Las Vegas Weekly

September 9, 2009 · 6:21 AM

Photo Gallery: Bob Weir performs with RatDog at House of Blues

By Robin Leach

The Grateful Dead's Bob Weir performs with RatDog at the House of Blues in Mandalay Bay.

Photo: Erik Kabik/Retna/www.erikkabikphoto.com

Grateful Dead frontman and rhythm guitarist Bob Weir has just wound up a reunion with fellow members on a Dead tour, but, as his fans know, he’s now back on the road with his own band RatDog.

Deadheads filled the House of Blues dancing and twirling through two full sets of classic Grateful Dead music and some RatDog originals. Bob kicked it all off with the early Dead song “Viola Lee Blues,” and he used that as interludes in and out of other songs through the entire evening.

He closed the show with a thunderous version of the Van Morrison song “Gloria,” and opening act Jackie Green joined the band onstage for that finale. Our contributing photographer and Grateful Dead admirer Erik Kabik was front and center to capture this Vegas DeLuxe photo gallery for us.

Ratdog began as a side project for rhythm guitarist Bob and bassist Rob Wasserman. The Grateful Dead disbanded in 1995 after Jerry Garcia’s death. Bob turned RatDog into his primary band, and it now has a repertoire of more than 150 songs!

Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world’s premier platinum playground.

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