Credit: Jay BlakesbergFounding Grateful Dead singer/guitarist Bob Weir has announced plans for a fall U.S. tour with a new outfit called Wolf Bros. The group consists of Weir on vocals and electric and acoustic guitar, acclaimed producer Don Was on bass, and Jay Lane, a longtime member of Bob’s band RatDog, on drums.
The trek currently features 22 dates, kicking off October 16 in Reno, Nevada, and running through a November 18-19 engagement at New York City’s Beacon Theatre. The outing also includes two-show stands in Chicago; Port Chester, New York; and Boston.
Weir says the Wolf Bros project first came together in the spring of 2015 when Don Was visited Bob’s TRI Studios in San Rafael, California, and helped “piece together” the Grateful Dead spinoff group Dead & Company.
“For a while now I’ve been itchin’ to explore our songs in a trio setting. An upright bass, my acoustic or electric guitar and a drummer,” explains Weir. “We did some rehearsals this past spring and it was big fun — and that’s the whole idea. We were kickin’ around Dead songs as well as tunes from my back pages. I’m pretty sure we’re gonna have a big adventure with this.”
Prior to Weir’s tour with Wolf Bros, Weir has two headlining performances with Dead & Company at the 2018 Lockn’ Festival on August 25 and 26 in Arrington, Virginia.
He’ll also be a special guest at the Sound Summit 2018: A Benefit for The Mountain event on September 8 in Mill Valley, California, and will be playing with his RatDog band mate Steve Kimock and other musicians on September 23 at the Sweetwater in the Sun concert in Novato, California.
Here are all of the Weir and Wolf Bros tour dates:
10/16 — Reno, NV, Grand Sierra Resort
10/18 — Los Angeles, CA, The Theatre at Ace Hotel
10/20 — Santa Barbara, CA, Arlington Theatre
10/22 — Portland, OR, Keller Auditorium
10/23 — Seattle, WA, Moore Theater
10/24 — Missoula, MT, The Wilma
10/26 — Salt Lake City, UT, Delta Hall at Eccles Theater
10/27 — Albuquerque, NM, Kiva Auditorium
10/29 — Denver, CO, Paramount Theatre
10/31 — Chicago, IL, The Chicago Theatre
11/1 — Chicago, IL, The Chicago Theatre
11/5 — Nashville, TN, Ryman Auditorium
11/6 — Louisville, KY, Palace Theatre
11/8 — Syracuse, NY, Landmark Theatre
11/9 — Port Chester, NY, Capitol Theatre
11/10 — Port Chester, NY, Capitol Theatre
11/12 — Washington, D.C., Warner Theatre
11/13 — Philadelphia, PA, The Fillmore
11/15 — Boston, MA, Wang Theatre – Boch Center
11/16 — Boston, MA, Wang Theatre – Boch Center
11/18 — New York, NY, Beacon Theatre
11/19 — New York, NY, Beacon Theatre
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