Press Coverage
| 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 |
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| 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] | |
