Ratdog

Last night I went to the Ratdog show with Kari and Lee. Lee had gone the night before and the setlist looked pretty sweet. Our seats were in the same row as our Widespread seats which are quite nice being the first row in the main balcony. The price was outrageous at $45 ($55 after taxes and fees). Neither night sold out. I haven't seen Ragdog in many many years so I thought I'd give it another go. 

Lee drove and we parked in the garage under the venue which was convenient and allowed us to avoid the front line. It was a good jam but playing so many Grateful Dead songs it just made me miss the Dead. Mark Karan on guitar played some good lead here and there but on some songs I didn't think he was all that. And Bob's guitar had some high pitched feed-back sounding loud tone to it that bothered me. It didn't sound right. And to top it off they ran out of their one decent beer and I had to drink a Miller Lite. That tasted like crap in the end. The hippies have gotten old because unlike most shows I was on the younger side. Overall it wasn't that bad; just over-priced and of course nothing near what the Dead used to be.

Warner Theatre setlists...

Wednesday which I didn't attend:

I: Jam > Dancin in the Street > Shakedown Street > Maggie's Farm > She Belongs to Me > Money for Gasoline, She Says > Liberty, Foolish Heart

II: Deep Elem Blues, El Paso, Estimated Prophet > The Other One > Stuff > Morning Dew > China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider

E: U.S. Blues

And last night:

I: Jam > Here Comes Sunshine > Brown-Eyed Women > Loser > Lucky Enough > Cream Puff War > Quinn the Eskimo, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl > Ashes and Glass

II: Me and My Uncle, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, Mississippi Half-Step > The Wheel > Lady with a Fan > Terrapin > Stuff, Black Peter > Throwing Stones

E: At a Siding > Terrapin Flyer