Live at Roseland


Live at Roseland is a 2001 live album by the band RatDog, featuring former Grateful Dead guitarist and singer Bob Weir. In contrast to studio album Evening Moods, this release contains mostly songs from the Grateful Dead song book. It was recorded at the Roseland Theater in Portland, Oregon, on April 25 and 26, 2001.
The song "Ashes and Glass" contains an instrumental excerpt of Grateful Dead's well-known jam classic "Dark Star".

Reception

In a review for AllMusic, William Ruhlmann wrote: "RatDog comes off as a Grateful Dead clone band with the Dead's surviving co-lead vocalist at the helm... In addition to the repertoire, there is the overall musical style of the band, which, despite the presence of a saxophone, has a very Dead-like feel. Add it up, and this is music Deadheads will welcome."
Author Dean Budnick stated that, despite the presence of some "agreeable interpretations" of Dead material, "the release fails to deliver on the band's full resources."

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "The Music Never Stopped" – 10:25
  2. "New Minglewood Blues" – 8:55
  3. "Loser" – 9:43
  4. "Friend of the Devil" – 5:22
  5. "Corrina" – 10:09
  6. "Bird Song" – 12:08
  7. "Ashes and Glass" – 14:13

Disc two

  1. "Estimated Prophet" – 14:20
  2. "Bass/Drums" – 6:13
  3. "Mission in the Rain" – 8:21
  4. "Even So" – 8:52
  5. "Tennessee Jed" – 8:44
  6. "The Other One" – 8:57
  7. "Bird Song" – 8:45
  8. "Turn On Your Love Light" – 10:56

Recording dates

  • April 25, 2001 - Disc 1 tracks 1–3 & 6, Disc 2 tracks 4–7
  • April 26, 2001 - Disc 1 tracks 4–5 & 7, Disc 2 tracks 1–3 & 8

Credits

RatDog

Production