''Live at Roseland'' is a 2001 live album by the band

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, featuring former

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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

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, 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

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, 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

#"The Music Never Stopped" ( John Perry Barlow, Bob Weir) – 10:25 #"New Minglewood Blues" (trad., arr. Weir) – 8:55 #"Loser" ( Robert Hunter,

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) – 9:43 #" Friend of the Devil" ( John Dawson, Hunter, Garcia) – 5:22 #"Corrina" (Hunter, Weir) – 10:09 #"Bird Song" (Hunter, Garcia) – 12:08 #"Ashes and Glass" (André Pessis, Weir, Jeff Chimenti, Dave Ellis, Mark Karan, Jay Lane, Mike McGinn,

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) – 14:13

Disc two

#"Estimated Prophet" (Barlow, Weir) – 14:20 #"Bass/Drums" (Wasserman, Lane) – 6:13 #"Mission in the Rain" (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:21 #"Even So" ( Gerrit Graham, Weir, Chimenti, Ellis, Karan, Matthew Kelly, Lane, McGinn, Wasserman) – 8:52 #"Tennessee Jed" (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:44 #"The Other One" (

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, Weir) – 8:57 #"Bird Song" (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:45 #" Turn On Your Love Light" (Deadric Malone, Joseph Scott) – 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

*Kenny Brooks –

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to p ...

*Jeff Chimenti –

background vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are u ...

, keyboards *Mark Karan – background vocals,

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

*Jay Lane – background vocals,

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

*Rob Wasserman –

double bass The double bass (), also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, the bull fiddle, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched string instrument, chordophone in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions ...

*Bob Weir –

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

Production

*FOH engineer, recording & mixing – Michael McGinn *Assistant recording engineer – Jose Neves *Assistant mix engineer – Mike Frietas *Mastering engineer – Kris Ziakis *Monitor engineer – Chris Charucki *Cover art & layout design – Gary Houston, Kevin Hutton *Photography – Susana Millman, Stephen Dorian Miner *Album coordination – Cassidy Law

References

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