Bobby Weir's post-dead project, RatDog, is coming to Cleveland this week and I'm starting to get ready for my dose of crazy.
I was never the biggest Bobby fan before Jerry Garcia checked out and previous incarnations of RD, in 96 and 97 led me to swear that I would never sully my ears again by listening to him.
As the Clintons know, though, promises are made to be broken.
I broke down a few years ago and started slowly easing back in and his band really has taken a nice shape and they have a very jazzy
sound that appeals to my current tastes.
Rock on, Bobby...even if you were the Dead's equivelant of Ringo.
Here they are performing "Sugar Magnolia"...sans "Sunshine Daydream" ;-(
Man, Bob & Jerry went together like, ummm, like two things that go together so perfectly. Like a spoon with ice cream, yeah, that's the ticket. There never woulda been a GD without Bobby. How great he and Jerry played off each other. The Dead without Hell in a Bucket or Music Never Stopped or Let It Grow or Jerry singing Masterpiece or Desolation Row... that's just the tip o' the iceberg!
ReplyDeleteI never could understand fans who didn't especially care for Bobby. Not that there was anything hideously despicable about such people, I mean, we're all still Deadheads!
Anyway, hope you enjoyed the show!
P.S. Ratdog isn't truly a post-GD project. It is but it's not in this way -- He started the band as a side-project/extension of Weir-Wasserman BEFORE Jerry died. P&F is truly a post-GD project but not really so for RD.
garciya later...