Press Coverage
| 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] | |
