Press Coverage
| Deadhead alum Weir takes band to campus The Daily Collegian (PA) | November 1, 2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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] | |
