Before Dead & Company embark on their 2019 summer tour, Bob Weir and Wolf Bros the Grateful Dead guitarists outfit with bassist Don Was and Ratdog drummer Jay Lane will hit the road for a spring jaunt.
The trio launched their maiden trek in 2018 with a setlist stocked with Grateful Dead songs. This is more fun than a frog in a glass of milk, Weir said of touring with Wolf Bros in a statement. Don is all over his upright, and Jay needs to somehow be kept in line at times, but its all falling together nicely.
The spring tour begins February 28th at Ithaca, New Yorks State Theatre and runs through March 30th in Charleston, South Carolina. The trio has also booked a May 3rd slot at Redondo Beach, Californias Beachlife Festival.
For a while now Ive been itchin to explore our songs in a trio setting. An upright bass, my acoustic or electric guitar and a drummer, Weir said of the outfit in August 2018. We did some rehearsals this past spring and it was big funand thats the whole idea. We were kickin around Dead songs as well as tunes from my back pages. Im pretty sure were gonna have a big adventure with this.
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Bob Weir & Wolf Bros Tour Dates
February 28 Ithaca, NY @ State Theatre
March 1 Northampton, MA @ John M. Greene Auditorium
March 2 Wallingford, CT @ The Oakdale Theater
March 4 Cleveland, OH @ Ohio City Masonic Temple
March 5 Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
March 6 Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre
March 8 Philadelphia, PA @ Metropolitan Opera House
March 9 Portland, ME @ State Theatre
March 13 & 14 Red Bank, NJ @ Count Basie Theatre
March 15 Buffalo, NY @ Sheas Performing Arts Center
March 19 St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre
March 20 Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theater
March 21 St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
March 23 Austin, TX @ Bass Concert Hall
March 24 New Orleans, LA @ The Fillmore
March 26 Miami, FL @ Fillmore Miami
March 27 Jacksonville, FL @ Florida Theatre
March 29 Chattanooga, TN @ Tivoli Theater
March 30 Charleston, SC @ North Charleston Performing Arts Center
May 3 Redondo Beach, CA @ BeachLife Festival