Our friends at HeadCount and the NRDC Action Fund put together a Best of Bonnaroo compilation featuring “Box of Rain” to encourage action on climate change. You can download it FREE at www.musicforaction.org, where you can also email your elected officials on the issue. Get “Best of Bonnaroo” now.
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“Box of Rain” on FREE Best of Bonnaroo climate change compilation
3/2/10
Jamaica Update: Get well soon Robin.
1/13/10
RatDog bassist Robin Sylvester will not be able to attend the upcoming RatDog Daze event in Negril, Jamaica due to medical reasons. He will be replaced by original RatDog bassist Rob Wasserman. The entire Bob Weir & RatDog family wishes Robin a speedy recovery.
No other details are available at this time. Tickets! Get Your Tickets Here!
7/14/09
Get em while we got em. Tickets are now on sale for the hottest fall RatDog Shows. CLICK HERE! : CLICK NOW!: BUY SOME! See you there! Woof! RatDog - Fun in the sun : Fall on the Rise
7/13/09
Hot Dog! Summer is here and Bob Weir and RatDog are taking the nation by storm! Picking up right were they left off in Fall the Dog is playing in tip top form this Summer. We look forward to seeing all you Boneheads out there enjoying the shows. Coming up starting tomorrow, two great shows at one of favorite stomping grounds... Penn's Peak in Jim Thorpe PA. Two Dyn-o-mite full two set shows is what your gonna get!
Meanwhile in the Fall we are happy to announce some dates to mark down on your calendar... Ready.... October 16 and 17 @ The Tower Theatre in Philadelphia, PA October 19 and 20 @ The Grand Ballroom, New York, NY October 22, 23 and 24 @ The Beacon Theatre, New York, NY See you on the road. Woof. VIP Experiences to Benefit HeadCount
6/10/09
Meet Bob Weir and enjoy RatDog in style with special VIP packages available for Gathering of the Vibes July 25th and RatDog’s shows in Atlanta
at the Masquerade Music Park on July 17 and 18. Packages include a chance to take a photo and get an autograph from Bob, access to a special VIP viewing area and other benefits. Click HERE for Gathering of the Vibes info, or HERE to bid for VIP tickets to one of the Atlanta shows. All proceeds benefit HeadCount and its ongoing efforts to drive participation in democracy. Bob is a member of HeadCount's board of directors. The Dead - '09 Spring Tour Charity Auction
4/3/09
Springtime is in the air. Time to start fresh and share some love... The Dead has partnered with Charity Folks to auction a limited number of tickets to their 2009 shows. All proceeds from the auctions will benefit longtime Grateful Dead-related nonprofits including: The Furthur Foundation , The Rex Foundation, and Unbroken Chain Foundation, among others. All ticket packages will include band-signed limited edition show posters. Other packages will include VIP perks, such as access to the Loose Lucy's Lot Lounge. The Dead will also be auctioning special memorabilia from their vault that you won’t want to miss! [click here to get all the info!] Great News Everyone! - Bob Weir & RatDog at the Vibes!
3/12/09
Bob Weir and RatDog will be at Vibes 09 this year! [click here for tickets] The Gathering of the Vibes Music Festival will be held this year at at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, CT. Join Bob Weir and RatDog, Saturday July 25th!  We look forward to seeing everyone there! Weir/Wasserman/Lane are S.T.C. - Band of Brotherz
2/20/09
Get your tickets NOW! You don not want to miss this! [here is a ticket link for you] March 26, 2009 The Fillmore - San Francisco Doors 7:00 : Show 8:00 Bob Weir, Rob Wasserman, and Jay Lane are... Scaring the Children & Introducing Band of Brotherz <<Deadbeatz>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What can be said about Scaring the Children?  Jay Lane said it best, "I don't know what to say about the Trio except for the fact that it was the birth of something brand new no one had heard before!" Works for me. Don't miss it! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What can be said about Band of Brotherz? Band of Brotherz...revolutionary urban music, threatening a higher level of social consciousness, with an infectious danceable groove. Band of Brotherz...seamlessly blending hip hop, live instruments, samples, politics, alien technology, reggae, revolution, bong hits, freedom, poetry, justice, tofu products and world peace...  Band of Brotherz...fifth release,"DeadBeatz Vol.1" is a collection of the first Official Grateful Dead-Hip Hop Remixes, featuring live performances by the Gratetful Dead's Bob Weir, Lou Reed's Grammy Award winning Bassist/Collaborator Rob Wasserman, Les Claypool's Multitalented Gabby La La, and many more. Band of Brotherz...On Tour Now, featuring Rob Wasserman on Bass, Gabby La La on Sitar, with Special Guests. Definitely workz for me. Definitely don't miss it! [here's that ticket link again for you] March 26, 2009 The Fillmore - San Francisco Doors 7:00 : Show 8:00 Tour Member Bio - Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves - a Profile of Groove in Paradise.
2/19/09
What do you get when you cross a hillbilly from the hollow, an inked up biker, a lot of love, and mix it all up RatDog style? You get the subject of our newest Tour Member Bio. Ready to find out more? Sit back, relax, and read on... it's time to get into the Groove...
 Gettin' his groove on. Groove joined RatDog's traveling circus in Fall of 2006, and has been lighting us up ever since. However, when he joined us he was no stranger to the road. It all started when he was in seventh grade. According to Groove he was, "skippin' school, and gettin' high, when I caught the movie Roadie with Meatloaf! I thought, 'that's the life I want!'" Pretty good story, and if you've ever met Groove, you know it's the honest truth. A few years later, Groove hit the road at 19. As he puts it, "I jumped in a bus instead of a college, and grew up on the road." Groove cut his road chops with a biker band called The 69 Band. He made $20 a night along with everyone else in the band, with the rest of the money going to gas, tires, and road expenses. He never said what they originally hired him for, but by the end of the first night, he was The 69 Band's newest lighting designer (LD.) Groove lit the band, packed gear, and traveled around in busses and U-Hauls to all the great biker events...Sturgis, Daytona, and countless Motorcycle Club parties. The hardcore biker scene was the nightly hang for him. Over the years, Groove worked his way up from LD to Band Manager. Managing, or "babysitting," as he calls it, was not really what he signed up for, so after three and a half years, he jumped ship and headed for home to see what was next for him. After spending some time doing construction work, Groove decided to enroll in a broadcasting school at Broadcasting Institute of Maryland (BIM), which moved him to where he still lives today...Baltimore. He scored a job in broadcasting and continued to work construction, but Groove could not stay away from the light up toys for very long. While working at a radio job in 1997, Groove met a band called JAY JAY! As Groove tells the story, "I saw this amazing band on a full stage with only two lights in the front & two lights in the back on this explosive set! After the gig I asked the keyboardist if their LD was not there, to which he replied, 'We don't have one!' I then realized I needed to get back into live entertainment again!" After that, Groove started to do gigs around town, and in Fall of 1999, caught the eye of the 9:30 Club in Washington D.C. and became one of their house LDs. The 9:30 Club, of course, leads us directly to RatDog  Groove adjusting the lights in Jamaica. The Dead and Dead-related activities had already been a heavy influence in Groove's life. It all started on October 8, 1983 in Richmond VA, Groove remembers his first concert ever like it was yesterday. "I was fifteen and fresh out of rehab...my world was changed!" He never would have imagined at the time the role he would get to play in today's "Dead World." After several gigs over the years working crew with RatDog when they came through town, Groove eventually landed the LD gig for RatDog in Spring 03 at The 9:30 club. Groove's first performance got A RatDog Triple Approval, Groove describes it best: "I was met onstage by an overenthusiastic Jay Lane! He got my number and address, then Charucki whisked me up to the tour manager's office, and he told me, 'it was the best he's seen this band presented' and also got my info! RatDog's sound mixer Michael McGinn, had already asked for my info!" What a night. Things just kept getting better, and life took another unexpected turn for Groove. Shortly after his night with RatDog, Groove got into Baltimore's local Film Union through a construction gig, and began new adventures working on movie and television sets, including the HBO show The Wire. Then one day, three years after his LD night with RatDog, Groove was packing to go off on a movie gig to Rhode Island when he got the call he was waiting for. The call was from Jay Lane and it did not take much more than Jay saying, "Hey man, you want to come out and play?" Basically, after a brief discussion, Groove had a plane ticket for Fall Tour 2006. Finally, a Roadie again!  710 Ashbury St. Groove is with us now, and the rest is yet unwritten. So we wrap up the latest Tour Member Bio with Groove's message to all the Boneheads out there... "I never want the band, the crew, or most importantly the fans, to feel ripped off! My life has now become focused on helpin' people see what they are hearin'! I play to the 15 year old in me, spendin' my bread for a ticket & wantin' to be wowed! I never want to harsh anybody's mellow! I AM LIVIN' THE DREAM!! PEACE!" {Groovey} Bob and Mark - An Evening Under the Stars
2/10/09
"An Evening Under The Stars" Celebrating 10 Years of Service to Bay Area Children
Tickets on sale now! Join us on Wednesday, March 4th KQED's Michael Krasny Private concert by Moonalice Great American Music Hall
Project AVARY is a nonprofit, community-based program for youth with a parent in prison or jail. To purchase tickets or make a donation please click here |
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