Bob Weir and Ratdog

[chocolateman]

Does bobby still wear booty shorts? It's been a while since I've seen him....

[yemalope.]

he definately does.

[chocolateman]

I thought he might. Old habits die hard.

[weatherbill]

this 1969 video of the dead rocks!

[phanofroo]

michelle said:

Bobby fans are people too!!! ;D ;D
^^^ one of my fav. stickers!!

"Make Bobby Shave" is another great sticker!

For me, I'll take any dead-related music I can. I personally prefer Phil over Bobby, but I still catch Rat-Dog every chance I can get. Just like any other Dead concert, Rat-Dog can put on a mind-blowingly intense show, or they can flop miserably. I've also seen that with Phil (and with Jerry). RatDog tends to be more jazzy and tighter than Phil.

[willwn]

I've only gotten to see Ratdog once....and it was at red rocks.....and it was AWESOME!!

I will be there for every minute of their set at bonnarooo.

[ratskrad]

weatherbill said:

I wish they would invite DSO to do a Bonnaroo.......They would probably do the Dead better than the Dead....LOL

a reliable birdie says next year

[illyb]

You people are freakin nuts!!!!! Okay first of all obviously Phil brings it more and is utterly amazing. He's also got a much bigger following as well. Bobby though, is a straight up rocker IMO. I feel like Phil brings the crazy extended jams with special guests but Bobby plays the rockin not as jammy but song filled sets. I'm not saying one is better than the other, but I personally have always liked Bobby better. Ratdogs shows are insanely rockin and he just pumps your head full of Dead favorites. But once again, that's just my favorite out of the two. Neither one is better than the other.

[weatherbill]

Oh, lets just get em all back together, one more time! Come on Phil n Bob........!

where you at Bill and Mickey???

[Moe Train]

Hey Guys... I need your help. I have a 15-20 minute interview with Bob Weir (confirmed for Saturday at Roo). I've been doing my research and have SOME questions prepared, but I could use your help.

If you have any interesting questions for me to ask Bob, please put em here or e-mail me at [e-mail]...

Thanks!

[nagchampa]

^ id say get personal "what would you change about your life?" or "boxers or briefs"

[illyb]

^^^^^
How about "What do you miss the most from playing with and living with and being apart of the Grateful Dead?"

[Moe Train]

Ah... Not bad. I think I have something similar to that already, but I'll check.

I'm tempted to throw some personal stuff in there, but I wanna make sure the interview goes the full 20 min!

[weatherbill]

Ask about why he has numerous biblical themes in his lyrics. Is he hinting to a little spiritual Jesus vibe???

Yeah, what's up with that Bob??

Put something controversial in there to liven up your interview.
make it memorable dude....just don't be a flower pusher.....stir something up....LOL

[taylorehill]

www.jambands.com/Features/content_2006_12_22.06.phtml

There is some advice in the intro to that article.

Also, Bobby pauses a bit. Don't let that make you think he is done answering. Wait until he really finishes.

[willrich1]

i always found the connection between the dead and ken casey and the merry pranksters.. I would ask him something about the experience with that character and maybe even the hells angels.. I dunno i read electric kool aide acid test and the stories i heard about the dead and ken casey were insane..

[Moe Train]

Yeah Taylor... We did a bit of a brainstorming session last night, and we're also trying to come up with "different" questions. Even though it's Bobby, I want to keep the interview to my personality. We decided that the "dry" questions are good for print, but people want to hear fun and interesting stuff when listening to an interview.

Out of all the interviews that I have, I think Bobby's interview is going to be the hardest. I know his music, but not to the extent that I know Ziggy's music, for example. How long did you happen to sit down with Bobby?

[taylorehill]

half-an-hour.

Call all your deadhead friends and ask them for questions. Throw in two or three RatDog questions at the beginning so he thinks you see him as more than a Dead member. If you have to ask him the universal questions (I did) just ask them in a new way.

If you have any other questions give me a call.

[Moe Train]

The Ratdog questions are def coming first... I want to throw a few fun curveballs in the interview... I'm not a "character" per se, but I need to have things fun like the personality of the podcast.

Thanks for the offer. I'll give you a ring if I can think of anything. See you at Roo.

[areyoukind]

ask him if he'd ever consider putting on pants

also try to get him to wear a tiedye shirt (he hates them)

[Moe Train]

He always wears nuthuggers doesn't he?

I was thinking about bringing him a tie dyed shirt as a gift for laughs...

[areyoukind]

cool yeah... i saw him on letterman or something saying that he has never like tiedye...

and damn his pants are ... something else

[weatherbill]

I hope the Dog give us a kick ass set!

[weatherbill]

name one dead song you want to hear Bobbby do......

St Stephen

[headinlot]

Black Throated Wind, Desolation Row

[Moe Train]

Casey Jones

[evanw]

jack straw

[yemalope.]

weatherbill said:

name one dead song you want to hear Bobbby do......

St Stephen

damm. took mine.

bertha

[yemalope.]

tonight i shall be at phil @ mountain jam!

[augustwest]

Greatest story ever told, and the other one. I dig it when Bobby sings those fast, difficult lines, he sometimes even gets it right.

I don't like it when RatDog does songs that Jerry did the singing on, it doesn't sound right.