Bobby/Wolf Bros 3-9-22, Nashville

Good stuff, right?  Hearing Barry Sless at the Ryman sounds just right

Who's on sax?

Wynonna and Margo?

Bobby's still got the kavortka!

Yeah, I'd venture a guess that Don Was is more connected and more apt to reach out to all those folks than Bob.

Still, it's very cool that folks show their love for the good ol'.

Atta' boy Bobby. Keep on truckin'.

Way to go Barry on that Scarlet. It was fire 

i like to see barry cross pollinating with modern outlaw folk, that's cool.

Fast As You? with Bob weir? Interesting.

How many real world BPM?

And did he actually shred the Pete Anderson licks?

nice guests

and Bobby joined Sammy Hagar the night before on Led Zep's Rock and Roll and a NFA - yeah that happened 

^Rolling Stone piece with YouTube links:

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/sammy-hagar-bob-weir-ronnie-16094402...

Yikes. Those Hagar clips are ragged. Ronnie Dunn looks lost trying to read the lyrics to NFA from his phone, and he seems to flee the stage.

The dude doesn't know Not Fade Away?

Chump.

Poor Ronnie.

That Ain't No Way To Go

Thanks for posting the FaceBook Wolf show, what a treasure. I'm going to the Wolf show on March 21, Leper Van Atom (Vern) won tickets from the local NPR station 4 days before he passed away. He'll be there with all of us. I can't wait to see Barry Sless, we saw him at the Fur Peace Ranch with Moon Alice. All of the members in that band were so kind, and Barry made a point to keep talking to us as we walked through the greeting line for autographs. Vern and I said we better move on so others could talk and Barry walked with us, he loved sharing his stories about the band. Such good people.

The show is at the Palace Theater, it was built in 1926 and made with Versailles as an inspiration, but was mainly a vaudeville house, so the acoustics are made to work without amplification. It's a beautiful venue. Bobby will notice the historical significance and bring a great show. I'll do my best to take pictures and be a good Zoner like Vern, but I can't take pictures like at Fur Peace. I'm so sad that Vern's gone, his insight into so many things, especially music, was unique and special. It's very comforting to know you all are here, you're all on that same wonderful, unique page, and definitely there for each other when we lose a good one. A great one. Peace, love and long live the Zone!

I'm not familiar with Why Not Me, Oh Boy! and Fast As You, can anyone tell me more about those tunes?

Why Not Me is a great Wynonna/The Judds song, and I'm assuming Oh Boy! is the classic Buddy Holly song. I don't know Fast As You.

Nice to have you on the black screen Ice Blue. Hope you stick around.

As one of the good ones likes to say, all who come are welcome.

Have a great show, and carry on.

fast as you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM8nBC4XC2A

Ice Blue Rose, good to see you here. Thanks for describing the Palace Theater, nice to know about another beautiful place, and that it was designed to work well without amplification. Have a great show on the 21st.
It's so sad to be without our person. Your Vern was indeed so special and it seems you are, as well. Sending good wishes.

Thanks, Bss for the link to Fast as You. I've never sought out Dwight Yoakum or intentionally listened to him. That was good. He looks so young in that video!

Thanks for the info and link, I would have loved to see Wolf Bros play those tunes.

I'm looking forward to Friday as well.  While not walking in with high expectations, the setlists look good, the band is good, and I imagine a lovely evening listening to bobby.   

These field reports sound very promising, and have me looking forward to seeing the Radio City Music Hall shows on the 2nd and 3rd!  Have a great show tonight Ice Blue, that sounds like an amazing venue.  You too on Friday night, Zang!

I saw Bobby do Oh Boy with Dylan at The Dead summer tour in 2003. Deer Creek. Rocking tune

Wonder if they'll ever cover Los Lobos' Will The Wolf Survive?

Maybe I should wear my three wolves Tshirt.   The women just can't stay away and really disrupts my concert experience.  

Nice, a Bombs Away set II opener. With the Set I Odessa, I wonder if it's an homage to Ukraine.

Wonder what Bobby's Solo- 1 Tune was all about.

The solo songs to open were Dark Star (of all things) and KC Moan.

Interesting set list.

   Blue Rose, I hope you had a wonderful show. I imagine your partner was with you.

I saw Bobby do an acoustic Dark Star with Jackie Greene and Jonathan Wilson in Bakersfield 10 years ago. It soared.

Did he play Mexicali at that show?

They sure did, Local, and the crowd ate it up.

We had seats close to the stage that night, and at one point in between tunes, I hollered Tell the yellow dog story. Bobby thought about it for a few seconds, and then said, Not tonight. I've told that one too many times before.

That's funny Mike. Maybe you should have asked for the Lumberjack story.

In hindsight, you might be right, Local, but I was in the mood for a tale about a fat squat ugly little yellow dog.

Believe me, I get it. Good try!

The Columbus show was great! Bobby opened solo acoustic with Dark Star into KC Moan, then Don and Jay came out for Bertha. Cassidy had great string and brass solos, where for a minute you asked, "which song is this?" BrianK I think you're right about the homage to Ukraine for Odessa and Bomb's Away, before they played Bomb's Bobby said they hadn't really practiced the next tune, always aware of the world. Barry had nice nuances throughout and Jeff was great of course. Bobby was good with the tempo, a few places were too slow, but overall was fine. He cheesed the end of Shakedown which Leper always really disliked, I agree, quit cheesing. There was a nice reggae beat in part of Scarlet too that was fun. The power really hit with Terrapin, maybe it's because I miss Leper a lot, but it hit me hard, and the flute on it was beautiful. Standing was okay, Bobby did it well, but it didn't have Jerry's soul. The crowd was great, everyone singing with the band on GDTR and NFA, we danced the entire night. Bobby said he really liked the venue too, 1926 decor with large chandeliers. The Ripple to end it was Leper's request, he always played it beautifully.

Great review Rose, glad you enjoyed the show 

That was a really great review of last night's show. I'd seen the set list, but you brought it to life. Having Barry and Jeff there surely added some great layers.

"Quit cheesing" is a motto to live by.

3/10/22 Jailhouse Rock encore in Memphis. Check out Bob's Elvis sunglasses, nice touch.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78RiVnRR3is

Interesting shoe in 'nooga. I went in with low expectations and left plenty happy.  Somehow I missed that he had strings and a horns section playing with him and that made for a good add - a much fuller sound and a nice mix of players coming and going throughout the night.  Unlike previous shows, he did not start with acoustic songs.  The core group came out and Bucket set the stage for a nice paced shoe.  The first sets' highlights seemed to me to be toward the second half.  Sugaree (My friend had argued they wouldn't play this song so it was acceptable pregame material - we had a good laugh at the first few notes) had some nice interplay and Chimenti impressed.  He seems to have developed quite a bit since I've last seen him years ago and I was pleasantly surprised. Jed got the hometown crowd excited and then the whole band left Booby on stage by himself for Easy to Slip. I find Booby to be best when he's solo and Easy to slip showed off what a great sound he can individually produce.  Throwing Stones started with just Lane and Was and then the entire group came on the stage midway to really boost the sound and close the set.  Booby added in extra criticism to the "whole God damn government" for extra measure.

At this point I was surprised by a few things that held true for the second set.   There were no pace issues, relatively few flub issues and the cheese was minor.  This band has better potential than I had expected.  At the same point, Barry seemed held in check.  Booby wanted the final solos after Chimenti and Barry and I felt Barry was holding back.  Whether that was by design to not upstage Booby or on his own accord is to be debated or later clarified.   Was was also pretty chill.  The gentlemen next me noted that he was on fire the night before and they thought he was very reserved in this show.  Still he kept the pace and added nice fills but I didn't see anything extra.   Despite the lack of Barry rips and Was infills, it still sounded great.   

The second set brought out the support and it came in strong during Greatest.  I was fearful the horns would drown out the other band members but they seemed to up the mix which was nice and I had no complaints Two Djinn was long - I'm not a huge fan of the song but it went somewhere, not sure where but somewhere.   Playing re-fired up the crowd and had a really great jam in it that was unlike anything I had heard, peppy and happy and I'm interested to go back and relisten.  New country was specifically an instrumental with fiddle, support bass (not Was) and drums.  Felt bluegrassy despite the drums and was a good way to break up the sound and pace.  Tomorrow was solid but I don't recall anything extra with the exception on a watchtower false start before hand.  I was happy with both Black Peter and US Blues but nothing extra to add to solid performances.  

We both left happy and considered even going to Durham which says a lot.   If you are on the fence about seeing this band, I'd recommend going.  It won't be mind altering but you will have a good time and enjoy yourself.  I'd see them again if they were within shot. 

Bucket, Loser, Miracle>Wang Dang>Miracle, Sugaree, Jed, Easy to Slip, Throwing Stones.  

Uncle, Greatest, Two Djinn,  Playing>New Country>Playing>Tomorrow Never Knows>Black Peter>US Blues

Black Muddy. 

Thanks, Zang 

Thanks, Zang. Meaty review, sounds like a really good show to be at.

I'm not too keen about the set list he posted, but Zang inspired me to buy tix to the Kennedy Center show in DC in Oct. First night of a 4 night run.

Since when did Bob begin officially billing himself as "Bobby" Weir?

Thanks for the review Zang, glad you enjoyed it, Barry held back in Columbus also, I thought it may have been because his range was similar to the horns, but maybe it was to not upstage.

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>>>I'm not too keen about the set list 

I wasn't either but it still worked for me.   Part of it is not having seen any bobby related band for years and so it was a nice reminder of the songs that I typically don't play or see live.  

The DC shows should be interesting.  They'll have a full orchestra backing them??   Not sure how they can improvise too much with an orchestra.  

I thin the NY shows will be hot as long as they don't invite too many guests and chunk up the show.   I heard it didn't work too well in Nashville.