Trying to check them out for the first time, would love to know a good place to start because lets be honest, Bob doesn't suck, he's just not PHIL!

Red Rocks 8/31/02 was fun warmup for Phil. I remember loving the Standing on the Moon.

I gotta do some digging around; i'll find some shows for ya!

5/26/2000 buckeye lake music ctr.
spring hookahville 2000

Jam > Playin in the Band > She Belongs to Me > Playin Jam > El Paso > Eternity > Playin Jam > When I Paint My Masterpiece > Big Boss Man > October Queen > The Deep End > Even So > The Other One > Bass > St. Stephen Jam > Playin Jam > Knockin on Heaven's Door > Playin in the Band (reprise)
E: Touch of Grey
"Easy to Slip" tease before "Masterpiece"
Next ''Big Boss Man'' 3/3/2002 [124 shows]
(Hookahville; RatDog's 250th Show; Bob Weir's 250th Show; Jay Lane's 250th Show; Rob Wasserman's 250th Show)


this is not an AUD. OR SBD. this is a professional recording made with a mobile studio mark karan was coming into his own as ratdog lead guitarist and this is a great snapshot of the band , a great performance !!

Best to stick with the Karan, Wass , Dave Ellis lineup.
Washington a couple weeks after 9/11 was 2 good sets.
Late 90's>2002, once the new bass and horn arrived, the music started to get a little sleepy.

also check out this one from '03


Me and Bobby McGee > Me and My Uncle > Dark Star (Instrumental) > Jack Straw > Dark Star > Odessa* > Loose Lucy > Bury Me Standing+ > Scarlet Begonias > Lady with a Fan > Terrapin > Dear Prudence > Dark Star > One More Saturday Night

E: At a Siding > Terrapin Flyer > Cassidy > Brokedown Palace

freestyle reggae jam between bury me standing and scarlet begonias

The Summer '07 run with Kimock replacing Karan. 07-07-07 is the best RD show i've seen or heard.

This was fantastic!
9/6/2009 Pozo Saloon, Pozo, CA

I: Jam > Shakedown Street > The Music Never Stopped, Ship of Fools, Big River > Walkin Blues > Crazy Fingers, Bird Song*
II: You Win Again@5*, Youngblood@*, Me and My Uncle@*, He's Gone, Eyes of the World > Stuff > Morning Dew, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider*
E: Bird Song (reprise)*
*-with Phil Salazar (Fiddle)

Also, if you go to ratdog.org and click on the Setlists link, it will list them by year, including ratings. The ratings are a good way to find out which shows people generally agreed were the best.

there was one??

There is one on Archive from Jamaica that really is a good recording and very good show. Damn fine.

http://www.archive.org/details/rd2009-01-29.mg210. flac16

I was being lazy above. Here you go.

2/18/07, Vancouver has a nice opening run of Golden Road> Watchtower> Memphis Blues, and is otherwise an ok show imho. I don't have much RD in my collection to compare it to, so can't say it's the "best" of anything. But, Gans played some of it on a GD Hour broadcast, and I really liked that opening run, so I bought the show based on that, and still listen to it occasionally.

check out their europe tour from '02, some great music and energy there. i like ratdog with wasserman better (pre '03) but robin is a hell of a musician. some great music was buffalo '06 if you cant find it anywhere and want to give it a listen let me know

I still plan to post some info for ya. Gotta find the time...

http://www.archive.org/details/rd2008-11-19.dpa_40 22.fldeadhead.95991.sbeok.flac16

Great setlist, The WRS Let it Grow in the first set was really smokin

Big Iron was sweet to see, well played show from start to finish

Thanks guys

My favorite was at the Outback in Tuscon Arizona, it was back in Spring of 1997. The ASU Wildcats were having their championship that night and the band waited until the game was over which ASU won. The band hit the stage really late. A couple of highlights were the watchtower,the when the wildcats did howl line , got the place into overdrive, as ASU are the wildcats. The Encore was I believe the first Jerry song that was played by ratdog. Bobby stepped up and said "well theres a first time for everything" and the band went into Touch of Grey. It felt like a rebirth, a fun show with some good friends.

ASU = Arizona State Sun Devils, in Tempe
UA = Arizona Wildcats, in Tuscon

oops,thanks jeff, i thought i might have mixed em up

MOst of the Ratdog shows are great There is one from Chicago in 07 with an eyes closer for the first set -- very killer --woof woof

As an aside, what are the recommended Kimock shows?

Thanks.

^^^^^^^^As an aside, what are the recommended Kimock shows? ^^^^^^^^^^

about all of them

07-07-07 Atlanta. Nothing but GD, Dylan & C. Berry songs.

12-2-5, Fillmore Denver rocked the casbah pretty good! First Ratdog show at the Fillmore.
I: Jam > Shakedown Street > Minglewood Blues > She Belongs To Me, Row Jimmy, Walkin Blues*, Lucky Enough, Big Boss Man*, Lazy River Road, Big Railroad Blues
II: El Paso@3, Masters Of War@, Corrina > West L.A. Fadeaway > Tequila Jam > Silvio > Tequila > Silvio > Tequila > Silvio > Iko Iko* > Stuff, Sugaree > St. Stephen > William Tell Bridge > The Eleven
E: Ripple

actually my favorite ratdog show was probably one of the last...casino ballroom at hammerstein right before further at hammerstein. november 2009..kind of ironic they played the same building on different floors one month apart

A very good RD show with Kimock is the one at Council Bluffs, IA. It includes a slightly ragged, but fun version of "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl".

A couple more more recent RD shows are 8/15/08 Holmdel, NJ)-- very jazzy! Also, 8/26/09 (Missoula, MT)-- huey KLewis plays harp from the second set on. The acoustic mini-set is a lotta fun.

Try these: 8/15/08 (VERY jazzy!) and 8/26/09 (Huey Lewis plays harp during the second set).

Oops!! I didn't think my first post "took". Sorry.

Favorite I've attended:
8/18/2007 Mountain Laurel Center, Bushkill, PA

Jam > Tomorrow Never Knows > Tennessee Jed > Lazy River Road > Dark Star > Jack Straw, K.C. Moan@, El Paso@, All Along the Watchtower > Lady with a Fan > Terrapin > Stuff > Black Peter > One More Saturday Night
E: Johnny B. Goode
*-with Steve Kimock (Guitar); Mark was absent; Kimock sat in with ABB on "Dreams"
(with the Allman Brothers Band)

7/17/07 Columbus,OH gets alot of airtime on Sirius, I dig what I've heard but never listened to the entire show.

11/3/07 Albany,NY w/Kimock-
Best RatDog show I've been too is 3/27/04 Jim Thorpe,PA

So to my great sorrow, I missed the Grateful Dead, only getting on the bus in 2004, and just glad that there was somewhat of a bus to get onto! My first several shows were all Ratdog Shows, and I loved every one of them! My two favorites were: one at the Orpheum inBoston in 2008 I think, and they did BERTHA! I think my next best was at Hampton Beach in 2009 when TOO clicked in my head as a favorite - isn't it funny how that happens? My two most recent "clicks" are Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" and "Mason's Children." I love it that I can listen to this band for the rest of my life, and learn to love new songs all the time - They are about as vast and deep as life itself.

Very profound (and true), Karen!!

3 More Great Ones----

3/21/2004 Palace Theatre, Albany, NY [Photos] [Reviews]
I: Love Supreme Jam > Truckin > Odessa > Senor, Brown-Eyed Women > Lucky Enough, El Paso@brm*, Deep Elem Blues@*, Friend of the Devil@*
II: Jam > Samson and Delilah > Uncle John's Band > The Other One+ > Stuff*+#% > Sugaree > St. Stephen > William Tell Bridge > The Eleven
E: Ripple@
*-with Jamie Masefield (Mandolin); +-with Mike ''Mad Dog'' Mavridoglou (Trumpet); #-with Greg Gonzalez (Drums); %-with Chris Dahlgren (Bass); Kenny on percussion for part of "Lucky Enough"; Stuff - Jay/Jeff/Kenny/JMP > Jay/Jeff/Kenny/MK/Bob/JMP
(Jazz Mandolin Project opened)

3/27/04 Penn's Peak Jim Thorpe Pa.

I: Bird Song Jam > Jack Straw > Bird Song Jam > Jack Straw > Bird Song > Odessa, Jam > Shade of Grey > Hell in a Bucket > So Many Roads > Bird Song Jam > Easy to Slip > Big Railroad Blues
II: Jam@4 > Me and My Uncle@4, City Girls@, The Weight@, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl > Women are Smarter > Two Djinn > Foolish Heart > Stuff > Dear Prudence > Bird Song > One More Saturday Night
E: Brokedown Palace
Kenny on touchpad during second set jam and percussion on parts of "Shade," "Bucket," and "Foolish"; Stuff - Jay/Robin/Jeff/Kenny > all
First ''Foolish Heart''

9/16/2004 The Pageant, St. Louis, MO [Reviews]

I: Jam > Jack Straw > Lady with a Fan > Dark Star > Odessa, Little Red Rooster, Althea, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl > Dark Star Jam > Jack Straw
II: Peggy-O@, When I Paint My Masterpiece@, The Winners@, Friend of the Devil > The Other One > Uncle John's Band > Stuff > Terrapin > Uncle John's Band
E: At a Siding > Terrapin Flyer > Touch of Grey
"Rooster" dedicated to Johnnie Johnson; Stuff - Jeff/Jay/Kenny/Robin/MK
First ''Peggy-O''; Next ''Peggy-O'' 11/2/2005 [59 shows]

its difficult for me to rate or rank RD shows, especially ones i did not attend..and i do not listen to much of it on my own time but these were two in particular that were great shows



they were experimenting quite a bit with many different styles which you can easily see by the setlists--but find them on archive and listen

8/19/2008 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, NY

Jam > Tomorrow Never Knows > I Need a Miracle > Playin in the Band > Big Boss Man > Playin in the Band > Might as Well, The Winners@, When I Paint My Masterpiece@, Cream Puff War, Scarlet Begonias > Stuff > Sugaree, Two Djinn > Foolish Heart
E: Johnny B. Goode

1 set (Opened for The Allman Brothers Band)

and a few nights later....

8/22/2008 Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center

Jam > Feel Like a Stranger, Casey Jones, Easy to Slip > Supplication Jam > Easy to Slip, Big Railroad Blues, Catfish John, Corrina@, Althea, Ashes and Glass > Stuff > Black Muddy River, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider
E: Revolution

(Opened for The Allman Brothers Band)


they were experimenting quite a bit with many different styles which you can easily see by the setlists--but find them on archive and listen

I have a soundboard from that Saratoga show, William. I agree; it's a great show!

I was at the Saratoga show and have the soundboard recording. It was indeed a great show, which came as some surprise to me, since the last RatDog show I caught prior to that one was their Sunday night appearance in early June 2008 at Mountain Jam. A fairly dreadful show on a bitterly cold night. Bobby came out and made a crack about the night being "colder than a whore's goodbye" (a line he's used before in different contexts) but seemed spooked when some leather-lung from the audience bellowed "Didn't know ya had to pay for it, dude!"

10/27/2005 Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL
I: Jam > Shakedown Street > She Belongs to Me, Minglewood Blues, Crazy Fingers > Loose Lucy > Little Red Rooster* > Lazy River Road > Odessa > Shakedown Jam > Eyes of the World > Jam+ > Eyes of the World
II: Jack-A-Roe@3, Friend of the Devil@5, Jam@ > Victim or the Crime@ > Greatest Story Ever Told > Althea > Ashes and Glass > Stuff > Dear Prudence > Sugar Magnolia
E: Brokedown Palace
*-dedicated to Johnnie Johnson


8/12/2007 Boarding House Park, Lowell, MA
I: Jam > Cassidy > Stagger Lee > Bird Song > Shade of Grey > Hell in a Bucket > Lost Sailor > Saint of Circumstance > Don't Ease Me In
II: On the Road Again@, Mexicali Blues@, When I Paint My Masterpiece@ > He's Gone > The Other One > Stuff > Wharf Rat > Bird Song (reprise) > Cassidy (reprise)
E: Samson and Delilah
*-with Steve Kimock (Guitar); Mark was absent; "OTRA" preceded by and "Other One" included Dennis McNally reading from "On the Road"
Only ''On the Road Again''; Only ''Headlights''
(''On the Road'' 50th Anniversary Tribute)

10/25/2003 Beacon Theatre, New York, NY
I: Jam > Help on the Way > Slipknot!, Jack Straw* > Jam* > Dark Star* > Bertha* > Cassidy* > Loose Lucy* > Deep Elem Blues > Ashes and Glass
II: Jam@3 > Blackbird@3 > Candyman@ > Dark Star*+ > Sitting in Limbo*+ > Scarlet Begonias*+ > Stuff*+ > Knockin on Heaven's Door@ > Throwing Stones*+ > Slipknot!*+ > Franklin's Tower*+
E: One More Saturday Night*+
*-with Rob Barraco (Keys/Bass); +-with Josh Roseman (Trombone); Stuff - Jeff/Kenny/Rob/Josh > Jay/Jeff/Kenny/Rob/Josh

the lowell show is a great one.
those summer and fall 07's with kimock were great

RatDog plays LA with loads of energy every time they're here.
Always have.
Tons of heads in SoCal.
Killer ass shows...each one of 'em.
Except Long Beach 12-11-05.
That was a fuckin' snoozer.

Otherwise...
ANY SoCal Dog show would be good, but...
5-17-03 at The Wiltern has some of the best sing alongs evah....
go get that one
you'll be happy

5-17-03

I popped this one in last night. It's a fun one; it starts out a bit ragged, but picks up.
11/22/05 Boca Raton, FL.

>>>ANY SoCal Dog show would be good


even the one where Bob was to drunk to come out for the second set is good.

Cain's Ballroom where they broke out the Eleven for the first time since...? !1975?
I believe the Mayor had proclaimed it Bob Weir Day in Tea Town!

This is the season of what....

Try this one: 11/11/08 Wilkes Barre, PA It has a KILLER "Big RR Blues".

Here's another great one from Ohio
Asweet show at a sweet venue about 6 or 7000 in attendance with maybe 2 or 3 cops present VERY laid back !!

9/21/2002 Frontier Ranch Music Center, Kirkersville, OH

I: Jam > Feel Like a Stranger > Queen Jane Approximately > Minglewood Blues, I Need a Miracle > Picasso Moon > Matilda Mother > Tomorrow Never Knows > Matilda Mother > Weather
Report Suite Prelude/Part 1 > Let It Grow
II: El Paso@3 > Corrina@ > Ramble On Rose > Bury Me Standing, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl*+ > St. Stephen > The Eleven > Help on the Way > Slipknot! > Bass/Drums > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower
E: One More Saturday Night
*-with Johnny Polansky (Percussion); +-with Dave Katz (Keys)
(ekoostik hookah opened)

look no furthur then 10/31/97....

a great one from 2001


8/12/2001 Star Lake Amphitheatre, Burgettstown, PA
Jam > Jack Straw, Bird Song > Corrina@ > Easy to Slip@ > Supplication > Easy to Slip > Dear Prudence* > Help on the Way > Slipknot! > Bass/Drums > Two Djinn* > Throwing Stones* > Slipknot!* > Franklin's Tower*
*-with Karl Denson (Saxophone)
First ''Supplication''
(So Many Roads Festival)

one more from 2001

the arrangement on the other one is different from any other version i've heard

7/18/2001 Polaris Amphitheatre, Columbus, OH
K.C. Moan@3 > The Winners@4>6 > Maggie's Farm@> Easy Answers, Lucky Enough > Hell in a Bucket > Tennessee Jed > Lost Sailor > Saint of Circumstance > The Wheel > The Other One > Bass/Drums > So Many Roads > Sugar Magnolia > Touch of Grey
Bob sat in with Phil and Friends
(Opened for Phil and Friends)

Without much thought or digging up old setlists, here are three that stand out to me.


<1>
3/23/2004 Burlington Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, VT
I: Jam > Feel Like a Stranger > Baby Blue > Minglewood Blues, Dark Star > All Along the Watchtower*, K.C. Moan@3*, Me and My Uncle@3*, When I Paint My Masterpiece@*
II: Iko Iko*+#%, Scarlet Begonias > Althea, Ashes and Glass > Stuff > Sugar Magnolia
E: Brokedown Palace
*-with Jamie Masefield (Mandolin); +-with Greg Gonzalez (Drums); #-with Mike ''Mad Dog'' Mavridoglou (Trumpet); %-with Chris Dahlgren (Bass); Stuff - Jay/Jeff/Kenny/Chris > Jay/Jeff/Kenny/MK/Bob/Chris
(Jazz Mandolin Project opened)

> I have seen MANY RD shows since 8-6-95. This show is when I first said, "WOW, they have really hit their groove!"

<2>
8/12/2007 Boarding House Park, Lowell, MA
I: Jam > Cassidy > Stagger Lee > Bird Song > Shade of Grey > Hell in a Bucket > Lost Sailor > Saint of Circumstance > Don't Ease Me In
II: On the Road Again@, Mexicali Blues@, When I Paint My Masterpiece@ > He's Gone > The Other One > Stuff > Wharf Rat > Bird Song (reprise) > Cassidy (reprise)
E: Samson and Delilah
*-with Steve Kimock (Guitar); Mark was absent; "OTRA" preceded by and "Other One" included Dennis McNally reading from "On the Road"
Only ''On the Road Again''; Only ''Headlights''
(''On the Road'' 50th Anniversary Tribute)

> Just a sick show! Very clever and AWESOME setlist. The boys were ON this night!


<3>
10/28/2007 Lebanon Opera House, Lebanon, NH
I: Jam > Here Comes Sunshine > Big River > Queen Jane Approximately > Slow Train > Catfish John > Wrong Way Feelin' > Tennessee Jed > Playin in the Band
II: You Win Again@, Me and Bobby McGee@, Black-Throated Wind@ > I Need a Miracle > Samson and Delilah > Stuff > Ship of Fools > Playin in the Band (reprise)
E: China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider
Show with Steve Kimock (Guitar); Mark was absent
First ''Slow Train''; First ''Catfish John''; Previous ''Wrong Way Feelin''' 2/11/2007 [53 shows]

> I really loved this show. It had such a cool MELLOW feel to it. SO layed back. Sweet!

'04 and '07 were both great years for ratdog kimock did a great job filling in for mark

Eric, those three shows you listed are three of my favorite too. Weird. The 2004 VT show was really good.

Also, Penns Peak 05 both nights were very hot, Sunshine Daydream Festival 05 too, 9/2/2005 Meadowbrook Musical A/C, Gilford, NH.

'10/28/2007 Lebanon Opera House, Lebanon, NH
I: Jam > Here Comes Sunshine > Big River > Queen Jane Approximately > Slow Train > Catfish John > Wrong Way Feelin' > Tennessee Jed > Playin in the Band
II: You Win Again@, Me and Bobby McGee@, Black-Throated Wind@ > I Need a Miracle > Samson and Delilah > Stuff > Ship of Fools > Playin in the Band (reprise)
E: China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider
Show with Steve Kimock (Guitar); Mark was absent
First ''Slow Train''; First ''Catfish John''; Previous ''Wrong Way Feelin''' 2/11/2007 [53 shows]

> I really loved this show. It had such a cool MELLOW feel to it. SO layed back. Sweet!"

Great New England style show with free cookies and apple cider.

^^^^^^^^^Great New England style show with free cookies and apple cider^^^^^^^^^^^^^

that's a nice touch !from the promoter or the band ?

I think the venue was doing it, I'm not too sure though. There is water fountains at the Opera House too, if I remember correctly.

9/6/3 Marin Civic Center Lagoon Park

^^^^^^^^^^^the Lagoon Park show is great !! ^^^^^^^

>>>Eric, those three shows you listed are three of my favorite too. Weird. The 2004 VT show was really good.<<<


Jim, that's neat to hear! Thank you for sharing.

After posting that message, I listened through the show from the Lebanon Opera House (which DOES in fact have a water fountain.....and as for the cookies and cider, I believe as well that it was the venue that provided them. That's just how it is here!) Anyway, I REALLY enjoyed listening to the show on CD. It really was a good show!)

Ok, admittingly, the harmonies were off in spots, but aside from that, it was REALLY good!

I need to pull out the VT show next to listen to. It's been a while.

Cheers!

o7 and kimock killed it

Electric Factory 4/30/05

the last one I saw before the Furthur break

7/5/2009 LC Pavilion, Columbus, OH
Jam > Jack Straw > Easy to Slip > Dark Star > Little Red Rooster, Mississippi Half-Step > Samson and Delilah > Milestones > Stuff, Dear Prudence* > Dark Star+ > Touch of Grey+

10/28/2007 Lebanon Opera House, Lebanon, NH

and my b-day...

wish I was at that one...

here's another tasty one for the zone boneheads

I: Bass/Drums > Jam > Shakedown Street > Easy Answers > She Belongs to Me > Minglewood Blues > Josephine > Brown-Eyed Women > Jam > Eyes of the World
II: Victim or the Crime@2>brd, Black-Throated Wind@4>6 > Jam@ > Mississippi Half-Step > Jam > Playin in the Band > Even So > October Queen > The Deep End > Uncle John's Band > Bass/Drums, Lady with a Fan > Terrapin > Uncle John's Band
E: Turn On Your Lovelight > Little Star > Turn On Your Lovelight
*-with DJ Logic (Turntables); DJ Logic sat out "Josephine" through pre-"Eyes" jam, "Victim" through pre-"Half-Step" jam, and "Terrapin" through "UJB" reprise; "Easy Answers" hints before "Eyes"; "October" hints before "Even So"; "Wheel" tease before "UJB"
First ''Little Star''

^^^^ James, wot's the date on that one?

I liked the DJ Logic era!

3/24/2008 The Pageant, St. Louis, MO

I: Help on the Way > Slipknot! > Queen Jane Approximately > The Golden Road to Unlimited Devotion > Easy to Slip > Supplication > Easy to Slip > Book of Rules, West L.A. Fadeaway*+ > Iko Iko*+

II: Big Iron@, Friend of the Devil@, Victim or the Crime@, Even So > October Queen*+ > The Deep End*+ > The Other One*+ > Stuff*+ > To Lay Me Down > Two Djinn > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower*+

E: Johnny B. Goode

*-with Jim Rossi (Trumpet); +-with Stewart Williams (Saxophone)

4/13/2005 FM Kirby Center, Wilkes-Barre, PA

I: Jam > Truckin > Loser > Take Me to the River, Josephine > Lucky Enough, Ramble On Rose, Wrong Way Feelin' > Truckin Jam > Deal

II: Blackbird@3, El Paso@3>4, Mississippi Half-Step > The Other One > Help on the Way*+ > Slipknot!*+ > Stuff*+ > Wharf Rat > Two Djinn > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower

E: Brokedown Palace

*-with A.J. Santella (Percussion/Vocals); +-with Vadim Canby (Drums/Percussion); Bob before "Brokedown": "There's the door, Johnnie, follow the light"; The band wore black arm bands in Johnnie Johnson's memory; Stuff - Jeff/Jay/Kenny/AJ/Vadim > all

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ James, wot's the date on that one?

I liked the DJ Logic era! :-)^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

sorry about that it's
3/14/02
the tabernacle
atlanta ga.

DL Available on archive

The post-9/11 DC show, while perhaps not the best show in technical terms, was one of the greatest GD things I have ever been to. Talk about restoring hope.

here it is DL on archive


I: Jam > Shakedown Street > She Belongs to Me > Minglewood Blues > Youngblood, Me and My Uncle@4, Black-Throated Wind@4>6, Easy to Slip > Supplication > Dark Star > Liberty
II: Jam > Dark Star (Instrumental) > Odessa > All Along the Watchtower > Dear Prudence > Bass/Drums > Jam > Dark Star > Ashes and Glass > St. Stephen > The Eleven > Turn On Your Lovelight
E: U.S. Blues
"Rainbow's Cadillac" teases during "Ashes" intro; "Love Supreme" tease in 2nd "Dark Star"; "Come Together" theme during Lovelight"; "Star-Spangled" outro to "US Blues"; Bobby During Lovelight: "Everybody turn to whoever's next to you, especially if it's someone you don't know, and say hi. Just say hi. Maybe give em a hug now."