{"id":480871,"date":"2019-01-14T11:22:23","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T18:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=778710"},"modified":"2019-01-14T11:22:23","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T18:22:23","slug":"bob-weir-and-wolf-bros-return-to-play-grateful-dead-songs-on-spring-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/bob-weir-and-wolf-bros-return-to-play-grateful-dead-songs-on-spring-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Weir and Wolf Bros Return to Play Grateful Dead Songs on Spring Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/bob-weir-wolf-bros-tour.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Before Dead &amp; Company embark on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/dead-company-summer-tour-dates-761263\/\">their 2019 summer tour<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/bob-weir\/\">Bob Weir<\/a> and Wolf Bros \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/the-grateful-dead\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-grateful-dead\" data-tag=\"the-grateful-dead\">the Grateful Dead<\/a> guitarist\u2019s outfit with bassist Don Was and Ratdog drummer Jay Lane \u2013 will hit the road for a spring jaunt.<\/p>\n<p>The trio launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/bob-weir-to-perform-grateful-dead-catalog-in-new-trio-706470\/\">their maiden trek in 2018<\/a> with a setlist stocked with Grateful Dead songs. \u201cThis is more fun than a frog in a glass of milk,\u201d Weir said of touring with Wolf Bros in a statement. \u201cDon is all over his upright, and Jay needs to somehow be kept in line at times, but it\u2019s all falling together nicely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The spring tour begins February 28th at Ithaca, New York\u2019s State Theatre and runs through March 30th in Charleston, South Carolina. The trio has also booked a May 3rd slot at Redondo Beach, California\u2019s Beachlife Festival.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a while now I\u2019ve been itchin\u2019 to explore our songs in a trio setting. An upright bass, my acoustic or electric guitar and a drummer,\u201d Weir said of the outfit in August 2018. \u201cWe did some rehearsals this past spring and it was big fun\u2014and that\u2019s the whole idea. We were kickin\u2019 around Dead songs as well as tunes from my back pages. I\u2019m pretty sure we\u2019re gonna have a big adventure with this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob Weir &amp; Wolf Bros Tour Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>February 28 \u2013 Ithaca, NY @ State Theatre<br \/>March 1 \u2013 Northampton, MA @ John M. Greene Auditorium<br \/>March 2 \u2013 Wallingford, CT @ The Oakdale Theater<br \/>March 4 \u2013 Cleveland, OH @ Ohio City Masonic Temple<br \/>March 5 \u2013 Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore<br \/>March 6 \u2013 Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre<br \/>March 8 \u2013 Philadelphia, PA @ Metropolitan Opera House<br \/>March 9 \u2013 Portland, ME @ State Theatre<br \/>March 13 &amp; 14 \u2013 Red Bank, NJ @ Count Basie Theatre<br \/><span>March 15 \u2013 Buffalo, NY @ Shea\u2019s Performing Arts Center<br \/><\/span>March 19 \u2013 St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre<br \/>March 20 \u2013 Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theater<br \/>March 21 \u2013 St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant<br \/>March 23 \u2013 Austin, TX @ Bass Concert Hall<br \/>March 24 \u2013 New Orleans, LA @ The Fillmore<br \/>March 26 \u2013 Miami, FL @ Fillmore Miami<br \/>March 27 \u2013 Jacksonville, FL @ Florida Theatre<br \/>March 29 \u2013 Chattanooga, TN @ Tivoli Theater<br \/>March 30 \u2013 Charleston, SC @ North Charleston Performing Arts Center<br \/>May 3 \u2013 Redondo Beach, CA @ BeachLife Festival<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/bob-weir-wolf-bros-tour-778710\/\" target=\"_blank\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before Dead &amp; Company embark on their 2019 summer tour, Bob Weir and Wolf Bros \u2013 the Grateful Dead guitarist\u2019s outfit with bassist Don Was and Ratdog drummer Jay Lane \u2013 will hit the road for a spring jaunt. The trio launched their maiden trek in 2018 with a setlist stocked with Grateful Dead songs. 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