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"It started out with Rob Wasserman and me as a duo and we played that way for six or eight years, and then one day I was working on a project and we needed a drummer. And Rob said, "I know this drummer that I met last night and he was pretty good. You want me to give him a buzz?" and I said, "Sure." And so Jay [Lane] came up and did this session with us. The next morning, I called Rob and said "Hey, listen. That was kind of fun yesterday. How bout we take a drummer on our next tour?" and he said he was just thinking the same thing. We started working together and booked another tour, and we were working with Jay at the time and we were about to go out on tour and my old pal Matthew Kelly came through town. And he was just sort of footloose and I said "Hey, you want to come out with us? You want to come sit in with us?" And that worked so we had a little quartet and we took that on the road."--Bob Weir (6/3/2005 interview) Since that beginning in 1995, RatDog has undergone many changes, both in personnel and musical approach. It has evolved from a blues revue into a musical fusion of backgrounds and talents; complex, energetic, and adventurous. The members are no longer a supporting cast for front man Bob Weir. Rather, the band is a full time, full force powerhouse, capable of taking music fans to new and mystical places every night. Now composed of original members Bob and Jay, in addition to Jeff Chimenti, Mark Karan, Kenny Brooks, and Robin Sylvester, RatDog has truly come into its own. The RatDog experience delights and exhilarates, and according to Bob, "If you like what you hear, do come again...."

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Member Since: 10/7/2006
Band Website: rat-dog.com
Band Members: Bob Weir - Guitar, Lead Vocals Original Member Rob Wasserman - Bass, Original Member 4/22/1995-10/19/2002 (466 shows) Jay Lane - Drums, Vocals Original Member Matthew Kelly - Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals 4/22/1995-9/6/1998 (175 shows) Vince Welnick - Keyboards, Vocals 9/1/1995-12/12/1995 (14 shows) Johnnie Johnson - Keyboards, Vocals 2/20/1996-5/28/1997 (67 shows) Dave Ellis - Saxophone 11/9/1996-12/2/1999 (169 shows) Mookie Siegel - Keyboards 12/10/1996-4/15/1997 (20 shows) Jeff Chimenti - Keyboards, Vocals First Show: 5/28/1997 Mark Karan - Guitar, Vocals First Show: 10/29/1998 Kenny Brooks - Saxophone, Vocals First Show: 5/5/2000 Robin Sylvester - Bass, Vocals First Show: 3/4/2003
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Sounds Like: Layout made by sandy
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

HE’S BAAAAAAAACK!

12/17/07 from www.rat-dog.comJoined by the Waybacks and Little Feat, the Dog put on a first-class Rex Foundation benefit this Saturday (12/15) at the Warfield Theatre, San Francisco. The sweetest new...
Posted by Ratdog on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 02:50:00 PST

Summer tour 2007 so far......

A hell of a ride. Though we miss our brother Mark , we've been blessed by Steve Kimock's willingness to jump in as a sub, and the Dog remains strong. Actually, so far on this tour it has been quite li...
Posted by Ratdog on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:58:00 PST

Mark Karan

A Message from MKhey there groovy guys and groovy gals... it's yr ol' pal MK here with some less than stellar news. i will not be joining the boys on this july run thru the good ol' USofA...my MDs hav...
Posted by Ratdog on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:37:00 PST

Spring Tour Finale

Whew. Grueling, but positive. We were tested by ice, wind, storm, flood (there must have been one somewhere) and disease, and came through...thanks to Dog Heads and the best and toughest crew that...
Posted by Ratdog on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:34:00 PST

Penn's Peak

Why we love Dog Heads #999: because you drove through a semi-blizzard with major winds and a foot of snow up a real hill - hey, they don't call it Penn's Peak for nothing - to get to our first show ...
Posted by Ratdog on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 02:27:00 PST

'Dog @ The Beacon

Except for the weather, it's been a very fine spring for the Dog. Ice in Syracuse, serious cold in other places - hey, we're Californians - but that hasn't seemed to affect the playing, to put it mi...
Posted by Ratdog on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:41:00 PST

Fly through the night.......and end up in Harrisburg?

Most of you know that Bob generally wears a light shirt and shorts on stage - in his words, "It's always July under the lights." And last night in Syracuse on the first stop of our spring boogie down ...
Posted by Ratdog on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 01:23:00 PST

From www.rat-dog.com

"About half way through the second set last Sunday in Vancouver, three guys with a fair amount of Dog experience - David Lemieux (GD Archivist), Peter Ammerall (RatDog ditto), and Dennis McNally (Dog ...
Posted by Ratdog on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:27:00 PST