't remember which show it was when he first met Keller Williams, and he can't remember what band he was playing with at the time, but that first encounter has led to numerous other collaborations.... [Complete Story] |
Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile
Anderson (SC) Independent Mail | July 12, 2007 |
| The year was 1993 and, being a high school junior, life was pretty good.... [Complete Story] |
Ratdog delivers freewheelin’ show
Boston Herald | July 12, 2007 |
| No, Bob Dylan didn’t make a surprise appearance at the Bank of America Pavilion Tuesday night. Confusion is understandable considering a good third of Ratdog’s set highlighted tunes by the legendary songwriter.... [Complete Story] |
Summer in the City - Ratdog at Summerstage
Culture Catch | July 11, 2007 |
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An Interview with Bob Weir
Bonnaroo: Sonic Stage | June 17, 2007 |
| Transcribed by FL Jen....
Ross: We’re about to have a very special moment up here, Planet Roo, and we’re glad you could join us. We’re going to have Bob Weir up here in a minute. Um, couple of announcements.... [Complete Story] |
S.F.'s Green Apple shows good Earth Day taste
Contra Costa Times | April 23, 2007 |
| The forecast called for rain. Mother Nature, however, decided to overrule the weathermen and deliver a sunny, warm afternoon.
Who can blame her? It was, after all, her day.... [Complete Story] |
Keller Williams / Bob Weir & RatDog
Press Release | March 28, 2007 |
| Bob Weir and RatDog and Keller Williams will cross the country this summer, sharing a stage both separately and together, making music and doing what they do best. The tour will begin in Atlanta on July 7th and end in Los Angeles on July 28th.... [Complete Story] |
'Grateful' musician comes to town with his RatDog
Athens Banner-Herald | March 22, 2007 |
| As a teenager, Weir helped form what would become one of the most influential, legendary and long-lasting bands the world has ever seen.
The Grateful Dead, over the course of a 30-year career, spawned its own genre of music.... [Complete Story] |
Necessary Energy: Bob Weir & Ratdog Keep The Jam Alive And Moving Forward
Flagpole (Athens) | March 21, 2007 |
| With seemingly little left to prove, Grateful Dead founder Bob Weir hits the road again on an East Coast tour that will bring him back through Athens.... [Complete Story] |
First Grateful Dead, now Ratdog, Weir still touring
Greensboro News-Record | March 20, 2007 |
| After more than 40 years in the music business, it's difficult to summarize Bob Weir's place on the musical landscape.... [Complete Story] |
Ratdog tries to make each concert unique
HamptonRoads.com | March 19, 2007 |
| A... [Complete Story] |
Bob Weir, RatDog, Pull Off Historic Three Night Run at NYC's Beacon Theater
DCSpectator.com | March 17, 2007 |
| When I tell my musically-literate friends that Grateful Dead guitarist/vocalist Bob Weir’s band, RatDog, is the hottest band on the planet, I routinely get glazed-over looks of skepticism, incredulity and outright derision.... [Complete Story] |
Ratdog hot, even when it's cold outside
The Republican (Mass.) | March 15, 2007 |
| Even when it's freezing outside, Bob Weir's California demeanor comes through onstage through his clothing: He almost always wears shorts during a Ratdog concert.
But during a recent show in frigid Syracuse N.Y.... [Complete Story] |
Weir spits fire and finds groove
Richmond Times-Dispatch | March 15, 2007 |
| Listen to the Grateful Dead circa 1966. Then listen to the Dead of the late 1980s or early'90s. The group's style changed as more sounds were added to the mix and went from good to great. Greatness takes time.
Bob Weir ought to know.... [Complete Story] |
Only Ratdogs and Puddleducks
Music Box Magazine | March 8, 2007 |
| It's only the middle of the afternoon, but it already has been a long day. After playing for nearly three hours in Seattle the night before, Ratdog hopped an early bus ride and arrived at the Canadian border at eight o’clock in the morning.... [Complete Story] |
No Rest for RatDog
Syracuse Post-Standard | March 3, 2007 |
| Question: How do you crank up the heat on an already steamy RatDog concert?
Answer: Have singer-guitarist Bob Weir lead his band into one of the classic songs from the Grateful Dead.... [Complete Story] |
Fans of Weir's Ratdog can opt for an instant replay
Straight.com Vancouver | February 15, 2007 |
| As of last week, devotees of the Grateful Dead have their choice of 36 historic concerts, reissued on CD as part of the psychedelic pioneers’ Dick’s Picks series.... [Complete Story] |
Hybrids Run Amok
Orange County Weekly | February 8, 2007 |
| I’m going to suppress my almost medical need to make fun of the hippie noise that is Bob Weir and Ratdog, because it would be in my best interests to stay on the good side of (probable Ratdog fan) Executive Editor Matt Coker. So. Here goes.... [Complete Story] |
2006
Musicians ask Santa for holiday dreams
Associated Press | December 25, 2006 |
| Sure, the holidays are about peace, love, and understanding. What‘s so funny about that? But let‘s face it: They‘re also about wish fulfillment, fantasy, magic ...... [Complete Story] |
RatDog plays Florida Theatre
Jacksonville Times-Union | November 15, 2006 |
| You have to admire Bob Weir's passion for music. As one of the founders and chief songwriters of the Grateful Dead, he surely isn't hurting for money.... [Complete Story] |
Grateful Dead guitarist carries Garcia with him on stage with his band Ratdog
Lowell Sun | November 9, 2006 |
| It's been more than four decades since Bob Weir picked up a Lowell-born author's book and became forever changed.
"I read On The Road in 1964," says Weir by phone from his home in Mill Valley, CA. "That was my first year as a bohemian.... [Complete Story] |
RatDog brings crowd and several arrests
Finger Lakes Times | October 31, 2006 |
| Intentional or not, the Geneva High School band picked an appropriate song for last night's Halloween parade, which coincided with Bob Weir and RatDog playing at the Smith Opera House: "Shakedown Street.... [Complete Story] |
Ratdog has more bite
Buffalo News | October 28, 2006 |
| There's something different about a Ratdog show these days. Once, the band seemed to be stumbling its way through a mansion of many beautiful rooms, stopping along the way to throw a party on each floor, and welcoming you along for the ride.... [Complete Story] |
The best of today's jam bands
Buffalo News | October 15, 2006 |
| 1) Ratdog
Bob Weir carries the mantle for Grateful Dead-based improv-rock. Ratdog has developed into a far-reaching vehicle for the music Weir helped create.... [Complete Story] |
Wed to the Dead
Minneapolis Star Tribune | October 13, 2006 |
| SAN FRANCISCO -- For much of a long, strange trip lasting more than four decades, Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir has sung this opening verse to the Johnny Cash song "Big River":
"I met her accidentally in St. Paul, Minnesota.... [Complete Story] |
Rejuvenated String Cheese Incident has two local gigs
Asheville Citizen-Times | October 6, 2006 |
| The String Cheese Incident has become an elder statesman in the jam band world.... [Complete Story] |
Drug arrests made at concert
Danbury News-Times | August 25, 2006 |
| RIDGEFIELD -- Police made seven drug arrests over the two-day period in which legendary Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir performed at The Ridgefield Playhouse.
Weir, with his band, RatDog, performed Monday and Tuesday night to sold-out crowds.... [Complete Story] |
POLICE: Four drug busts outside Ridgefield Playhouse concerts
Ridgefield Press | August 24, 2006 |
| Two concerts by former Grateful Dead musician Bob Weir and Ratdog at the Ridgefield Playhouse were apparently connected with a handful of drug arrests Monday and Tuesday.
The same thing happened last summer when Mr. Weir played here.... [Complete Story] |
The Vibes echoed on and on and on
Albany Times-Union | August 21, 2006 |
| DUANESBURG -- The music began around noon Friday and pretty much didn't let up.
That's how it is at jam-band festivals. One song melts into another, one band ends their set and another begins before the last notes of the wah-wah stop echoing.... [Complete Story] |
Interview with Mark Karan
Earvolution | July 18, 2006 |
| Mark Karan has stood in the lead guitar role for Ratdog since 1998. Despite the hotel phone disconnecting us three times, Mark was a pleasant interview throughout and spoke to earvolution.... [Complete Story] |
Ratdog and String Cheese find a groove together
The Boston Globe | July 17, 2006 |
| MANSFIELD -- The fuzzy, feel-good jam-band jamboree that was this summer's Ratdog and String Cheese Incident co-headline tour -- jovially dubbed the ``CheeseDog" tour -- arrived at the Tweeter Center on Saturday for its final date.... [Complete Story] |
License to be Bold
AOL Books | July 17, 2006 |
| Bethanne Patrick: Hi, this is AOL's Book Maven, Bethanne Patrick, and today I'm speaking with Ann Coulter who is just out with a new book called 'Godless: The Church of Liberalism in America.... [Complete Story] |
Constellation Brands Center rocks to RatDog
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle | July 11, 2006 |
| (July 11, 2006) — HOPEWELL — Michael Jordan was once cut from his high school basketball team.
That fine Merlot in your hand was once a handful of grapes reaching for the sun.... [Complete Story] |
What’s a little rain at CMAC?
Finger Lakes Times | July 11, 2006 |
| HOPEWELL — Safe underneath the shell, Jim Sabo barely felt a drop from the downpour that slammed Monday night’s RatDog concert at the Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center.... [Complete Story] |
The Dead's a beautiful backdrop
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle | July 6, 2006 |
| (July 6, 2006) — Pardon the pun, but the grass doesn't grow under the feet of the Grateful Dead.
"Personally, I never left off," says Bob Weir. "The Dead did, for a while, but not for long.... [Complete Story] |
Interview: Mark Karan
Glide Magazine | July 5, 2006 |
| Since 1998 Mark Karan has been touring with offshoots of The Grateful Dead including The Other Ones, Mickey Hart’s Planet Drum and as lead guitarist for Bob Weir’s Ratdog.... [Complete Story] |
Weir still has bite
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | July 3, 2006 |
| For more than 40 years, the Grateful Dead has been at the forefront of the American music scene, their songs conveying images of lifestyles based on something besides chasing the almighty dollar.... [Complete Story] |
Grateful Dead survivors keep keeping on despite sorrows
Marin Independent Journal | June 9, 2006 |
| ob Weir and the Grateful Dead family have had their share of sorrow lately.
They lost their beloved head roadie, Ram Rod Shurtliff, to cancer a few weeks ago.... [Complete Story] |
With the Band Dept: Blind Date
The New Yorker | April 24, 2006 |
| When Bob Weir comes to New York, Billy Procida, a real-estate investor, usually has a dinner for him. Weir is the surviving guitarist of the Grateful Dead, and he now tours with his own band, RatDog.... [Complete Story] |
One more Thursday night: Weir back in Syracuse
Scotsman Press (NY) | April 1, 2006 |
| Bob Weir, the original ''ace'' rhythm-guitarist of the Grateful Dead, returned to Syracuse recently with his band Ratdog, playing to a sold-out crowd at the famed Landmark Theatre.... [Complete Story] |
Weir and RatDog keep on playin'
Poughkeepsie Journal | March 27, 2006 |
| S... [Complete Story] |
Country music icon Buck Owens dies
Reuters | March 25, 2006 |
| SAN FRANCISCO - Honky-tonk star Buck Owens , who sold more than 16 million albums and popularized country entertainment on television as host of "Hee Haw," died on Saturday at age 76.... [Complete Story] |
Web exclusive quotes from Bob Weir
Times Herald-Record (Hudson Valley) | March 24, 2006 |
| The Grateful Dead was always ripe for metaphor.
The obsessed sports fan dealing with arcane statistics and collecting all sorts of memorabilia is not unlike your garden variety Deadhead.... [Complete Story] |
Weir works to keep the set list fresh
The (Mass.) Republican | March 23, 2006 |
| At age 58 and after thousands of shows, Bob Weir has a clever way of keeping his music fresh for both himself and his audiences: He works hard to not play the same set of songs twice.... [Complete Story] |
Life after The Dead
The Sun News (Myrtle Beach) | March 17, 2006 |
| When Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir performs, every show is a new experience.
With a catalog of 150 tunes to choose from and a talent for improvisation - mixing things up and keeping each show unique, is natural.... [Complete Story] |
Weir's World
Fairfield County (CT) Daily | March 16, 2006 |
| Bob Weir must be in relentless pursuit of something big. While playing rhythm guitar for the Grateful Dead, performing nearly 100 shows a year for 30 years, he was already developing his solo side, through albums like Ace and Heaven Help the Fool.... [Complete Story] |
2005
Music, Mythos, and Throwing a Song at Fascism
College Crier | December 21, 2005 |
| One envisions the members of The Dead coming from another dimension.... [Complete Story] |
Catching Ratdog
Long Beach Press-Telegram | December 14, 2005 |
| We got all hippied up and threw our old lady in the Vee-Dub and motored downtown to catch Bob Weir and Ratdog's two-set show Sunday night at Pine Ave.'s Vault 350.... [Complete Story] |
Deadheads grateful for RatDog
Arizona Daily Star | December 1, 2005 |
| Guitarist and Grateful Dead co-founder Bob Weir has a confession: He's afraid to go on stage.
"I put off going on stage as well as I can," he admitted. "My entire crew knows all about that, every trick I'm going to pull.... [Complete Story] |
Bob Weir and technology's march
Denver Post | November 28, 2005 |
| In this modern age, it's conceivable that some hard-core RatDog fans will hit the jam band's show Friday night at the Fillmore and buy a crisply recorded three-CD set of the performance that they'll pick up after the last notes are played.... [Complete Story] |
A Dead Head holiday
Orlando Sentinel | November 25, 2005 |
| Somehow I never made it to a Grateful Dead concert, even though a bootleg cassette tape of the band compiled for me by a Dead Head girlfriend was once a prized possession. It's still in a box of mementos somewhere, I hope.... [Complete Story] |
Ratdog leader wants songs to be alive
Sun-Sentinel (FL) | November 18, 2005 |
| Every so often Bob Weir's band Ratdog plays a number that doesn't, on the face of it, seem to fit with an improvisational rock troupe. It's El Paso, a rambling story song and '50s hit by country singer Marty Robbins.... [Complete Story] |
Make something out of all those years of summer tour: Fantasy RatDog lets Deadheads flaunt skills
New Times Broward-Palm Beach | November 17, 2005 |
| Most casual classic-rock fans are familiar with the bizarre world of the Grateful Dead. But only the seriously Dead-icated care enough to follow the explosion of side projects that has fallen out after the demise of head Deadhead Jerry Garcia.... [Complete Story] |
Bob Weir still loves a fine jam
Asheville Citizen-Times | November 11, 2005 |
| Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir has traveled to a lot of towns, but Asheville is up there on his list. Weir and his band RatDog are back for a Monday night show at The Orange Peel club.... [Complete Story] |
Weir embraces past and future
Times Leader (PA) | November 9, 2005 |
| Since he was in his teens, Bob Weir has been a touring musician, spending the first 30 years of his career with the Grateful Dead.... [Complete Story] |
Ratdog's top dog
Worcester Telegram & Gazette | November 6, 2005 |
| R... [Complete Story] |
Bob Weir back from the Dead
Canadian Online Explorer (Canoe) | October 31, 2005 |
| A former member of the Grateful Dead is playing with RatDog on Halloween at The Docks. Honestly, folks, we're not making this up.... [Complete Story] |
Ratdog, Weir: better than Dead
Buffalo News | October 31, 2005 |
| Ratdog was born over a decade ago as a duo. Grateful Dead vocalist/guitarist Bob Weir and bassist Rob Wasserman toured together whenever they could squeeze in dates around their other projects.... [Complete Story] |
Spontaneity no thing of the past
Baltimore Sun | October 30, 2005 |
| He was a Grateful Dead icon, and for many, the Dead embodied the peace-and-love Sixties during their 30-year rock-and-roll reign.... [Complete Story] |
Ratdog Bring The Music To The Deadheads
Soulshine Magazine | October 19, 2005 |
| Former Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir will be keeping Deadheads happy this fall by taking his band Ratdog out on the road for a series of North American dates.... [Complete Story] |
Dave Matthews and Friends heading out to sea
LiveDaily | October 19, 2005 |
| All the "Tripping Billies" and "Dancing Nancies" had better lace up their deck shoes as Dave Matthews (tickets | music) invites fans to set sail for a February performance in the Bahamas.
The three-night cruise will pick up fans Feb.... [Complete Story] |
Bob Weir's Ratdog adds more dates
LiveDaily | October 19, 2005 |
| Vocalist-guitarist Bob Weir and his Grateful Dead spin-off group Ratdog (tickets | music) have announced a batch of new shows to fill out the band's fall itinerary.
The tour now kicks off Oct. 25 in Milwaukee and continues into early December.... [Complete Story] |
Jerry Garcia's music celebrated at Berkeley benefit
Chico Enterprise-Record | September 28, 2005 |
| BERKELEY -- Extended family, friends and musical comrades on Saturday paid an uplifting music tribute to Jerry Garcia, the patriarch and chief visionary of the Grateful Dead.... [Complete Story] |
Live Review: Jerry Garcia tribute in Berkeley, CA
LiveDaily.com | September 26, 2005 |
| Everything felt so familiar--the songs, the players, the venue and the crowd. But someone was clearly missing from Saturday's (9/24) "Comes a Time - A Celebration of the Music and Spirit of Jerry Garcia (music)" show at the U.C.... [Complete Story] |
Trey, Weir Honor Garcia
Rolling Stone | September 26, 2005 |
| The Rex Foundation, otherwise known as the philanthropic wing of the Grateful Dead, paid tribute to its fallen leader Saturday evening at the Greek Theater in Berkeley, California.... [Complete Story] |
Bob Weir and Ratdog keep on truckin'
LiveDaily.com | September 20, 2005 |
| Vocalist/guitarist Bob Weir is set to lead Grateful Dead spin-off group Ratdog (tickets | music) on a short tour beginning in late October.
The trek kicks off on Oct.... [Complete Story] |
On the golden road with Ratdog
Scotsman Pennysaver | September 7, 2005 |
| The long strange trip continued at the New York State Fairgrounds on Aug. 28 as legendary Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir appeared with his band Ratdog.... [Complete Story] |
Weir raises Ratdog from the dead
Albany Times Union | September 6, 2005 |
| Former Grateful Dead singer and guitarist Bob Weir brought his group Ratdog along with part-time colleague Bruce Hornsby to the Pepsi for a night of joyous jamming and jaw-dropping musicianship.... [Complete Story] |
Labor Day shows keep fans happy
Laconia (NH) Citizen | September 5, 2005 |
| GILFORD — Former Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir took the stage at Meadowbrook on Friday night, kicking off the Labor Day Weekend by performing some Dead-era classics with his band RatDog.... [Complete Story] |
Still Playing in the Band
Monterey County Herald | August 30, 2005 |
| It has been 10 years since Jerry Garcia's death put an end to the Grateful Dead.
For Bob Weir, Garcia's fellow guitarist for more than 30 years, it's hard to think of the past decade in terms of time.... [Complete Story] |
Ratdog, Hornsby Pair Up
Hartford Courant | August 29, 2005 |
| Intensely loyal Grateful Dead aficionados looking for booster shots of the fabled jam band's material between reunions of the group's surviving members can't hope for much better than the no-nonsense exploratory style of Bob Weir and his band Ratdog.... [Complete Story] |
On the Road with Weir
Burlington Free Press | August 24, 2005 |
| Bob Weir keeps going and going and going ... .
The former Grateful Dead guitarist is on the road with his band, RatDog, which is playing a sold-out show tonight at Higher Ground in South Burlington.... [Complete Story] |
O.C. Police Arrest 31 People at Bob Weir Concert
WBOC-TV | August 11, 2005 |
| OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City police arrested 31 people Tuesday night during a Bob Weir and Ratdog concert that took place at the town's convention center. Weir is a former member of "The Grateful Dead.... [Complete Story] |
The Grateful Living
Baltimore Sun | August 9, 2005 |
| TERRA ALTA, W.Va. - It's an odd place for a business district, this quarter-mile stretch of gravel road on a rolling, 700-acre farm in the mountains of West Virginia.... [Complete Story] |
Ratdog to play Ocean City concert on Tuesday
Delmarva Daily Times | August 3, 2005 |
| In 1966, Mark Karan attended his first Grateful Dead concert -- as a fan.
In 1976, after returning many times, the San Francisco Bay area native's musical taste changed and he saw his last Grateful Dead concert.... [Complete Story] |
Bob Weir's Ratdog readies for a month-long tour
LiveDaily | July 22, 2005 |
| Grateful Dead vocalist/guitarist Bob Weir's Ratdog will be back on the road this summer for a mix of festival and headlining appearances, as well as a date in support of the Steve Miller Band.
The outing opens with Aug.... [Complete Story] |
'Dead' guitarist brings in Ratdog
Cincinnati Post | June 7, 2005 |
| It was 40 years ago this summer that a band called The Warlocks began playing around San Francisco.... [Complete Story] |
Weir-Morrison show to benefit nonprofit
Marin Independent Journal | May 17, 2005 |
| ROCK STARS are rock stars, and nonprofit agencies tend to live way out of the spotlight, so it's a happy moment when the two get together.... [Complete Story] |
Bands Reunite for 2005 Bonnaroo Festival
Northwest Indiana Times | May 6, 2005 |
| In 1999, a group of concert promoters claimed to have reinvented Woodstock, resulting in another example of how attempts to replicate the past tend to produce something grotesque in the present.... [Complete Story] |
Deadheads should be grateful for Ratdog
Boston Herald | April 25, 2005 |
| Keeping track of all the Grateful Dead offshoots can be quite challenging.... [Complete Story] |
Bob Weir, Ratdog jam was about music
The Republican (MA) | April 22, 2005 |
| NORTHAMPTON - Why can't they all be like this? No video screens, no pyrotechnics, no political speeches, and no soon-to-be-dropped-from-the-label opening acts.... [Complete Story] |
Musicians pay tribute at rocking wake
St. Louis Post-Dispatch | April 21, 2005 |
| The outpouring of love from friends and celebrities Thursday at boogie woogie bluesman Johnnie Johnson's musicians' wake at Ronald L. Jones Funeral Chapel came as a surprise to no one.... [Complete Story] |
Touching that other world: The Bob Weir interview
Foster's Online (NH) | April 17, 2005 |
| Bob Weir glances out the window into his garden as he talks.
While others might just see flowers and other plantings, one of the founding members of the Grateful Dead finds musical symbolism in bloom.... [Complete Story] |
On the Record: Guitarist drives rhythm for Ratdog and others
Poughkeepsie Journal | April 15, 2005 |
| In 1966, Mark Karan attended his first Grateful Dead concert -- as a fan.
In 1976, after returning many times, the San Francisco Bay area native's musical taste changed and he saw his last Grateful Dead concert.... [Complete Story] |
Dead man talking
Times Leader (PA) | April 13, 2005 |
| Bob Weir knows all too well about talented musicians leaving the planet too soon.
An original member of the Grateful Dead, the guitarist and vocalist saw four bandmates die during the group's 30-year run, most famously Jerry Garcia in 1995.... [Complete Story] |
What a long, strange trip it's been
Frederick News-Post | April 12, 2005 |
| Prior to Monday night's sold out show at the Weinberg, Bob Weir will plan a set list -- choosing from an endless list of Grateful Dead songs, RatDog originals and covers -- opting for tunes the past three or four shows have passed over.... [Complete Story] |
He's back from the (Grateful) Dead
Syracuse Post-Standard | April 12, 2005 |
| When Dennis McNally hears that Bob Dylan and Merle Haggard will play in the big arena at Turning Stone Resort and Casino April 20, it doesn't take him a second to come up with a couple of stories.... [Complete Story] |
One on One: Jeff Chimenti talks about the Dead and Ratdog
Concert Livewire | March 30, 2005 |
| Livewire: First of all, how long have you been in Ratdog?
Jeff: I guess since '97. Late spring,... early summer.
Livewire: You were in the jazz scene at the time?
Jeff: Yeah. I was definitely doing more of an acoustic jazz thing.... [Complete Story] |
Music Notes: Weir are you going, Weir have you been?
ASU Web Devil | February 3, 2005 |
| Planning ahead is something Bob Weir and his band mates from the Grateful Dead never did very well.... [Complete Story] |
2004
Exhausted Weir Cancels Ratdog Tour
Billboard | October 6, 2004 |
| NEW YORK (Billboard) - Bob Weir, singer/guitarist of the Dead, has canceled a fall tour by his side-project band Ratdog because of exhaustion.
The Ratdog run was scheduled to kick off Thursday (Oct. 7) in Ridgefield, Conn., and run through a Nov.... [Complete Story] |
We're still here
Associated Press | April 29, 2004 |
| LOS ANGELES (AP) -- It's been more than 40 years since a fateful New Year's Eve encounter connected Bob Weir with Jerry Garcia and started a rock band, the Grateful Dead, that would become the eternal poster child for 1960s psychedelic music.... [Complete Story] |
Ratdog Develops New Tricks
An Honest Tune | April 20, 2004 |
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Ratdog Fans a Dead Flame
Washington Post | April 1, 2004 |
| Tuesday evening's RatDog show at the 9:30 club was a "Sixth Sense" experience; it left you, like poor Haley Joel Osment, saying, "I see Dead people.... [Complete Story] |
RatDog keeps Dead tunes alive
Newark Star-Ledger | March 30, 2004 |
| Members of The Grateful Dead will reunite this summer, and hit the road as The Dead. Until then, the closest facsimile is the current tour by Dead member Bob Weir and his side group, RatDog.... [Complete Story] |
RatDog heads up '60s party
Syracuse Press-Standard | March 21, 2004 |
| Bob Weir has hosted happy, hippie music parties for 39 years now.... [Complete Story] |
Dead Man Talking
San Francisco Chronicle | March 21, 2004 |
| Bob Weir showed up at rehearsal with his sideline band RatDog to discover the other musicians already working up a version of "Black Peter" -- the old Grateful Dead song that had always been sung by Jerry Garcia.... [Complete Story] |
Weir finds his birth father and adopts a vintage guitar
San Francisco Chronicle | March 21, 2004 |
| Bob Weir was adopted and has never known the circumstances of his birth. His biological mother's name on his birth certificate was a phony -- that much he knew.... [Complete Story] |
Bob Weir brings other band to the Landmark
Syracuse Press-Standard | March 19, 2004 |
| Does Bob Weir's musical mission change when he slips off his guitar for The Dead and pulls it back on for RatDog?
Not a bit.... [Complete Story] |
Dead Again
Northern Now (Northern Illinois University) | March 19, 2004 |
| Complete Story] |
Express tracks
Rocky Mountain News | March 15, 2004 |
| This is how quickly music comes together for Ratdog leader/Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir.
A compilation of his work, Weir Here, arrives in stores on March 23.... [Complete Story] |
Ratdog sheds its image of a Grateful Dead band
The (Everett, WA) Daily Herald | March 5, 2004 |
| For a time after Ratdog became a full-fledged band around 1994, guitarist-singer Bob Weir worried that the group was becoming known as a Grateful Dead cover band.
Certainly, Ratdog had every right to claim a piece of the Grateful Dead legacy.... [Complete Story] |
Weir keeps same groove going in different band
The (Spokane) Spokesman-Review | March 5, 2004 |
| Anyone who leaves the Ratdog concert Tuesday night at Big Easy can do so with a fresh, triple-CD recording of the show.
And you can get it straight from the source, as Ratdog's crew will be selling copies for $25 as soon as the show ends.... [Complete Story] |
Weir's love for football, music knows no bounds
Wichita Falls Times Record News | March 4, 2004 |
| Many professional athletes despise playing before a sparse crowd.
At least one rock star, former Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir, doesn't mind. He'll perform anywhere.... [Complete Story] |
Bebop Baby, How Can This Be?
JamBase | March 2, 2004 |
| Complete Story] |
Ratdog rocks Celebrity
The Arizona Republic | February 29, 2004 |
| Bob Weir, a touch of grey kinda suits you anyway.... [Complete Story] |
Ratdog in town
The Arizona Republic | February 26, 2004 |
| Bob Weir has plenty of options to celebrate the legacy of his former band, the Grateful Dead.... [Complete Story] |
Bob Weir and Ratdog
SignOnSanDiego | February 25, 2004 |
| There is something to be said for musicians who reinvent themselves in the interest of escaping their past. There is something equally admirable, though, about those who embrace the past without being consumed by it.... [Complete Story] |
Weir Looks Back On Solo Retrospective
Billboard.com | February 25, 2004 |
| Alongside a lengthy tenure with the Grateful Dead, guitarist/singer Bob Weir has consistently embraced opportunities to perform and record as a solo artist and with side projects.... [Complete Story] |
Weir wins Super Sage; Osment catches Peck
Scripps Howard News Service | February 2, 2004 |
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Bob Weir's Ratdog hits the U.S. club circuit in February, March
LiveDaily.com | January 22, 2004 |
| Bob Weir and his group Ratdog are set to embark on a late-winter tour of the West, and he'll again be on the road this summer with The Dead--a group that features his fellow Grateful Dead alumni.... [Complete Story] |
2003
Playin’ in the band
Northern Star | November 17, 2003 |
| Deadheads young and old rocked to the sounds of Bob Weir and Ratdog at the Convocation Center on Friday night.
The concert began shortly after 8 p.m., with the Grateful Dead’s classic song “Playin’ in the Band.” The group played until 11:30 p.m.... [Complete Story] |
Bob Weir keeps more than the Dead alive
The Kansas City Star | November 14, 2003 |
| The late Jerry Garcia once told a Rolling Stone writer: "Music is a thing that has optimism built into it. Optimism is another way of saying `space...' You can go as far into music as you can fill millions of lifetimes.... [Complete Story] |
Weir, Ratdog to make stop at arena
Northern Star | November 14, 2003 |
| Grateful Dead fans might have a reason to come to the Convocation Center this weekend.
Former Dead member Bob Weir and his band, Ratdog, will perform at 7 p.m. Friday.... [Complete Story] |
Dead original Bob Weir teaches his RatDog new musical tricks
St. Louis Post-Dispatch | November 12, 2003 |
| As an original member of the Grateful Dead, Bob Weir will always be associated with that legendary band.... [Complete Story] |
Live: RatDog (Toronto)
ChartAttack.com | November 4, 2003 |
| Confusingly billed as a Bob Weir show, it became apparent by showtime that this, as assumed, would be a show by the former Grateful Dead guitarist's current combo Ratdog.... [Complete Story] |
Bob Weir heading in new direction with RatDog
Poughkeepsie Journal | October 24, 2003 |
| Like a magician waving a wand, he could set more than 10,000 screaming by simply throwing a finger in the air.... [Complete Story] |
Weir, Ratdog keep fans happy with diverse show at
Scranton Times Tribune | October 22, 2003 |
| WILKES-BARRE -- Aluminum masts holding a variety of microphones jutted skyward. Digital and analog tape recorders whirled by the dozens around the theater. Tie-dyed clothing dominated as the fabric of choice.... [Complete Story] |
A new bark for Ratdog
The Boston Globe | October 17, 2003 |
| Grateful Dead spinoff band Ratdog plays the Orpheum tomorrow. It will be the first Boston visit with new bassist Robin Sylvester, a Bay Area studio veteran known for playing with sax great Steve Douglas.... [Complete Story] |
New RatDog May Have Classical Edge
KSHE Real Rock News | October 16, 2003 |
| With hopes of a new studio album for 2004, Dead guitarist Bob Weir is looking for new musical directions for his other band, Ratdog.... [Complete Story] |
Beyond the Dead
The Gainesville Sun | October 10, 2003 |
| Here we are smack in the middle of fall, which means one thing to farmers and music lovers alike: It's Harvest time.... [Complete Story] |
Bob Weir Happy with Bass Replacement in RatDog
KSHE Real Rock News | October 9, 2003 |
| According to Bob Weir, a big change in his band Ratdog is proving to be the right thing for the group. Earlier this year Weir dismissed bassist Rob Wasserman, Ratdog's cofounder, and brought in Robin Sylvester.... [Complete Story] |
Sound Check: Backstage With . . . Bob Weir of Ratdog
Atlanta Journal-Constitution | October 9, 2003 |
| In another exploration of rock star riders, Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir gives us a backstage tour. The rider requests for Weir's band Ratdog (at the Variety Playhouse on Sunday) are a far cry from rock star excess.... [Complete Story] |
Bob Weir's Ratdog takes to the road in October
liveDaily | September 15, 2003 |
| After spending much of the summer on tour with The Dead, Grateful Dead alumnus Bob Weir and his group Ratdog are set to embark on a month of club, theater and festival dates.... [Complete Story] |
Robin Sylvester
Marin Independent Journal | September 5, 2003 |
| Robin Sylvester is what they call a working musician. And right now he's got the best job he's ever had.... [Complete Story] |
Bob Weir keeps festival alive; thousands expected
Mill Valley Herald | September 1, 2003 |
| The Marin Music Festival defies the odds and returns for the ninth consecutive year promising its greatest success ever, even though just a month ago its founder, Magic Steve, said it appeared the event wasn’t going to happen this time around.... [Complete Story] |
RatDog invades Marin festival
San Francisco Chronicle | August 31, 2003 |
| RatDog, the band led by former Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir (pictured), fresh from a tour of England and soon heading off on dates across the country, will headline the Marin County Music Festival on Saturday in San Rafael.... [Complete Story] |
Review: Ratdog
The Guardian | August 25, 2003 |
| Most bands tend to become parodies of their former selves when a pivotal member dies, but the Grateful Dead were unique in being a genuinely collective ensemble.... [Complete Story] |
Bob Weir: The living Dead
Independent Digital | August 22, 2003 |
| The reappearance of long-lost American rock'n'roll heroes is becoming something of a regular phenomenon.... [Complete Story] |
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