Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros June 8th, Red Rocks

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Live stream on Nugs.tv ($)

should be live first / 2nd set previews out there.    

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DcQa1KOwJE

I really enjoyed what they did in the studio, nice arrangements, elevator music with some attitude, lol...   looking forward to seeing it live!!!

 

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Set 1

New Speedway Boogie

Truckin' 

Bobby Rockin

Set 1

New Speedway

Truckin'

Brother Esau

Same ol' stuff for 50+ years. Pffft!

 

Bobby never grew!

Set 1

New Speedway

Truckin'

Brother Esau

Peggy-O

Black Throated Wind 

 

Looks good. I bet they sound fantastic. 

The additions of Chimenti and Greg Leisz have made this a very listenable group.

I tuned in for the freebie. NSB sounded pretty good, and it was sweet seeing folks on the Rocks.

Bobby & the Wolf Bros @ Red Rocks, June 8, 2021

Set 1

New Speedway Boogie

Truckin'

Brother Esau

Peggy-O

Black Throated Wind 

Brown Eyed Women

Weather Report Suite 

Playin story > Playin 

UJB

This is really good, totally enjoying with pedal and fiddle <3, he just blends and really seems like he is having a good time...I like it .



Wait, did  I just actually say i like Bobby....;)

Set 2 

Me & Bobby McGee

Playin >

Uncle Johns Band >

He's Gone 

Set 2 

Me & Bobby McGee

Playin >

Uncle Johns Band >

He's Gone >

Terrapin Station >

Standing on the Moon 

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Bob Weir & Wolf Bros @ Red Rocks, June 8, 2021

Set 1

New Speedway Boogie

Truckin'

Brother Esau

Peggy-O

Black Throated Wind 

Brown Eyed Women

Weather Report Suite 

 

Set 2 

Me & Bobby McGee

Playin >

Uncle Johns Band >

He's Gone >

Terrapin Station >

Standing on the Moon >

Sugar Magnolia >

Sunshine Daydream 

Encore;

Touch of Gray 

 

Wolf Bros; 

Bob Weir; Guitar  

Jay Lane; Drums 

Don Was; Bass

 

with special guests; 

Greg Leisz; Pedal Steel Guitar 

Jeff Chimenti; Keyboards

 

and the Wolf Pack;

Sheldon Brown; Woodwinds

Mads Tolling; Violin

Adam Theis;  Trombone

 Brian Switzer; Trumpet

Alex Kelly; Cello

 

>>> and fiddle <3, he just blends<<<

No wonder, it's Mads Tolling.

How long has he been a part of this deal?

Bob just keeps adding quality to this group.

And there's nothing wrong with that.

From what little I've heard, it seems that some backing vocal additions wouldn't hurt, but otherwise this is a pretty good sounding, and pretty different sounding group.

Atta' boy Bobby.

Greg Leisz; Pedal Steel Guitar 

Plays with Jackson Browne. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1-t9t2t_3E

Was playing on that "Farther On" video from a post a while back. 

>>> The additions of Chimenti and Greg Leisz have made this a very listenable group. <<<

I haven't listened yet, but I really like the music those 2 make.

I was at Red Rocks tonight and it was just a stellar night of music on a warm June night in Denver. Magical!

Thanks for that magical report, Woz.

Bob just keeps adding quality to this group.

 

my guess is Don Was is recruiting and orchestrating and it sounds fucking great!

Oh that Woz.

He sure gets around.

And Greg Leisz gets around too.

He plays with lots of great artists, perhaps the greatest being Master Charles Lloyd, in his brilliant group The Marvels, with Eric Harland, Bill Frisell & Reuben Rogers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPM4uxiRVjY

Don Was is a master producer Greg Liesz was simply amazing tonight. Thanks for identifying the Violinist Tom!

Can't wait for tomorrow!

I usually tease about the tempos, but with this lineup it really works.  

Love the pedal steel, adds such a wonderful dimension to the music,  and the horn / string arrangements are great.  

Black Throated Wind really shines with this lineup, always a fave Bobby tune

Intro to Weather Report Suite with the strings, Phantastic!  

And Jay Lanes drums keep getting furryer 

That's a pretty decent GD setlist!

Fun to see Bobby rocking the pink guitar.

Thanks for the scoop and those great shots, Noodler.

I enjoyed it - and the Strat/Dylan story was way cool too - but by the end, Weir comfortably slid back into his rocker persona. While I prefer the rogue cowboy vibe that the expanded Wolf Bros had over the winter streams from TRI I have no real complaints overall though!

The show was great musically, but spiritually it was so incredibly fulfilling to be at a concert at one of the most amazing venues in the world! Life is back!

Hope this link works... Bobby posted his pre-show workout w/ audio

https://www.instagram.com/p/CP30uaqLYLs/?utm_medium=copy_link

I usually tease about the tempos, but with this lineup it really works<<<

Yeah, I agree. 

I suspect he has been slowing down a bit in general ... a natural flipside byproduct of his inherent musical gift.   But yeah, the arrangements with a larger ensemble and different textures allow Bobby to work the slower tempos in some interesting ways.  It's almost as if he's figured out a way to adapt in spite of his body not being what it once was.   The thought occurred to me last evening (again) that out of all the surviving members, he's got the most "uphill battle" in terms of replicating the full projection of his former self as a function of his role as a guitarist to define the "form" of a song combined with a lead vocalist.  If Phil or the drummers lose a step here or there, it mostly flies under the radar, but with Bobby the change is far more "visible".

I recall him saying he had a hard time playing his parts at rock and roll tempos. (Phil and Billy don't, they still rock hard! ).  I've just always liked rocking out to the dead...  but with this elevator music version of the dead, which I was never a fan of, the voicings and arrangements are such, he's actually putting out excellent elevator music...  and it's really growing on me (in a good way).  So Kudos to Bobby for keeping up the Grateful tradition, while accommodating his aging bones, and putting out some of the best work he's done since the dead (IMHO).              

So, faster ain't gonna happen.  How 'bout a little louder?  Especially with the expanded lineup.  Be nice if he cut through a little more.

Not looking for that 90s Bob where he sounded like grinding gears on the Jerry balladssmiley

Just a slight volume boost.

Good

 

And I haven't heard Charles Lloyd for a goddamn long time it may have been at foothill college for all I knowAnd Gregg was outstandingAnd Gregg was simply outstanding

 

I think I could survive a baby shower now or a Bobby show