Hippy Bertha Chez!

If there were awards for degrees of Weir Freaks, Chez would definately stand in a class all his own..
It takes one to know one...

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So Pinky alludes to this Les Claypool-Electric Apricot-Bobby thing but Mazzy went to see the EA show at Sweetwater and no Bobby...Gotta wonder where AidIn Vaziri gets his scoops?
Maybe the internet?
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So last night we had our own film festival in the den...Scott in a usual week has just Sunday & sometimes Wednesdaze off..So, 3 day weekends when Scott has 2 daze off in a row are the best!
Back when I first met Scotto, he and his cohorts rented beach houses down in Aptos and each year it was a 3 day party..and I do mean PARTY! That was before anyone was married and I was the only one with a kid ( I probably partied the hardest of all of them during my 3 day reprieve of responsibilities as that would be when the Boy Wonder spent the long weekends at his Dad's)...But where was I?
Oh Yeah, in celebration of staying up late and ruining/losing at least one day, we watched a bunch of movies...The first one was
'Merchant Of Venice" with Pacino-WOOF!! Deadwood primed us all season in listening closely, so our ear for Shakespeare was pretty good...Yum!
Then, we put on "Go Furthur" The Woody Harrelson movie and the first thing in there is BOBBY playing TOO at a bus stop. Yum!
Don't know what to make of the rest of the movie...Nice soundtrack! I couldnt figure out if the film was a documentary or scripted..it was interesting and there are familiar West Coastie people all through it...such as Kesey.. when "they" put together a movie on the life & times of Ken Kesey, I betcha it will Woody they hire to play him.

Next up was 'Coffee & Cigarettes" lots of dialog but we kept up though it was dragging on there for a bit..
Our final flick was 'The Big Lebowski" which got shut off about half way through...
Today or tonight we'll be taking kids to see Star Wars ..Final film right? I think I was still in high school when the first one came out? Or was that ET?
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WOOF!

Thank you Alan Hess for the photographs!




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TOO COOL!

Three Day Weekend!

All the ((((Robins))) and all the (((Daves)))
Heeeeee!
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Surprising musical uses songs by the Grateful Dead
Updated: Friday, May. 27, 2005 - 4:43 PM


SAN JOSE, Calif. - The frothy pop of ABBA and the glossy nostalgia of the Beach Boys might be perfect for the New York stage, but a musical with songs from the Grateful Dead?


Though it may sound as likely as Robert Preston playing Hacky Sack, that's just what's planned by San Jose-born playwright Michael Norman Mann. "Shakedown Street," his new play featuring songs of the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter, will receive its world premiere at the New York International Fringe Festival on Aug. 12.


The musical spoofs gritty pulp novels and black-and-white detective movies of the 1940s with a reinterpretation of Dead favorites such as "Truckin'" and "U.S. Blues." Hunter, the Grateful Dead lyricist who worked closely with Jerry Garcia, also has written two new songs, in addition to dusting off and inserting four previously unreleased tunes, some written by Greg Anton of the group Zero.


"Shakedown Street," set in San Francisco in the summer of 1941, traces the contorted path of Duke Bishop, a down-in-the-dirt gumshoe who encounters a femme fatale lounge singer, a crooked judge, an oily political wannabe and a dishonorable cop while attempting to crack an art-theft ring.


"The Grateful Dead is a band that interprets these songs in one fashion, and Robert Hunter and I are interpreting them in another - for the stage," Mann says. "I feel Hunter is a poet, before a lyricist. I worked with the lyrics as poetry, rather than thinking about these as Grateful Dead songs."


Adds Hunter, "It's my hope that the songs stand on their own right. The Grateful Dead's performances were only one way to interpret them, possibly the best, but only one way."


Mann developed his collaborative relationship with Hunter while writing "Cumberland Blues," a dark, "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"-style family drama set in a dying coal-mining town at the turn of the 20th century. The musical, which featured such Dead songs as "Touch of Gray" and "Friend of the Devil," had its world premiere at San Jose Stage Company in 1998 before moving to San Francisco later that year. Hunter also composed new material for that show.


"Shakedown Street" becomes the latest musical in a long line cobbling songs of pop artists into a stage show. The insanely popular "Mamma Mia," the ABBA jukebox-as-musical comedy, has lured fans of the group into theaters. Other productions include "Good Vibrations," the Beach Boys songfest; Billy Joel and Twyla Tharp's "Movin' Out"; and "Lennon," the musical tribute that premiered in San Francisco in April.


Since "Beatlemania" hit Broadway in 1977, playwrights and pop stars have teamed to showcase the music of everyone from shock rockers (Kiss) to cult bands (the Shaggs). But many of the shows were little more than revues. By contrast, "Shakedown" uses classic Grateful Dead songs to propel a plot. Though Mann is credited with the show's libretto, he and Hunter collaborated on several scenes designed to seamlessly introduce Hunter's new songs.


"Michael and Bob have done something so much more classical and original with the material that it would be hard to put `Shakedown Street' in the same category with jukebox musicals," says Alan Trist, manager of Ice Nine, the Grateful Dead's in-house publishing company, which licenses use of the band's material.


For Mann, the "Shakedown Street" project grows out of a lifelong love of the Grateful Dead, whose members came from such Palo Alto, Calif.-area groups as the Thunder Mountain Tubthumpers and Mother Macree's Uptown Jug Champions in the 1960s. Mann saw the Grateful Dead perform 50 times while studying theater arts at University of California-Santa Cruz and later living in San Jose. (He has since moved to Hollister, Calif.) "Shakedown Street" continues his creative relationship with Hunter, which still has him reeling.


"It's so satisfying to be able to create something for the person who has created so much for me over the years," Mann says. "Hunter and Garcia and the band gave me thousands and thousands of hours of music and good times. It's nice to be able to give a little bit of it back."

SHAKEDOWN STREET
Book by Michael Norman Mann
Music by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter
Where New York International Fringe Festival
When Aug. 12-28
Tickets $15; (888) 374-6436, www.FringeNYC.org
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Sweet pix Here
and there

And a link to Jerry's Birthday bash

Also a link to The 101 Report.com which has some info and a whole lotta links to jambase community...
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Friday June 3rd

At The Sweetwater!
The Waybacks!

On Friday, June 3rd, at 9:30 PM, the next edition of the monthly bluegrass series Bluegrass Gold will take place. The show is produced by Larry Carlin and Carltone Music, and co-sponsored by the Northern California Bluegrass Society. The headliner will be The Waybacks.
The Waybacks are back! Possessed of dazzling instrumental chops and an absolute mastery of acoustic musical styles, The Waybacks have taken North America by storm. Whether mesmerizing audiences at intimate venues or creating a sensation at major festivals, the band has brought its onstage alchemy to enthusiastic fans far and wide. From newgrass and western swing to jug band and jazz, from folk and fiddle music to improvisational excursions that defy categorization, Waybacks music is wild, energetic and unpredictable. With their stellar musicianship and innate sense of adventure, they stand in good company with the few bands at the forefront of New American acoustic music. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, The Waybacks are Stevie Coyle, James Nash, Chuck Hamilton and Joe Kyle Jr. Fiddler Evan Price of the Turtle Island String Quartet will be sittin' in for this show.

"Gimme Shelter" Stabbing Case Finally Closed
More than 36 years after a fatal stabbing at a Rolling Stones concert at the Altamont Speedway near Livermore, authorities have finally closed their investigation.

Investigators have dismissed a theory that a second member of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang was involved in the stabbing of an 18-year-old man at the concert in December 1969. The incident gained legendary status after it was included in the documentary "Gimme Shelter."

Alan Passaro, a Hells Angels member who was hired by the Rolling Stones to provide security at the concert, was arrested for fatally stabbing 18-year-old Meredith Hunter.

Jurors acquitted Passaro, saying they believed he acted in self-defense because Hunter was carrying a gun and had pointed it at the stage where the Rolling Stones were performing. Passaro died in 1985.

In the years since, however, investigators had been looking into rumors that a second person actually inflicted the fatal wounds.

At the time the incident occurred, many people were shocked by the violence. The concert, which was promoted as a West Coast Woodstock, was free and drew 300,000 people to see the Rolling Stones as well as Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead.

Early on, however, it became clear that the general sense of peace and fellowship that pervaded the Woodstock event was missing from Altamont. When the stabbing incident occurred, the Rolling Stones were performing but had been forced to abandon a number of songs because of scuffles in the crowd. In the documentary, Hunter can be seen emerging from the crowd just feet from the stage brandishing a gun. A number of Hells Angels, who had been hired for security, jumped from the stage and Passaro stabbed Hunter in the back.

Yesterday, a spokesman with the Alameda County Sheriff's Department said the office has performed an exhaustive investigation over the last two years. He said investigators used new technology to determine Passaro acted alone in the stabbing.


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Superfans Face Life After 'Star Wars'

By JAKE COYLE

This story ran on nwitimes.com on Friday, May 27, 2005 5:05 PM CDT
NEW YORK - Now that any die-hard "Star Wars" fan worth his lightsaber has seen "Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" at least once, what's a Jedi to do?
The end of the "Star Wars" movies leaves a gaping hole in the galaxy of geekdom. And it begs the larger question: Is the era of the superfan over?

No longer is there any variation of "Star Trek" on TV. Grateful dead essentially passed with Jerry Garcia, and even Phish is done now. The seminal pop-cult experience may be a thing of the past.
But not before this last "Star Wars" is wrung dry. Legions of stormtroopers, who now span at least two generations, have overrun theaters for the final installment, leading to the largest opening box office take ever: $50 million after one day, $158 million after four days.
It's possible "Revenge of the Sith" will eventually gross more than $400 million domestically _ maybe even overtaking "Phantom Menace" and the original "Star Wars" (without being adjusted for inflation) for second place behind "Titanic."
"I definitely think there will be repeat business. The transformation sequence of Anakin into Darth Vader just begs for repeat viewing. It's such a cinematic event," says Paul Dergarabedian, the president of Exhibitor Relations, the box office tracking firm.
But in a matter of months, fans won't be able to see Anakin's makeover on the big screen again.
Where will they go? What will they do?
"I guess the rest of will just get to know our families a little bit better," says James Coleman, 31, an enthusiast who had camped outside the Ziegfeld Theater in New York to see the first showing.
Though "Star Wars" will continue with two planned offshoot TV series, for the first time since 1977, there will be no movie to look forward to. Likewise, after 18 years of some variation of "Star Trek" TV shows, the May 13 finale of "Star Trek: Enterprise" was perhaps the last televised Klingon crusade.
Captain Kirk fans, many of whom expect a new show in the future, will now have to pass time working on their Trekkie portfolio.
"Obviously people will diversify," says Steve Krutzler, the editor of www.TrekWeb.com. "There's a lot of genre material out there now, much of it being produced by former `Star Trek' writers. It's not like people are going to all of a sudden stop being interested in 'Star Trek.'"
Of course, fanatics have often shown little need for anything as relevant as the passing of time. After all, there are still multiple "Wizard of Oz" conventions held annually. The "Star Wars" expanded universe" (novels, comic book, fan movies), will also keep the Jedi juices flowing for years to come.
These fans clearly express a different level of commitment.
"The people who do this suspend the normal rules of society," says Dr. Jerry M. Lewis, a sociology professor at Kent State University who has studied fan behavior. "Normally, you don't walk around dressed as Chewbacca or Darth Vader."
"Why do people do this? I have no idea, other than it gives them an identity," Lewis adds. "And I would guess, if we could generalize from die-hard soccer fans and die-hard Cubs fans, it gives them an identity that's greater than their personal identity."
If there's hope for a new legion of obsessives, it could come from Harry Potter. Just as "Star Wars" fans attend midnight premieres (apparently the designated hour of the superfan), Potter fans lines blocks for each new book at the witching hour.
One fan site, www.mugglenet.com, currently counts down the next installment, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," to the second.
But when "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" debuted decades ago, there was no expectation of collectibles, tie-ins, costumes or fan clubs. Like the Deadhead culture, each respective cult arose from the people, in a grassroots manner. Today, many sci-fi films open with a supporting system of merchandise that hopes to manufacture that larger cultural impact.
In music, although many jam bands and other types of musicians have extremely loyal fan bases, the industry capitalizes on such manic allegiance by charging for fan club memberships and aggressively pushing the merch, Grateful Dead style.
Could any new movie today really spawn the same dedication? Will hordes ever give up their jobs to follow a touring band from coast to coast _ parking lot by parking lot?
"Oh, yeah. It goes back into the middle ages," says sociologist Lewis of the age-old practice of fandom. "They had bear-baiting. They'd throw a live bear into a pit of dogs and they were fans of this. It's the same sociological mechanism."
"You and I can't think of anything to become a fan of, but the people who want to become fans may find something," he says. "It may even be, God forbid, Ms. Hilton."
On the Net:
"Star Wars" fan site: http://www.theforce.net
"Star Trek" fan site: http://www.trekweb.com/
"Wizard of Oz": http://www.ozclub.org/
A service of the Associated Press(AP)

The quick version...

05/21/05 ~ Ratdog - Marin Veterans Memorial Auditorium at Marin Center, CA.

A Benefit for Community Action Marin at the Marin Veterans Memorial Auditorium at Marin Center, with Shana Morrison and Caledonia.

Setlist: Jam > Fly Away > She Belongs to Me > Cassidy > Lazy River Road > Mississippi Half-Step > Big Railroad Blues > Lady with a Fan > Terrapin > Jam* > Dear Prudence > Cassidy > One More Saturday Night (*-w/out Bob)
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I know I'm a bad bad blogger- Not only did I forget to post my Phoenix review (It was a good show- loved the setlist and enjoyed hanging with so many ultimate Ratdog fans-some of the best energy!)..yeh, well I am also late on putting together my review of the San Rafael gig...and my review of MK & Buds doesnt seem very complete either...
Sorry I have to rush through this now- but let's see what I can post in the next few moments...Sorry if I already wrote some of this here...I'm too lazy to go back and look...
Bad-bad blogger!
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I raced to San Rafael and in my total delirium, parked by the Meet & Greet "Green Room"...I was still clueless when the Green room door was locked up...and still confused to have walked 3/4 around the building without seeing or hearing another person...Somehow I managed to forget that I had missed Shana Morrison! Bummer! She's got a big voice for such a small woman! Anyhow and LOL at my wondering if I had the wrong building...Okay found the entrance and dashed inside to me front row center seat!
Within a few moments the guys all came out...I don't remember an opening jam but that I was happy and surprised to have a Fly Away! opener! And omigod, She Belongs to Me was next!!
I was sooooo happy!
But a little sad that the band was set up rather far back from the rail...
Looking around, everyone else looked smiley and into it too..
Cassidy & Lazy River Road up next...Very nice...Scott's been craving Mississippi/2 step and so up we went to try to dance..I was again sitting by Big Railroad Blues (woof! I love the train songs!).My back was pretty sore (from falling off the chair) and the stage was too low to lean on, I felt bad about having to sit down but then again, sitting in rockable chairs at the front was a rare and extrodinary experience..I felt very dowager duchess like..
I must say Terrapin mightve been my personal highlight for this gig (Though,Dear Pru was very pretty)..Partly because Sash has been talking about it and playing it A LOT and so this song seems to be the ONE that is turning her back on to the music Scott & I love..
And partly because it was so wonderfully performed (of course!)
Somewhere in there, Bobstar left the stage and the guys moved on to jam..at the beginning of the jam, Jay spoke into his mic something about Star Wars..which caused a ripple of cheers..Jam kept moving increasingly out there...and Bobby returned to the stage saying what I know some of us were thinking "Oh Please, stop it- youre scaring me!" He said it in a little teeny voice and those of us who caught it, got a nice laugh from it...
(((Bobby))) moved it along into that very pretty Dear Prudence...yum..back to Cassidy
and onto OMSN (Which had been playing on my car stereo as I pulled into San Rafael)
It was a fun OMSN....
Those guys did a great job and Bobby sounded perfect to me...
And I wished I couldve been up and dancing more...

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Happy Bob Day!

No kidding, It's Bob Day!
I think I'm gonna have to send out some cards!
Check it out!

Exactly what is a whirling Dervish?

Nevermind, I don't have time to figure that one out...
The penance for such a groovy weekend has been getting slammed with all sorts of end of the year things that must get done!
But even though I'm drowning in paperwork and such, I've still got this silly grin on my face...
I absolutely DO want to post more about the San Rafael & Sweetwater gigs...but today is passport day and I'm still tearing through my desk looking for all the very important papers I need to take with me to get the passports issued for mein kinder...
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Have they already announced all 6 dates?
Will any of them be close to home...West of the Mississippi?
This is what I found from somewhere:

"Hornsby will finish out this month with shows in Boston (Saturday, May 27), Philadelphia (Sunday) and Princeton, N.J. (May 31). A solo show is scheduled for June 21 in Washington, D.C., with a full band tour opening July 15 in Henderson, Ky. That run will close in late August with a half-dozen co-headlining dates with Bob Weir & Ratdog."
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The Grateful Dead Movie on Public Television
June 2005

WPBA Atlanta, GA Thurs., June 2 8:00 PM  
KTCA Minneapolis, MN
Sat., June 4
7:00 PM  
KAET Arizona PBS Sat., June 4 9:00 PM  
KQED San Francisco Sat., June 4 10:30 PM  
KTCA Minneapolis, MN Sun., June 5 1:00 AM  
KTCA Minneapolis, MN Sun., June 5 7:00 PM  
VPT Vermont Public Television Tue., June 7 9:00 PM w/ David Lemieux 
WHYY Philadelphia Tue., June 7 9:30 PM  
WMHT Albany / Schenectady Thurs., June 9 7:30 PM  
KVIE Sacramento Thurs., June 9 8:00 PM  
KQED San Francisco Thurs., June 9 9:00 PM  
KCTS Seattle, WA Mon., June 13 8:00 PM w/ David Lemieux 
KCTS Seattle, WA Fri., June 17 10:00 PM w/ David Lemieux 
HoustonPBS Houston Sat., June 18 8:00 PM  
HoustonPBS Houston Sun., June 19 1:30 AM  
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Gotta have more Bobby and Doggy!!

Whoooooooooooooooosh!

What a night!

Had the privledge of catching Bobby & Wass at a private benefit before zooming over to the civic center to see Ratdog...
I'm still catching my breath!
The Bobby & Rob set was beautiful, the setting on what felt like a mountain top overlooking not just other mountain & hills, but also the bay and all the way to SF -the North Beach skyline was a stunning accompaniment...
As the nearly full moon rose on the still blue sky W/W opened with
Victim...
I almost had to pinch myself to be sure that I wasnt dreaming...
especially when the next song was THAT SONG I have been craving...Walking Blues...
It just got better and better..Masterpiece , Blackbird, El Paso brought cheers of approval from everyone followed by KC Moan & finally Friend of the Devil was played before I left to find my way to San Rafael...
Though my sister & her family & in laws live in Corte Madera & Mill Valley, I can only remember being driven around those parts- never drove myself but it wasnt as hard to figure out as I had feared...
I easily found the CC center - had missed out on Shana and the meet & greet but did get to my fantastic seat in time to hug some more usual & unusual suspects...
We are still pondering our great fortune in scoring front row Dead Bobby Center seats! I had been wondering how the front row/rail thing worked in that auditorium..Would folks be able to "rush the rail" or would security be tight? Ends up our seats were RIGHT on the rail - there was only a gap big enough to walk through, tween the stage & comfy upholstered bouncy seats. Sitting for most of the show (hurt my back falling off a chair on Friday) I was still able to lean on the stage - it was almost strange to not have someone pouncing on my side...or breathing down the back of my neck...lots of space...like Milton Keynes a bit...just a bit...
That's all I can write for the moment...
I had a glorious weekend...
((MK & Buds)) (((Wass))) (((Ratdog))) (((Bobby Weir)))
((((You, You, You)))

MK & Buds

The big problem with sucking down Diet Coke all night is that all that caffeine takes its toll when you finally do crawl into bed..body wiped out but mind still sputtering and spinning...and so we move on to day 2 of the big weekend bright and early...
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Left with Kemmie before 5pm...Light traffic all the way through the city and Marin...Sweetwater was full of regulars..We did the ritual of trying to figure out which would be the best seating arrangement and after taking over a table, the side bar stools we ended up sitting by Bob the taper for the show..
In the hours before a show, Sweetwater is just like a private party, if you're making use of yourself or buying drinks (diet coke) there is no line- just come on in..no line duty most of the time.
So, the hours before the show were spent schmooozin with all the usual and unusual suspects!
It was one of the best parties I've been to in months!! The backdrop of MK,Robin, Jimmy, JT buzzing through the room between set up chores stirred everyone up even more.
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The performances were flat out stellar- absolutely hated for it to end!
Setlist ala Reisha:

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reisha m - 01:04pm May 21, 2005 PDT (#4157 of 4157)
we cant all & some of us dont. thats all there is to it. - eeyore

ok, sweetwater's setlist from last nite :

set 1:
playin w/ my friends
deal
rock yer papa
animal walk
dont let go
lazin/sunny afternoon
mister fantasy
ez wind
schoolgirl
hey pocky way
broke my babys heart

set2:
whats so funny ( bout peace etc)
down home girl
window shopping
noize
stranger to himself
takes a lot 2 laff ( takes a train 2 cry)
come up & see me
sugaree
on yr way down

this, from jts notes - i think maybe a coupla em got mixed round, or maybe i was out pokin smot, & there mita been a coupla tease-riffs of udder stuff in there, butt the thots i had on the way home ( actually, long b4 then) were - im really havin t' restrain mice elf from leanin over & lickin his fingers... i was that close, hehe! but fer shrue, it were a finger lickin good show!!!!

Ya know, it's gonna be one Helluva evening!

At last, Friday!
Weds & Thurs I had Parent-Teacher conferences with all the parents of my Sunflower & Rainbow Bear classes...I will sure miss these kids and families..Many of my Sunflower families have requested to the directors that their kids be placed in next Fall's Rainbow Bears class (another year with me!) I'm flattered and hope I get ALL of them again. So well yeah, the preparation and anxiety of conferences made this week just fly by!
Tonight, the plan is- fly over to Mill Valley with Kemmie to secure a primo table for tonight...Scott will amble over closer to showtime.
I'm a little fuzzy on the details for tomorrow but one way or another will end up in the Green Room @ Marin Civic Center around 6pm..
Gotta wash the YUKO out of my hair (it's so shiny, sleek and BLONDE (HA I'm a "blonde brunette" like JLo these daze)..and figure out what will be comfy to convort in..and head to an atm and weir outta here!
Have a groovily weekend - I'll check back in when I can!

woofin Wednesday!

Wow!
Already Wednesday is just about over!
A busy day for me...
Again more Yuko hair straightening for me- A 4 hour process but my hair is once again faboo..Also had a nice trim...the chems made the blonde streaks even lighter...this might be a sign that the world is about to end- I am at long last pleased with my hair!

Came home to bag guitars and bake cookies...Helped Scotto book his mini vacation reservations...Next week, I'll be working on the fammy vacation...we agreed on what we want to spend, where we want to go and found out when we can go..
In the meanwhile, lots of speculating over this Electric Apricot thing...some sez Bobby... nothing official..we shall see..

from the mij

o benefit nonprofit


By Beth Ashley


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.

Bob Weir and Shana Morrison will perform in concert Saturday at the Marin Center to raise money for Community Action Marin.

Weir was led to Community Action Marin by his friend, actor Peter Coyote, who did the voice-over for a video on the agency, which serves Marin's poor.

"I checked it out and it sort of rung my bell," Weir says. As father of children ages 3 and 7, "I was particularly inspired by CAM's child development program."

"People like Bobby get a lot of requests to do benefits," says Morrison, "and usually they have no idea where the money's going to go, so they'll send a contribution instead of saying 'yes.' It's a lot easier."

Weir, a singer and guitarist, agrees that if he said "yes" to all the requests, "I'd never eat, never sleep, never get anything done."

Still, over the years, "I've done a bunch of them," a kind of pay-back for his personal good fortune, he says

"Life has been pretty damn good to me. I'd feel awful if I didn't respect that. I play music because I need to and I want to, and I do benefits because I care."

Morrison, the 35-year-old daughter of rock great Van Morrison and a celebrity draw on her own, will join Weir onstage.

"We hope to make a big chunk of money," says Gail Theller, executive director of CAM - as much as $65,000 after expenses.

Lord knows CAM can use every cent.

"Our money from the state and the feds is being cut way back," she says, and the agency - which runs programs serving needy kids, the mentally ill, people with alcohol problems, those coping with AIDS - is feeling the pinch.

"We have a waiting list for our AIDS food pantry," Theller says. "We have had to close a classroom or two in our child-care programs, which serve 600 kids. And we have a $100,000 debt at the Helen Vine Detox Center."

Not that Theller is gloomy: the money seems to come from somewhere, somehow.

"Gail's not into closing programs," says CAM developent director Ron Hamel. "When there's a shortfall, she sends us into the trenches."

It was Hamel who called Weir, and Weir's agent Cameron Sears, who in turn suggested Morrison,who had opened for him once before.

They're both looking forward to the gig.

Morrison will sing several songs from her 2002 CD, "Seven Wishes," and a couple she has written for her next one, including "Jupiter Jones."

"Women seem to love 'Jupiter Jones,'" Morrison says. "It's about a woman madly in love trying to convince this guy he should be with her."

She'll be accompanied by her own band, Caledonia, which will include Chris Collins on guitar and Austin Dalpne on keyboard, both from Marin.

Weir, who returned last week from a 20-city eastern tour with his band RatDog, says he has no idea what he will play. "We have a terribly large repertoire. On tour we gave a three-hour show every night and it was a couple of weeks before we repeated ourselves."

Weir spoke by phone from his home in Mill Valley, where he has lived for the past 30 years.

He is, of course, vintage Marin, part of the home-grown and perennially popular Grateful Dead, which broke up in 1995 after the death of Jerry Garcia. He is probably the band's most visible survivor, touring regularly and making CDs.

He has always been generous with his talents, and serves on the boards of two charitable foundations - the Rex Foundation and the Further Foundation, which he started to support work on child development and the environment.

Why the interest in child development? "It's the future," he says.

Morrison is also a regular donor to community events. She and Caledonia reguarly raise money for Meals on Wheels in L.A. and a camp for sick kids run by the Taylor Family Foundation in the East Bay.

When she's not performing, she teaches Pilates at two health studios, one in San Francisco, the other (Straight and Narrow) in Mill Valley. She learned about Pilates when she sought treatment for her knees, weakened from ballet and gymnastics when she was a youngster. She practices Pilates now "to keep balance in my life" - away from the rigors of performing.

Between albums now, she performs mostly on weekends.

Morrison began performing 11 years ago, when her famous dad invited her to join his Rhythm and Soul Revue. Her dad, a former Fairfax resident, lives in England now, but visits Mill Valley from time to time, and "sometimes we sing together."

Weir and the other surviving members of the Grateful Dead - Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann - have performed periodically as The Dead.

At Community Action Marin, Theller is thrilled about the concert, which she expects will be a godsend to her agency.

"It's the first time any of the big-name musicians in the county have volunteered to help us out. It feels like we've come of age," she says.

"I grew up listening to the Grateful Dead and Shana's dad, so it's nice to see the circle close."

Tickets for the Saturday concert are selling quickly. Obtainable through the Marin Center Box Office, 472-3500, they cost from $35 to $150. The $150 ticket includes a pre-concert reception with Morrison and musicians from Ratdog and Caledonia, although Weir may not make it on time.

He'll be in Mill Valley before and after the concert, doing a benefit for another charity of his choice: the Waldorf-inspired Greenwood School, which his children attend.

Talk about payback.

The Grateful Dead to Open the Vault Online; Account Awarded to BIG Interactive
                     



40 Years Worth of Memorabilia Soon to be Made Available on the New Dead.net

LOS ANGELES, May 17 /PRNewswire/ -- BIG INTERACTIVE, a Los Angeles based
Digital Marketing agency, today announced that it has been selected by
Grateful Dead Productions, curators and gatekeepers of all things "Dead," to
redesign their official online website. The win comes after an extensive
multi-agency review.
It was critical for us to work with an agency that understands the legacy
of The Grateful Dead, where we see our website going, the music, and most
importantly the fans themselves," said Cameron Sears, CEO of the Grateful Dead
Productions.
The band's current site has been, since its grass-roots launch in 1995,
one of the most-trafficked band sites on the Web. BIG is planning an
innovative, user-friendly re-imagination of the site that will showcase
exclusive, never-before-seen content from The Grateful Dead's rich vault of
audio and video recordings, promotional material, and private items such as
hand-written lyrics. The revamped dead.net will launch late summer of 2005.
"We are thrilled to be awarded this win. This is a once in a lifetime
opportunity to work with such a legendary band. We're huge fans ourselves,"
commented Matt Minkin, CEO of BIG Interactive.

ABOUT BIG INTERACTIVE
BIG Interactive, http://www.BIGInteractive.com, is an award winning digital
marketing agency providing Marketing, Creative and Technology solutions to its
clients on Web, Wireless and Broadband platforms. Based in Los Angeles, the
agency has launched interactive campaigns for world-class brands that include
FOX Cable, Suzuki, Universal Pictures, Motor Trend, Anschutz Entertainment
Group, FX Networks, KB Home, E! Television and Kellogg's.


SOURCE BIG Interactive
Web Site: http://www.biginteractive.com

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Still more stuff to buy!
Love those dvds!
"Night At The Family Dog"

shopEMI price: $16.89 CDN
Availability:
NOT IN STOCK: This product is not in stock. We hope to be able to make this product available within one to five weeks.
UPC: 80121 30122 9 9
Expected Release Date: June 28, 2005
Label: Eagle Vision, Genre: Pop, Subgenre: Rock, Format: DVD Video,


TRACK LISTING

1. Santana - Incident At Neshabur
2. Santana - Soul Sacrifice
3. The Grateful Dead - Hard To Handle
4. The Grateful Dead - China Cat Sunflower
5. The Grateful Dead - I Know You Rider
6. Jefferson Airplane - The Ballad of You And Me And Pooneil
7. Jefferson Airplaine - Eskimo Blue Day
8. A Super Jam - Featuring members of all 3 bands!

Filmed on location at the Family Dog Ballroom in San Francisco in September, 1970, the show captures the diversity of the San Francisco sound with three of the most well known bands to emerge from the scene: Santana, who would release their second album at the end of 1970; The Grateful Dead, who were making a name for themselves with their jam-filled performances and includes original band member Ron “Pigpen” McKernan; and Jefferson Airplane, who were at the time the biggest of the bands from the area.

Noted jazz columnist Ralph J. Gleason took note of the exploding rock music scene and produced several television specials and documentaries spotlighting the music emerging from San Francisco. A Night At The Family Dog is one part of a two-part series (the other is Go Ride The Music) that aired on The National Educational Television Network in 1970.

The audio for this program has been extrapolated up to Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound mixes from their original mono source! This hour long show has never sounded or looked so good!

Monday Monday

WOOHOOO! A new GD DVD! Check it out!!!
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Re: Saturdaze Pre Show Reception @ The Marin Civic Center~
I called MAC and spoke with Russ (what a sweetie!)
Reception opens around 6pm...
in
The Green Room
No host bar but catered food things..
Russ was fairly sure about the other band members stopping in..and told me that if Bobby does come by, it will be very brief...

Tickets will be checked..
See ya there!
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WOOF!

So..

Late yesterday afternoon, Scott calls in a frantic hurry to tell me

"Don't have my cell-ya gotta tell Tim & Linda to go to Mystic tonight!! The guy from..with the voice..Northern Exposure..is playing..was just HERE!!! with some guys...Tell Linda two passes for the show will be waiting for them TONIGHT at willcall..gottagoseeyouathomebye"

Hunh?
The guy on Northern Exposure with the voice?
Hmmmmmmmmmm, Oh Yummy! Chris was the charactor's name! What a hottie!!
I LOVED that charactor!
LOVED HIM!
I rack my brain to remember his name - I have to google the TV show to find out what it is
Doh!
I can't find Linda's number and my cell phone is dead..Tim & Linda live out by the Mystic and I'm glad Scott thought of them..
So I email her to tell her to go see that guy from "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" since Linda's a big movie nut...
I'm not sure she would know him as "Chris"
Linda emails me back that She can't believe I didnt mention him from "Sex in the City"!!!
I guess He's her "Aiden"...(I'm more of a "Mr Big" fan
She'll talk to Tim..

Finally Scott is home to reveal all he knows-which isnt a lot except that one of the guys that he came in with was a friend of one of Scott's cousins..they were poking around the Mission and came in to say hello..that John looked like any head walkin through the Mission- long haired with a beard thing...rather real..Scott recognized the voice (all those voiceover commercials) before he knew who he was chatting with...
Bet he sings real nice..
Hopefully Linda will give me a big fat review..




Mona's Ratdog photos!

We bad

For a single moment Scott did consider going out to SF..but 10 ish (more like 10:30ish) is just too late for my guitar selling hero..Next time, we'll figure it out earlier and just spend the night in SF. Scott's family keeps a furnished apt vacant for such occasions..we never use it except to hang out in before a show...At any rate, I see numerous Kenny Brooks dates coming fast & furious in the next couple months- hoping though that a few more ABC Soup things get tossed out too-I really like that band...even though I fell into a lethargic lump and didnt get myself up there last night...ay!
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Since when is Steve Miller the AntiChrist?
I can forgive him anything for giving me that big ole Jetliner song...The song along with Hotel California was part of the soundtrack of my epic camping through Europe 1977 experience (irenie gets lost in thoughts of prekaroake campfire performances starring jagermeister, cheap red wine & there always being that Aussie around with a supply of hashish infused cigarettes).
Spreakin of the pompatus of love
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Okay dokay- Ive got chocolate guitars waiting to be created-
Have a groovy weekend!!!

It's a nice evening out here...a little chilly but I have no problem with that..
Not sure if I'm gonna make it out to Clement...Waiting to hear from a friend..Scott can't go out so late cuz he's gotta work tomorrow (Hey- he sold 5 guitars today).
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How much would you pay for Jerry & Bobby's old autographs?
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Sigh...More East Coasty Ratdog - this time opening for "Some-people-call-me-Maurice" in Boston
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Almost Friday!

Busy Busy!
Lots going on with end of the school year activities!

May is the best-at least my favorite month for teaching preschool...We've got Mother's Day and caterpillars>chrsalis>butterflies! Also, there is the Jewish holiday of Shavuot which we celebrate by eating Dairy products(I kid you not!) We be making ice cream..

On top of that -there's all the imminent fun and excitement of the upcoming and the anticipated upcoming Bobby/Ratdoggies events! Whew!

Scotto & I are starting to plot out our trip to Netherlands & UK. We are considering a third destination...Ireland? Germany?
Maybe a few daze on the way home- somewhere just like NYC ?
Or maybe...maybe...just maybe
Atlantic RATDOG city!

And then Scott has this new notion of remodeling most of the kitchen and dining room...
There's just too much going on!
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The answer is ...
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{{{Goldie Rush}}}

Where can I find a cheap flight to Kentucky?

>On their way to the Bonnaroo Festival where they
>will play on Sunday, June 12, Bob Weir and RatDog
>will play the following shows:
>
>Wednesday, June 8 at the Madison Theatre,
>Covington, KY. Doors open at 7:00 PM. Show time is 8:00 PM.
>All ages welcome.
>General admission: Mail order tickets are available at
>$30.50 per ticket.
>
>Thursday, June 9 at Promowest Pavilion, Columbus OH.
>Doors open at 8:00 PM. Show time is 9:00 PM.
>All ages welcome.
>General admission: Mail order tickets are available at
>$30.50 per ticket.
>
>First day to mail in for these 2 shows will be Wednesday,
>May 11.
>
>Tickets are available for all other RatDog shows in
>San Rafael, CA, St. Louis, MO, and New York, NY.
>Please check our web site for details.
>===============
>

everbody's working for the weekend....

Alphabet Soup Friday night!
Last Day Saloon 10pm
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Free Peoples
David Gans
Thursday, May 12, 9:00 pm
$10

Ashkenaz
1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley CA
510-525-5054

www.ashkenaz.com
www.dgans.com
.............Reminder!!!!!.......................

This Saturday, May 14, 2005:
A Benefit for Conservation Value with
The Everyone Orchestra/Ten Mile Tide
Featuring members of ALO, The Disco Biscuits, Samantha & The Ritual, Jambay, Henry Kaiser, Cecil "P-Nut" Daniels, Special Guests, VERY Special Surprise Guests Possible...
Guest Speaker: Kevin Danahar - Co-Founder, Green Festivals, Global Exchange
The Independent, San Francisco
Tickets: $15 GA
Benefit-Priced VIP Tickets: $50-100*
*Information on VIP Ticket Luxuries here: http://www.jambase.com/search.asp?eventID=307395
THIS SHOW WILL SELL OUT-- GET YOUR TICKETS NOW: http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?region=sfbay&query=detail&event=597082
Thanks Bud!

Monday..

Hope it was an enjoyable Mother's Day Weekend for yas..
It was nice to see my folks again.
They totally enjoyed Asia...Especially Shang Hai & Tokyo..
Next month, my dad is taking on Africa with his friends..YIKES!
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Oh hey Kingfish
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..I was playing with some search features and found myself back at this fellow's Grateful Dead blog. Glad to see he's keeping up in there!
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Missing Bobby songs?
Look HERE
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Happy Mother's Day!

BohemeMom and Me, 1964 Golden Gate Park

my hot&hip mama about 1971...

Momsy in 2004..
We don't always understand each other but the love is there and the bond is primal...
She is only 18 years older than I am..so parts of our growing up experiences overlap.
She is an amazing athlete and a great friend to many.
She is an uber Libra..Loves beautiful things and beautiful places.
She can be relentlessly demanding when motivated.
There's almost no physical resemblence between us.
But, I'd like to think I've at least gotten my sense of humor from her..
I love ya, Mom!

Happy Hippy Heppy Mother's Day!
So far- So good!
Despite a massive all nighter rain storm, They took off for baseball..But not til the breakfast in bed was served to me not in bed but, where else - At the computer! I'm finishing this blog, then swirling downstairs to set up the sewing machine-the urge is big to get those tops finished

Do you want to play a game?
One of a few new links I ran across lately...
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So nu?
Again - a housefull of kids, so I'm stuck here..just for today-tomorrow Scott's taking ours out to Pac Bell (or is it SBC? I can't keep up) for the game...
Anyhow, can't complain, the kids are mellow and I've got my sewing machine set up, Some lovely fabric for shirts are cut (theyve been waiting to be made for months)some new shows downloaded and in a few moments, I'll put it all together and churn out a half dozen tops at once. See, I only use one pattern but am pretty good at altering the one pattern -varying the neckline, sleeve styles, adding extra stuff. the main thing is that the gament has some 'swing' to it.... I collect fabrics...and wait til the urge strikes then cut all the pattern pieces at once..Then wait til the next urge strikes and sew everything at once...Once I ran out of time and had 4 shirts each needing just the sleeves and hems put in..what can I say, that's my method...
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Just another Crazy weather Spring Saturday-one moment rain the next sunshine..back & forth like that....
Enjoying the lull before the next wave of email alerts, music, bands, trips up to SF and or rushes across the GG bridge...maybe even more houseguests (hope so!)??
It seems friends have concerns about the increasing popularity of Ratdog.
Once that VH1 thing hits...ay yi yi!
I guess we'll have to get used to the idea of bigger venues (though, I'd rather seen multiple nights in one venue-in case anyone out there is paying attention-and if you are out there, how about getting on with this summer's tour or not schedule?)
But Hey!
I'm proud of those guys and especially for my Bobstar.
Welcome home Doggies!!
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My new shows have been burned and so off to the machines I shall go!

Nice David Gans interview/article!
Go David Go!

  
Posted on Fri, May. 06, 2005

Police ask band's fans for help finding missing student

MARK SCOLFORO
Associated Press


HARRISBURG, Pa. - Police searching for a missing college student who disappeared last month in New York have sought help finding him from fans of the band Ratdog.

A Maryland State Police corporal posted a message Thursday night on www.ratdog.org asking for leads in the search for Patrick M. Welsh, a 22-year-old York College student who was last seen at the Harrisburg train station April 15.


"We received an unconfirmed tip that he was at a recent concert and may be following (the) band," wrote Cpl. Jeffrey Tanzola with the state police's criminal investigative section in Westminster, Md.

Welsh's cellular phone was used April 18 in New York by John Dennis Koppinger, a homeless man who called his father to say he was OK and had found the phone.

Koppinger, who was arrested Tuesday in New York and held on unrelated warrants, was questioned and is not considered a suspect in Welsh's disappearance, said Maryland State Police Sgt. Thornnie Rouse. Koppinger found the phone in an area of the Bronx where homeless people live under a bridge, Rouse said.

"We're back to square one as far as locating Patrick Welsh," Rouse said Friday.

Welsh's friends and family say he is a fan of jam bands such as Ratdog and spent time last summer touring with the All Mighty Senators.

The posting on the message board for Ratdog, the band headed by former Grateful Dead rhythm guitarist Bob Weir, generated dozens of responses. Ratdog performed at the Beacon Theater in New York April 15-16.

"I think I talked to him as I was walking to the April 16th show," wrote someone who posted under the name Willow Sky. "I was walking alone and a guy looking a lot like him saw my Ratdog T-shirt and started talking about the tour and what songs he thought they'd play that night."

Happy Happy Happy!

JP!
& to Aerin!
& to My little niece Lucy!!!
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Hippy Ratdog Anniversary to Kenny Brooks (new blog entry- expect everyone's checked that out!)
So, it's 5 on 05/05/05?!
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All this celebrating and it's still Cinco De Mayo!
Gonna have to blast some of that Tequila(>Silvio)
WOOF!

Well, while some of us are still hoping for a UK Tour involving Jemimah Puddleduck if not RatDog, MK's Puddleduck Buddy is going to be UKing it...Here's his post off Deadnet-

"Bob Gross - 12:08pm May 3, 2005 PDT (#4105 of 4105)

I really hate to miss the Sweetwater gig, but to anyone in the U.K. interested, I'll be at the Emmbrook Sports and Social club on Lowther road in Wokingham on May 20th, The Meadow House in Berwick Upon Tweed on the 21st, The Rotteredam Bar in Belfast North Ireland on the 24th,the Blues on the Bay festival in Warrenpoint N.I. from the 26th through the 30th at various venues, and the Castlebar Blues fest in Castlebar,Ireland from June 3rd through June 6th also at various venues. I'd love to meet some U.K. "Duckheads" if anyone can make it. I'll be playing with Shawn Jones, a very talented singer, guitarest,songwriter.
  I know on the 20th of May my heart will be in Mill Valley California though."
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While no evidence of where the Ratdog will be ALL Summer, Bruce Hornsby has been heard (at his shows) mentioning that he'll be co headlining with the guys for some shows this Summer...Wish I were a bigger BH fan but whatchagonnado? We'll wait a few weeks more to hear what's up but then we really are taking our kids abroad and so must start buying tix and other plans. Perhaps we will take Sash to see her Coldplay in Amsterdam. Looking over at Brucie's website, looks like there will be (if Doggy IS along) some nice venues not too far from home to take off to..I am not working nor carpooling this Summer sooooooo...!
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Found some pix over at The Dizzy Planet
This made me chuckle :o)

The Grateful Dead are up for some Demmy awards- nope, never heard of the Demmies (Makes me a DemmyDummy) but you can look into it
HERE.
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Oy...
Thank you to the fellow in Ohio for the shows- Please e-mail or pm me!! I am blanking out on which website we mustve connected on & I don't recognize the name/addy on the envelopes.. (doh)
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Girlies left this morning for Yosemite...They were here just long enough to fall in love with the town..No doubt they will enjoy Yosemite, the desert and Las Vegas too. If Ratdog or MK's bands or ABC had been in town (Hey, Gigs are up on Kenny's calender), I bet they never wouldve left. So fun to see them both again... We'll see them in London in just a few months.
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GUILTY PLEASURES four-city tour-ette!

Guilty Pleasures is David Gans, guitar and vocals; Klyph Black of Zen
Tricksters, bass and vocals; Rob Barraco of Phil Lesh and Friends and
The Dead, keyboards and vocals; Barry Sless of the David Nelson Band
and Phil Lesh and Friends, guitar and pedal steel; Adam Perry, drums;
and surprise guests.

Thursday, May 5, 8:30 pm: The Invitational at Sweetwater, 153 Throckmorton
Ave., Mill Valley CA. $5. 415-388-2820

Friday, May 6, 9:00 pm: Six Rivers Brewery, 1300 Central Ave., McKinleyville
CA. $15 (21+). 707-839-7580

Saturday, May 7, 8:00 pm: Lalo's in Mt Shasta City CA. 530-641-4099. Positive
Productions

Sunday, May 8, 5:00-8:00 pm: Ace in the Hole Cider Pub, Sebastopol CA (David
Nelson replaces Barry Sless)
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Highly recommend listening to the latest Closet Deadhead podcast- got some rarely heard GD songs..I'm listening to not Bobby but Jerry singing "She Belongs To Me"...Wow..

05/01/05 ~ Magic City Music Hall - Johnson City, NY

Doors: 6:00pm Show 8:00pm (17 thru 21 year olds welcome accompanied by guardian)

I: Jam > Lady with a Fan > Terrapin > Jam > Jack Straw* > Jam > Dark Star > Lazy River Road > Odessa, West L.A. Fadeaway > Scarlet Begonias
II: Me and My Uncle@4 > Corrina@, When I Paint My Masterpiece@ > Mississippi Half-Step > Samson and Delilah > Jam+ > Dear Prudence At a Siding > Terrapin Flyer > Dark Star > Foolish Heart
E: Brokedown Palace (*-w/ Jay rap; +-starting w/ just Jay and KB (percussion) then all but Bob and MK)
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AND in regard to the Farm School Private party, Here's a post from Debess of Deadnet:

Debess - 07:38am May 2, 2005 PDT (#18122 of 18207)
black dirt live again!

tomorrow night's benefit for The Farm School

I have a very slight connection to this school. A friend of mine works there, and my son and his class spent a week there, twice.

when I was helping to arrange the field trip, my friend sent me brochures, and imagine my surprise to see the Board of Directors included John Perry Barlow and Bob Weir! She's not a Deadhead, and had no idea who they are, couldn't understand my excitement 8-)

The guy who runs it, Ben, is a childhood friend of Bobby's. Bobby has been helping them raise funds with these musical events for a few years now.

I'm not sure, but I think that tomorrow night is for "big" donators (i.e. no tickets for us riff-raff). I've donated in the past, but guess not big enough to get an invite!!

This has been an annual event for a number of years - if you can't get into this year's, maybe contact Ben and find out what you'd have to do to get an invite in the future??

It IS a good cause - the farm school is for children, and they have dorms there where classes of children come for a week and learn about farming, hands on. All good organic methods (of course!) They have summer camps, I think for underprivileged kids. They sell their organic foods to local people and in Boston.
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I was just starting to get familiar with the new Chat Room at Ratdog.org yesterday, when the call came from the girlies...They had made it to Golden Gate Park, Muir Beach, Mt Tam, The Haight and were phoning from Chinatown.
One can NOT come to SF without spending an evening in North Beach..it should be a law...Scott, kids and I told the girls to meet us in an hour in front of
The Stinking Rose....
Our first choice would've been our beloved Tommaso's, but of course, It would be closed on Sunday....
The hour gave the girls just enough time to walk over (Chinatown butts right into North Beach) and dig into
City Lights Bookstore.
Dinner was more than filling...though I had hoped we would cross the street to Steps of Rome Caffe get espresso and watch the waiters flirt outrageously with all the women (it's what they're notorius for ) We were simply too full to sit. We waddled up a few streets before stopping at the old Italian bakery (Mara's) to purchase a box of Italian pastries & cannoli to go. As ever before the little place had bunches of people lining up.
Several years ago, we were out with another couple and bought up a huge array of stuff, as we were dividing and trying out all the yummies, Wavy Gravy (who happened to be striding down the street) came on over to our outdoor table(somewhere I have a photo of this) and ATE my ..my..well I don't know what it's called but it looked like a little chocolate mountain...

mmmmm-Mara's Italian pastries!
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More info on North Beach can be found HERE Now come visit!
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MAY DAY! Just a few weeks til we get our Doggy!

A little something about tonight's venue.

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04/30/05 ~ Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA

Electric Factory website

I:Here Comes Sunshine > The Music Never Stopped > She Belongs to Me > Easy Answers > Senor, Fly Away > Bury Me Standing > Silvio > Tequila > Silvio > Tequila > Silvio
II: The Winners@4 > Black-Throated Wind@ > Tomorrow Never Knows > Uncle John's Band > Supplication Jam > The Other One > Jam* > The Other One Jam > Standing on the Moon, St. Stephen > The Eleven > Not Fade Away
E: A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall4>5>6 > One More Saturday Night
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I'm just getting online but the few reviews I've read are nice and positive!!
Here's one from Dot orger, muzikmark:
The Show !! I'm sure by now most of you have seen the set list so I'll focus on the band and atmosphere. I ended up dead center in front of Bobby behind one guy. That's the first time I'd been that close and I really had a blast. The energy the band was putting out from the opener straight through the show was INTENSE, for lack of better terms. These guys are absoluely phenomenal. The hype built up around this show, in my opinion, was matched and surpassed !! Bobby was balls to the wall jammin', spacey, and soulful ALL night long. Mark Karan has reached a plateau in my musical spirit I thought no-one could reach after Jerry. He was smiling and laughing and so great musically it just blew me away. Robin, Kenny, Jeff and Jay as well were all looking at each other and smiling the entire night. They have that magic that's been missing from other incarnations !!! The only negatives were a couple drunk idiots who obnoxiously were pushing people out of the way and bitching at people as they were trying to muscle their way to the stage. About every 20 or 30 minutes a drunk would cause a rucus in an otherwise happy peaceful crowd. The happy people won out by sticking together and moving the drunks along their way without incident. (SEE !!!? It can be done !!)
To those of you I met, I hope to see you again this summer. To those I haven't met yet....I hope to meet you soon !! I had a blast and would definately go back to this venue again !! (I'll be wearing my home made Ratdog.org shirt all summer.)
What a GREAT show !!! Peace Folks ------------Mark
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The girls are here! They arrived early enough in the day (yesterday) that we were able to go into the Mission and visit Scott at the shop. Afterwards we poked around Valencia Street in search of food..Sengalese, Ethiopian, you name it-there's a cheap restaurant that serves it in the Mish. The girls are veggy and so it was a late but delicious lunch at Herbivore.
I left the girls to continue their explorations and to catch a ride back home with Scott...
Spent the evening drinking wine, listening music and telling stories...It's so nice to spend 3-d time with them...It's been about 2 years..though it seems more like 2 weeks since we did the UK tour with them...Today they are off to check out more of SF..will see them later- maybe drive up to Columbus Street or the Haight for dinner...
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Santa Cruz Film Festival Presents

Friday, May 13th, 8 pm
Rio Theatre
1205 Soquel Avenue
Santa Cruz, Ca 95062

Sunshine Daydream

sponsored by seebrightproductions.com
emeraldcityentertainment.com

A portion of Closing Night's proceeds to benefit The Rex Foundation

SUNSHINE DAYDREAM Sam Field 105 min
Sam writes, "The Grateful Dead had recently returned from a triumphal tour of Europe ('72) where the filmmakers purchased the then state of the art miniaturized equipment, a Swiss made Stellavox field recorder and an Éclair ACL 16mm camera.The plot was to develop a signature visual style of representing the band: a camera for each of the 16 channels (at least!) emphasizing the visual kinetics of the music making itself as well as the enormous open communication within the band.

Chuck Kesey was camped out at the crossroads of the Grateful Dead office, obstructing all traffic until he got an answer: Would the band play a benefit for the Springfield Creamery? Fred, the Kesey paterfamilias, had passed away leaving an indebtedness to the Federal Milk Fund or some such, and Chuck and Sue were just tooling up the Nancy's yogurt enterprise and they were in danger of losing the family farm and the Dead said yes.

Sam Cutler called the filmmakers and suggested they join forces with Far West Action Picture Services, the then incarnation of the Pranksters film-making adventures. This was a much greater first project than originally contemplated, however, the filmmakers acceded with alacrity.

Ron Wickersham of Alembic agreed to record in 16-track and to devise a method whereby all the different cameras could each find sync with the recording.

From the get-go the benefit was a charmed event, emblematic of everything our tribe aspired to. In the meadow that was to become the home of the Oregon Country Fair, hippies pulled together, built a stage and threw themselves a party to celebrate and help out a neighbor, The Springfield Creamery. Perhaps the only bewildered guy on the scene was the straight piano tuner who brought Keith's piano.

It's taken over thirty years for the half-life of that notion to become true. In the intervening years the film spent most of its life in the pump house of the producer, Sam Field.

The film is as it was the day it was set aside including the animation sequences in Dark Star which, due to lack of band footage, were patched in pretty much willy-nilly from old work print provided by Dennis Pohl, a New York filmmaker. We had intended he would create original, syncopated work for the final film.

There are still a few more miles to go, fine tuning the edit, remixing the sound, before we get to the final technical hurdle, conforming 1972 technology to current DVD standards, but with patience and perseverance this may someday, be available to all".

Anyone have tix or more info on this happening?
Bob Weir & Ratdog perform this year's ''Big Pig Gig" to benefit the Farm School. The show is May 3 at Henrietta's Table in Cambridge. Details at 978-249-2656.
It's listed here.

Oh boy! The friends called to let me know they will be here tonight..or tomorrow morning..Hoping they call again so I can let them know it's fine if they get in late- We're ready for them!!!!
While waiting, Jammim John will be posting the Ratdog setlist to Dot Org board once again, in real time..
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Ratdog PICTURES
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From GDTS-
Bob Weir and RatDog:

Tickets at all price levels are available for the benefit
show at the Marin Center, San Rafael, CA on May 21,
with Bob Weir and RatDog, also featuring Shana
Morrison with Caledonia.

As for the extra curricular activity attached to the
$153.00 tickets, it's now known as a pre-concert
reception. Details will come with the tickets.

The show on September 1 at the Central Park
Summerstage where RatDog will co-headline
with Bruce Hornsby seems to be a very popular
event, so make sure that you get your orders
to us sometime soon, even though the show
is a ways off.

Both Balcony and GA Floor tickets are
available for the RatDog show on Friday, June 10
at The Pageant, St. Louis, MO.

Please check our web site for details on all these
shows.
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So, needing to check out The Acoustic Storm message board when I've got a leetle more time...
Visitors from the UK Dog tour should be swirling through here in the very near future!
The British are coming! The British are coming!
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Chez!!!!
Review of 4/27/05 ala Chez....
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Chez
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:19 am    Post subject: 4/27 Review
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I've given up on posting these this tour for a few reasons, but this show can't go without some words. Words won't do it justice, but I'll try....

I said after Wilkes-Barre that there are shows and then there are SHOWS!!!. Well, there are SHOWS!!!! and then there's what happened last night. Penn's Peak, Recher, Bottle & Cork...some shows have special places in Ratdog history. Add 2nd night at the 9:30 Club 2005 to that list.

Got to the Club around 5:25. MK and Robin out chatting with the fans in line. Gorgeous Spring Day to sit in the sunshine and exchange chatter about nothing with the King of Lotrats himself, LRob.

One down note: The number of people looking for hand outs to non-sold out shows this tour has bummed me out. I even asked one if he knew it wasn't sold out and he said "Yes, but I ain't paying full price." Whatever.....

Anyway, the scene is getting bigger; Ratdog isn't under the radar as much anymore. Don't wait to get your tickets, folks, as a lot of people have found out. I think this one flew a little low because the venue (and tickets.com) took so long to confirm it. And maybe some people didn't come back for the 2nd night after the lackluster performance the night before.

So we head on in. I forgo my usual spot on Jeff's side of the rail because I like the balcony perch so much. I chose the MK side for this show to spare my left ear a bit heading into the weekend after such a long tour...plus I just wanted a different perspective. The front corner of the balcony at the 9:30 Club, except for the smoke, is one of the great unknown (until this post maybe...LOL) vantage points to see a show. Always lots of dancing room, great spot for pictures, great sound, you get to watch the entire crowd. It's just veryveryvery fun.

DtB takes the stage right at 7:30. Another excellent set. Better than Tuesday. They seemed much more relaxed and just having fun. One weird thing about their music is the extremely abrupt ends to so many of their tunes, but that's a pretty minor nitpick. Footstompin' cajun fun.

Ratdog onstage at 9:05.

Jam - Started off as a tuning exercise with Jay keeping a loose beat until everyone was ready to feel things out, then took on a "Stranger" feel...but it wasn't a "Stranger" night at all. Really couldn't sense where they wanted to go. I was hoping for a "Liberty" or "US Blues" opener to get things cranking, but when they turned into "Maggies," I was very happy. Totally unexpected and a great choice to set the tone for a political type of evening.

I like what they're doing with "Maggie's" now. It's a new arrangement with Jeff really driving the rhythym thru the Hammond. Kinda funked up a bit and super danceable. It works a little better in a second or third song slot than as an opener (see Northampton), but it was a good way to come out rocking and get the crowd out of the Bird Song doldrums of the night before.

Kicking up the intensity at the end of it, they move deftly into "Minglewood." I generally prefer versions with Jeff on Hammond (surprise surprise....anyone who knows me knows how much I love that B3), but this one was dynamic with him tinkling the keys and adding some percussive drive. When Bobby's slide works for me like it did last night, you know it's a good version. BIGBIG crowd response for this one getting everyone connecting to that elusive groupmind.

Queen Jane - Not one of my faves, but great versions are always welcome and last night's was one. MK and Kenny weaving a tapestry over some tinkly keywork.

Much needed fullstop lead to catch breath leading into the only somewhat musical downer I had all night. "Shade" just doesn't work as well for me when it's not attached to "This Time." It's like PB without J. Good alone, but together they're perfect. But when it's such a pretty "Shade," it eases the disappointment. I love the way the tune goes from pretty to headbanging and back and back again and then builds to a crescendo for the segue to...

Bucket - Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I've been enjoying the ride very much! Thanks so much for such a great tour, guys. Took FULL advantage of the extra room on my perch and the non-sold out show to cut loose and dance like this one deserved. See groupmind...it was connected firmly at this point. I love watching the crowd.

Loser - One of the slow Jer tunes that Bobby has made into his own. Consistently knocking this one outta the park as of late and this was no exception whatsoever. Voice worries at the end of a long tour? Not even close. He sounds like he's had the last 4 weeks off rather than being on the road.

TMTTR - Once again, they briefly tripped me up with the Loose Lucyesque intro with those thick hammond smears painting a sleazy picture, but the bass rumbled up early and it became obvious right away where it was going. Take me to the RIVER....brought back good memories of early tour and staying on the Deleware. Rocked out and thoroughly enjoyable and leading into an amorphous Jam that took on a "Jack Straw" feel before turning into "Cassidy." Similar to the Beacon Night 2 when the opening Jam had "Jack Straw" sprinkled all over it before going to "Fly Away->Cassidy." That should mean the JS is coming Friday, putting the "Shakedown" in its proper spot in Philly, and hopefully a "Stranger" (need the Fantasy points) for Johnson City.

Anyway, I digress...

Cassidy - The only way this would have been better is if Mari had been there with me. (Her favorite song) It was bittersweet to hear it with her not there. Took the jam waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay out, then ended things leaving me knowing that a true firebreathing Reprise was heading our way later in the night.

Wasn't much for conversation at setbreak and my apologies to those around me if I was less than engaging. I need a night of SLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP, so I just leaned back and sorted through pix and enjoyed the glow of everyone around me.

Lights down and they come back out. Everyone but Kenny....hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm............some hints of BT Wind........No.............

Desolation!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Couldn't have been any better. I LOVE this tune and I needed it to be played again for one of the final Fantasy hurdles. Deadsolidperfect reading of the tune with one reggae style verse and one stop/restart that may have been a mistake, but I thought added wonderfully to the pace of the tune; a long one like that needs a little shakeup in the middle. Does anyone have a better acoustic tone that Mark Karan? That guitar of his just has the most rich sound...

Mexicali - Hadn't heard this tune live since TD 03, I think, and way longer than that for Ratdog unless my Rainman powers are failing me. Did I mention dance space earlier? Two people near me went to the floor after setbreak, so I had even MORE room to boogie and on an "Everybody polka!" version, well, you need that type of room. Great Jeff/Bobby interplay.

Almost a full stop, but Bobby wouldn't let the sound fade and kept hitting chords until Robin and MK were switched over to their electrics and MK had taken the reins of the jam before Bobby went for the Modulus and kicked things up a notch for a POWERFUL "New Speedway" featuring Robin absolutely pounding us senseless. Throw some huge bass, swirliing hammond, and spitting Bobby together, put them in DC and play this tune and you've got a barely restrained monster on your hands that's chomping at the bit. Beautiful ending vocal jam with crowd interaction.

Even So - See Loser.....his voice sounds SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good. Kenny, Kenny, and more Kenny made this for me as well.

OQ - You either love it or hate it and I love it. Bud says to me afterwards "I saw you up there just getting down like crazy to something weird...I think it was October Queen." Yes it was! Give me this tune at almost any show, please, and it fit in especially well on a Dylan night with Bobby in storyteller mode. Really built up the end before just exploding into a "Deep End" that sent the place reeling......it built up and up and up and then teased in and out of TOO with just hints of OQ still sprinkled over top (mostly Kenny there - everyone else was pretty much rolling with TOO). INTENSEINTENSEINTENSE. I can somewhat understand not liking OQ, but people who don't like "Deep End" just confuse me.

Wheel - Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.............breath of fresh air to hear this song. No letting down the intensity, but adding the pretty. Bobby making rolling wheel hand gestures to accentuate the lyrics.

At the end, Bobby leaves and Jeff and Jay continue the Wheel lyrics until Jay sets down the sticks and starts the beatbox. Oldschool stuff...can't remember the last time I saw a good long beatbox session from Jay! Loving it as they continue the Wheel theme over top of it. BIG grins on everyone's faces, as there were all night. This is a band that's at the top of their game and having SO much fun right now.

Jay grabs everyone's attention and his sticks and there's the briefest almost pause as MK and Jeff nod at Jay from the wings and he explodes into the thunderous drum intro to "Astronomy Domine." MAJOR treat for me as I love Barrett-era Floyd and I had yet to see them perform this one. They went for it briefly at the Beacon Night 1, but moved to a TOO theme instead. No holding back tonight...Jay was POUNDING the skins and took them into it. 3way vocals with Jay, Jeff, and MK. WOWWOWWOW....this alone would have made it a nightto remember for me even without all the great stuff before it and what was yet to come!

Bobby walks back out with a HUGE grin on his face and Domine dissolves into some assorted weirdness/Space before the piano rings out "Knockin'." Only that or SOTM would have fit that slot, but the build up on SOTM may have been a bit much. It was time for quiet and the crowd respected that and a hush came over the place. Knockin' was a true TREAT last night, rather than a placeholder. See Even So and Loser....Bobby's voice is making me

Things pick up out the backside of Knockin' and fairly quickly take shape into "Cassidy." I warned you this was gonna be firebreathing! Thinking back to Vegas with Dennis pounding on Jeff's Leslie in glee during that Reprise...this was even more poundworthy! The monster grabbed the bit and broke free from the restraints and just ran wild and knocked everyone in the building for a loop.

HUGE grins walking off for the encore and Kenny raising the roof. Crowd is anxious...what's it gonna be? No Throwin' Stones tonight and I'm thinking to myself "Hmm...TS as an encore? Ok...."

Jam that isn't taking form for me....hammond and bass THUNDERING. Bobby to the mic....HOLY SHIT! It's DC...and fuck Throwing Stones, this was the one to play! I've NEVER, EVER seen Bobby so snarling, nasty, angry. Take the most intense and nasty TS you've ever seen and multiple it to the Nth. Best comparison would be a frothing at the mouth Brent....but x10! This was THE most intense thing I've ever seen Bob Weir perform. Just thunderous swirls of sound from Jeff, Kenny, and Robin and MK snarling and spitting right back at Bobby through his guitar. GET THE DISCS FOR THIS ALONE IF NOTHING ELSE!!! I may over use "raging" sometimes, but "raging" doesn't do this justice. I need a different word that I can't find to describe this intensity.

After such an angry tune, there had to be something else and US Blues was the perfect ending. "I love this country but I hate what's happening right now" was the message of the double encore. Wave that flag, wave it wide and high! One last chance to bounce around in all that dancing room and share the glowing energy of an alltime great show with a thousand other lucky souls.

Thank you Ratdog!!!
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Announcing the 3rd Annual Celebrity Concert!

Featuring Sammy Hagar & The Waboritas, Mickey Hart, Roy Rogers, Blues Great Nick Gravenites, John Allair, and Night Ranger!

and a host of special guest stars

To benefit the Sonoma County Music Association's Music for Kids At Risk Program

Thursday, May 26th at the Luther Burbank Center, Santa Rosa, CA

7:00 pm to 10:30pm - Doors open at 6:30pm

Proceeds from this concert will go towards the continuing music classes for at-risk-kids that come from a variety of difficult situations and distressed home environments. They attend non-traditional schools for troubled youth throughout Sonoma County.

Tickets for this event will go on sale at Noon on Tuesday, April 26th, 2005
Tickets available through the Luther Burbank Center Box Office only at (707) 546-3600
Ticket prices are $55, $75, $100, and $125

We have a very limited amount of ad space available in the program - If you would like to place an ad in our program, please call Ron at 707-529-8792 before April 24!

~4/27/05 Setlist
Set 1~
Jam> Maggie's Farm> Minglewood> Queen Jane, Shade of Gray> Hell In A Bucket, Loser> Take Me To The River> Cassidy

Set 2~ Desolation Row@5, Mexicali Blues@5> New Speedway Boogie, Even So> October Queen> The Deep End> The Wheel> Jam*> Astronomy Domine*> Space> Knockin On Heaven's Door> Cassidy Reprise

Encore~ Masters of War> US Blues


*w/o Bobby




The Grateful Dead news

Hippy Berthaday Dave!

hmm?

Off of Deadnet-
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Jen* - 05:36am Apr 27, 2005 PDT (#17360 of 17540)
One does not discover new lands without consenting to leave site of the shore for a very long time. ~ Gide

RIDGEFIELD

venue- A+
security- A
music- A
crowd- A-

I couldn't believe some of the things that were happening this night.
So many people wanted to buy or be miracled a ticket. A friend of ours cousin came with him without and I had my doubts about him or anyone getting in since the capacity was so small. He said they let him and some others in for $50 that some ticketholders didn't show or something like that.
I had a larger woman next to me and she made it clear she would watch out for me that night. She was like a colorful character out of a novel & told me she worked with concert promotion, even some hard stuff like Ozzfest. I was having a hard time emotionally for a little bit since someone smoked in there before show and set off the fire alarm and she would keep asking me "You alright sistuh?" in a thick urban accent. That fire alarm rattled me to the core like a jackhammer or fire engine and the band was a few minutes late coming on. I couldn't see Bobby because of the teleprompter but that was later ok because it broke up some of the intensity and inhibition you sometimes feel up close when the music is playing. Oh and I ended up planted right in front of that rectangular triangular speaker. Couldn't believe they were letting us stay up front! This was a reserved show that turned into GA without the work of GA!! I was comforted by Jay's green shirt that he had worn every night of that run. He was animated and funny to me. The woman next to me who'd befriended me told me after the show Jay was checking me out. I said no, it's not like that at all- something totally different.
I forgot to tell about The Clapper. This tall very spun out man who has been at every show I've been at the whole run was also there and about 4 people deep away from me yet again. ACK! You see he claps out rhythyms DURING the songs at very inappropriate times, very loudly and since he's tall it is right in your ears. I was annoyed at first when he could no longer restrain himself during the 2nd set and started his off beat clapping again but after awhile I came to some place of acceptance and he was actually funny to me. We were all Bobby's Kids for a few moments in time swimming in chocolate soup doing our own thing. Rock on brother. I won't forget you either (even though we never actually spoke a word).... because you can only be who you are.
We saw many friends outside. Some yucky old drunk guy approached me coming out of the venue told me I was beautiful while Patrick waited in line for the cd of the show. I ran to my friend and his friend and the guy is like hey "what am I chopped liver?" I *wanted* to say no you are disgusting that's what but didn't want to be mean.
Highlights: Lucky Enough. I couldn't believe we just heard it and here it was again. Emotional and sweet and everything that is good and right. Big River was so fun and Cold Rain and Snow all those fun songs. We all rode the Other One and Estimated and jams they were so right for the mood. JAck a Roe came out of nowhere, very crisp and clear & sounds just as sweet but very serious on the disc. I was having a hard time letting go after the show so I gave up all pride and went around back to see if I could at least say something to Bobby but there was a crowd. He said he couldn't stay outside needed to get onto the bus because it was or was going to be raining. Rain? Like a lot of things, I didn't understand until much later.
We gave our friend some homecrafts to sell & keep the money and this just made his whole night. He was so appreciative that this would be enough money to buy his bus ticket back home. Right here I broke into a million pieces and we love you & be safe.
Oh after the show AJ came up to me and gave me a setlist I didn't even ask or hold my hand out. Someone was mad and asked "how come she gets one and I don't?!" he said it was because I was rail riding all week and noticed I hadn't bothered anyone. Patrick gave him a small glass skull that had been sitting on the stage marking his spot all week. He said I gave AJ my skull. I swear I thought I heard "I gave AJ my soul" AJ gave me setlist in Boston too but I didn't tell the whiner that.
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4-26-05

Set 1 ~ Jam> Birdsong> Supplication Jam> Bertha, Little Red Rooster> All Along the Watchtower> Easy To Slip> Lazy River Road> Big Railroad Blues> Birdsong jam

Set 2 ~ KC Moan@3>4, Bury Me Standing@> Althea> Ashes & Glass> Jam w/o Bobby> Come Together, Birdsong> Touch Of Gray

Encore~ Black Muddy River

Kind reviews for last night!
From Deadnet-
Robbie F - 07:36am Apr 26, 2005 PDT (#17284 of 17337)
"Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is the best." - the girl from the bus

Had a beautiful 4th row center position last night. Band was firing on all cylinders right out of the gate with a powerful Stranger. Youngblood even stomped (a nice save - I thought we were heading into Josephine). I just love what Kenny was doing on Baritone sax throughout the night - sounded like he was channeling Phil for quite a bit of it. Baritone is one of the most underused instruments in Rock and Kenny is laying the groundwork for a resurgence. On the tunes that Jer used to sing, it occurred to me that Bob's basically now letting the crown sing the Jerry part of the vocals, and he still sounds like Bobby always sounded singing along with JG.

The slower pace to Odessa made for one of the finest, chunkiest versions I've heard of that rocker, and Lucky Enough led to some truly fascinating jam spaces. Highlight of the show was a "Bobs seeing the angels" trippy-as-they-come Estimated Prophet > Other One in set 2, and absolutely perfect renditions of Sugar Mag and Ripple closed the night.

No lyrical gaffs or trainwrecks all night. Nothing but inspiration. Just exactly like a Swiss watch, as they say :~)
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gratefulspike - 10:45am Apr 26, 2005 PDT (#73 of 79)

Big River was smokin. The saxaphone makes all the difference. Bob also adjusted the cadence of the song with a big emphasis on "I'm gonna sit right here until I die". I was transported back to 1987 and it really seemed like a dead show. This is the first post-jerry show for me that really captured IT. I've seen Ratdog, Phil etc, Other Ones, Dead many times...but this iteration of ratdog in this venue did it. Buy the CD. The place was rockin, people dancin, no one sitting. When we all sang ripple it felt like I was in church - that's how small the place was.
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Photo by Jammin John!

4/25/05 Ridgefield

And a new BobDog article WOOF!
4-25-05

1st set:

jam>
feel like a stranger>
baby blue>
big river>
youngblood
crazy fingers
odessa
lucky enough
cold rain and snow>
the other one jam>
might as well

2nd set:

jack -a-roe @ bobby mark robin and jay
when i paint my masterpiece @ bobby aucoustic
half step mississippee uptown
estimated prophet>
the other one>
jam without bobby>
wharf rat>
sugar magnolia

encore: ripple
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Yum!
Streaming audio can be heard HERE

Scott Larned
I didnt know him but did just see him a few months back in the KPFA studio. He seemed happy and gentle.I stood behind him as he played for the GD marathon. I'm sorry for his family, friends, bandmates and fans. May he rest in peace.
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I had the day off! And so out I went! Now I'm back and have a ton of dishwashing to finish up ..The seder went well. Jilly's Haggadah is perfection (clear, concise and mercifully short!). Though we missed our usual Passover crowd (our families which seem to consist of mostly non Jews lately) it was fun pretending to be the Grown ups in charge. Most of the guests were once or are now softball team mates of Scott's, so conversation consisted mostly of tales about this player named Grado. Grado apparently rivals Neal Cassady in the Man or Myth department. At any rate, it all turned out okay. We even managed to fit 2 dining room tables in one dining room...I be back later with the setlist from Ridgefield!
woofin!

Hag Sameach

Last night's setlist- a little short as there was an opening band and a early curfew at the club-
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04/23/05 ~ Orpheum Theater - Boston, MA

Orpheum info

Jam > The Music Never Stopped > Easy Answers > She Says, Fly Away > West L.A. Fadeaway > Silvio* > Tequila* > Silvio* > Tequila* > Silvio* > Iko Iko*, Me and My Uncle@5, Friend of the Devil@4, He's Gone > Eyes of the World

E: One More Saturday Night (*-w/ Rob Barraco; "The Blues is Alright" lyrics during "Saturday Night") (Assembly of Dust opened)
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I'm just taking a break from setting up the tables...Apparently Scotto cant seem to stop inviting people over..good thing we have 2 dining room tables (his mom's & our own) We just need a bigger dining room...I'm getting a little concerned how to set this up so we can all eat together....Well, at least, there will be plenty of food, weve got matzah ball soup,gefilte fish, brisket, chicken, salad, latkes, assorted fruits & whipped cream, macaroons & merengue cookies, Pessadik Brownies..It's kinda funny- Scott's all about preparing everything Pessahdik (without yeast/leavening) but can't see not serving beer..geez...
Gonna have to print out some more Haggedah's now...and search for some more chairs!
Dayenu!
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from dot org-Bobby radiointerview..
I'm gonna listen to it as I drench a brisket in fluids...Figure it's easy way to cook it today rather than manana...Also marinating chicken...Woke up in the middle of the night realizing I forgot to take home the haggadah (cute, short & politically correct) for kids from work...I figured we would pass it around or at least just have it handy on the table...Now I guess I'll look into downloading a copy of the haggadah Jilly from Deadnet put together-yeah-yeah-I'll ask her permission first ;0P.
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From Dantini at Deadnet:

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dantini - 09:26pm Apr 22, 2005 PDT (#16941 of 16942)

Just got home from the show. Brought my 14 year old son with me, his 1st show. He got a space on the rail right in front of Bob. After the show, one set list was handed into the audience, the set list that was at Bob's feet during the show. It was given to my son! He is so happy right now, as am I.

I Saw the Grateful Dead 70 times between 84 and 94, and this Ratdog show tonight at the Hampton Casino was as enjoyable as any show I have ever seen. Bobby nailed te Jerry tunes and there were several. Brown Eyed Women and Row Jimmy were perfect. The acoustic stuff that opened set two were wonderful, even El Paso, thanks to some fine guitar work from Karan. The rhythm and blues treatment they laid onto Deep Elem Blues was extra thick and chunky, as was the jam in School Girl. Help > Slip > Dear Prudence was spectacular. I was hoping Help > Slip would not lead into the expected Franklins, but to get Dear Prudence in that slot was just too much. And they nailed it! Then the Franklins that did follow Two Djinn was as fine as any I have ever heard. A slower, rock solid tempo that really worked for me. Again, the U.S. Blues encore was head and shoulders above the throw away versions that the Dead mailed in so many times. Very, very, celebratory, complete with some hippie on stage waving a giant American flag.
Spoke with a women after the show from California and she said this was the show of the tour. Apparently Bob just flew in for the show from a funeral(Johnny Johnson I think she said?) and the emotion just poured out onto the stage.

Bob has a ton left in his tank and Ratdog is a perfect band for him. He labored in Jerry's shadow all those years but Bob is one hell of a musician and I just love this band he has put together.

Long live Ratdog!

(((Bob Weir)))

Truckin
Brown Eyed Women
Josephine
Row Jimmy
Big Boss Man
Wrong Way Feelin'
Ramble on Rose
Truckin (reprise)
Deal

Set Two (1st three tunes acoustic!)
ElPaso
CandyMan
Deep Elem Blues
School Girl
Help / Slip
--Stuff-- (jam without Bob)
Dear Prudence
Two Djinn
Franklins Tower
Encore: U.S. Blues
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Bob Weir donates Autographed Guitar to fundraising auction

Featured Auction Item Donated by
Bob Weir - autographed guitar

Creative Arts Charter School Presents
Heart for the Arts
Annual Benefit and Auction
An evening of performance, auctions and fine food and drink to benefit the San Francisco's only public K-8 school with a fully funded, year-round arts program.

SomArts Gallery
934 Brannan St
Saturday, April 30, 5-9

For more information about this event click on THIS

Happiest of Earth Days to you!

Happy almost Passover too!
We are doing the mini 2nd night Seder here since the folks are somewhere in Asia..Glad we have the new couch & chairs because Scott keeps inviting more people over..
Okay today we have a nice little Ratdog show Review..
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And also for my fellow Bay Area freaks:


1. Special Earth Day Live Music Announcement

The Everyone Orchestra featuring members of ALO, The Disco Biscuits, Jambay, Samantha and the Ritual.  Special guest musicians and speaker TBA.  Also surprise guests…
Sat May 14, 2005, doors 8PM, Show 9PM
The Independent, San Francisco
A benefit for Conservation Value
Plus: Ten Mile Tide
Plus: Enter the benefit raffle to win tickets to see Widespread Panic at the Greek Theater!

Tickets on sale now: http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?region=sfbay&query=detail&event=597082
General Admission: $15
Benefit tickets: Receive VIP treatment for your support of Conservation Value
***Balcony VIP (limited availability): receive balcony VIP laminate and signed poster, access to spread of organic and otherwise environmentally conscious foods: $50
***Meet & Greet VIP (VERY limited availability): receive VIP laminate and signed poster, meet the artists, receive reserved seating in elevated VIP-only section near the stage, receive access to spread of organic, environmentally conscious foods: $100
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Happy 10th Anniversary to

You'd better pawn it, Babe!

Greil Marcus has written a book about 'Like A Rolling Stone" - The song..
Of course, It's one of our favourite Dylan tunes that Bobstar covers...
Sash & I heard the author discussing it on KFOG this AM....
Here's an article about it...
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As far as reading goes, I put down the Phil book and havent gotten back to it...just yet.
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Bobby and Jeff at Johnnie Johnson's Tribute