TRI Studios’ Weir Here webcasts have given us many magical moments both musical and otherwise. Last week’s episode was no exception as it featured Bobby teaming up with the impressive one-time-only band of guitarist Steve Kimock, bassist Dave Schools of Widespread Panic, vocalist Leslie Mendelson, Primus drummer Jay Lane and multi-instrumentalist Jason Crosby.
TRI has graciously shared video of the ensemble’s version of Cassidy…
It will be hard to top last Wednesday’s episode of TRI Studio’s talk show Weir Here in which Furthur / Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir, bassist Phil Lesh, roadie Steve Parish and archivist David Lemieux told Pigpen stories and a one-off ensemble led by Weir and Lesh performed. However the show must go on and the lineup for the next episode of Weir Here has just been revealed.
Weir will be joined by guitarist Steve Kimock, Widespread Panic bassist David Schools, multi-instrumentalist Jason Crosby, drummer Jay Lane and singer Leslie Mendelson for the March 27th episode of Weir Here. You can watch Weir Here at TRIStudios.com starting at 5:30PM PT / 8:30PM ET every Wednesday night.
Phil Lesh made his first appearance on Bob Weir’s Weir Here talk show one to remember last night at TRI Studios. Lesh emerged halfway through a version of Sugar Magnolia featuring Weir on acoustic guitar that kicked off the show and stuck around for nearly an hour and a half of the two hour show before departing for his own venue.
Following Sugar Magnolia, the Grateful Dead / Furthur band mates offered impressive duo versions of Cosmic Charlie and Loose Lucy before bringing out multi-instrumentalist Jason Crosby for a passionate take on Jack Straw. Then, Weir headed over to his desk, which is the same style as other talk show hosts like Jay Leno and David Letterman, where he was joined by Lesh, Grateful Dead roadie Steve Parish and the Dead’s legacy manager David Lemieux for an incredibly engaging storytelling session about the late Ron “Pigpen” McKernan. It’s not often we get to see Weir and Lesh just trading tales and they both seemed to hold nothing back frankly discussing drug and alcohol usage.
In just a few hours what looks the be the best episode yet of Bob Weir’s Weir Here talk show will air on TRI Studios starting at 5:30PM PT / 8:30PM ET. As previously reported, Weir’s Grateful Dead / Furthur band mate Phil Lesh will make his Weir Here debut this Wednesday and additional guests will include Grateful Dead roadie Steve Parish and GD legacy manager David Lemieux. Just in case the lineup for this episode wasn’t impressive enough, a pair of musical guests have just been revealed.
Weir and Lesh’s Furthur band mate Joe Russo and multi-instrumentalist Jason Crosby will join the Weir Here festivities this evening for the Pigpen-themed episode. So be sure to tune in to TRI Studios at 5:30PM PT / 8:30PM ET. If not, we’ll have a full report for you.
You can even watch right here…
The 13th episode of Bob Weir’s Weir Here talk show, which airs via TRI Studios each Wednesday night at 5:30PM PT / 8:30PM ET is shaping up to be the best one yet. As previously reported, Weir’s Grateful Dead / Furthur band mate Phil Lesh will make his Weir Here debut this Wednesday and additional guests will include Grateful Dead roadie Steve Parish and GD legacy manager David Lemieux.
Today, TRI has announced the topic for this week’s episode of Weir Here – Pigpen! Weir, Lesh, Parish and Lemieux will discuss keyboardist Ron “Pigpen” McKernan’s contributions to the Dead before he left the band in 1972 before his tragic death a year later. If you’ve got a question for the panel, tweet it @tri_studios using the hashtag #weirhere. Tune in on Wednesday for the episode.
Bob Weir has welcomed a wide array of guests to his Weir Here talk show over the past few months, but he’s never had his Furthur / Grateful Dead band mate Phil Lesh visit his weekly broadcast. That will change next Wednesday when “Uncle Phil” makes his Weir Here debut.
Weir Here, which can be watched each Wednesday at 5:30PM PT / 8:30PM ET at TriStudios.com, combines live performances and question-and-answer segments.
Bob Weir continued his Weir Here performance / Q&A series last night via a live webcast originating from his TRI Studios facility in the Bay Area last night. For this ninth installment of Weir Here, the Furthur / Grateful Dead guitarist was joined by a cast of characters that included Talking Heads / Modern Lovers keyboardist/guitarist Jerry Harrison, former Van Halen vocalist Sammy Hagar, singer/songwriter Lukas Nelson and RatDog rhythm section Robin Sylvester and Jay Lane.
Hagar, Weir’s longtime friend and neighbor, started things off by fronting the assembled musicians on Loose Lucy and Mustang Sally and backed up Nelson on JJ Cale’s Call Me The Breeze. Lukas then offered up his novelty song I’m Stuck with a Boner on a Bus Full of Guys before giving way to Harrison for a rollicking version of Life During Wartime. Bobby and Lukas shared lead vocals on a cover of Come Together by The Beatles which was followed the a pair of GD classics – Friend of the Devil and Althea. The group then tipped its cap to the other legendary act Harrison was a part of – Modern Lovers – by tackling She Cracked. For the finale, Weir led the ensemble through I Know You Rider.
Set: Loose Lucy (Sammy/Bob) [MISSING FROM VIDEO] > Mustang Sally (Sammy), Call Me the Breeze (Lukas) <exit Sammy> I’m Stuck with a Boner on a Bus Full of Guys (Lukas), Life During Wartime (Jerry), Come Together (Bob/Lukas), Friend of the Devil (Bob) > Althea (Lukas), She Cracked (Jerry), I Know You Rider (Bob)
[via Chez on Ratdog.org]
Unlike other Weir Here’s, last night’s installment was just about the music with no Q&A session.
Bob Weir’s Weir Here performance and interview series has become a regular feature on TRIStudios.com. For the next installment, which takes place on Wednesday, February 13, Weir has enlisted his neighbor and former Van Halen front man Sammy Hagar and guitarist/vocalist Lukas Nelson.
You can tune in free-of-charge at 8:30PM ET / 5:30PM PT on the 13th HERE.
A series of webcasts originating from TRI Studios dubbed “Weir Here” returns on Wednesday, January 23rd. For Weir Here broadcasts Grateful Dead / Furthur guitarist vocalist Bob Weir takes questions from social media and generally performs a handful of tunes. On the first Weir Here of 2013, Weir will be joined by special guest Widespread Panic bassist Dave Schools.
TRI’s social media coordinator Kim Schultz will ask Weir and Schools questions that you can submit by tweeting at @TRI_Studios using the hashtag “#weirhere.” You can watch the webcast free-of-charge at TRIStudios.com starting at 5:30PM PT/8:30 PM ET on Wednesday night, January 23rd.
Tonight at 5:30PM PT tune in to TRIStudios.com for a special broadcast from Bob Weir. Not only will the Grateful Dead/Furthur guitarist perform a few acoustic tunes, but he’ll also submit to a viewer Q&A based on questions submitted via Twitter (someone ask about his love of jorts!)
Weir founded Tamalpais Research Institute, aka TRI Studios, in 2011 and the state-of-the-art virtual music venue has hosted a slew of performances from a wide range of acts including Slightly Stoopid, Furthur and Lukas Nelson over the past two years. Tonight’s webcast is free-of-charge.
Earlier this week we mentioned a wounded veterans benefit happening tonight at Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley, Calif. that caught our attention. CNBC senior economics reporter Steve Liesman and his band The Mooncusers are set to perform this evening aided by a cast of special guests that include Grateful Dead / Furthur guitarist Bob Weir, psych-folkie Jonathan Wilson, rocker Sammy Hagar and Furthur keyboardist Jeff Chimenti. Well we just found out that the show will be webcast live via Yahoo! Music and TRI Studios starting at 9PM PT / 12AM ET.
[Weir and Liesman Jam Session]
Bobby and Steve Liesman met years ago backstage at a Dead show and renewed their friendship after the reporter profiled the guitarists for a pair of CNBC profiles. Hagar and Weir are longtime friends and neighbors who have jammed plenty of times over the year, while Wilson entered the Dead extended family thanks to a spotlight-stealing turn at the Move Me Brightly webcast this past August and impressive sit-ins with Furthur earlier this month. Don’t forget the show is a benefit and that all proceeds benefit the Coming Home Project.
Tonight was a surreal evening for God Street Wine fans as the band returned after a 19-month layoff to play the first of six shows marking their latest reunion: a free webcast originating from Bob Weir’s TRI Studios. The HT faves performed their 1994 album $1.99 Romances in its entirety and jammed with their host on a batch of covers as well as one of their own tunes.
[Screenshots of Tri Studios Webcast]
When the band took the stage with Princess Henrietta followed by Mile By Mile and Nightingale, a pattern started to emerge. As Thirsty came next it was clear God Street Wine was replicating the track list of their major label debut – $1.99 Romances. GSW tackled their most well-known album song-by-song until they had played the entire 14-track LP. While most tunes were performed in a similar fashion to the album, guitarist Lo Faber strapped on an acoustic for a slow-tempo take on Molly. Also, one-time GSW member Jason Crosby, who joined his old mates for the whole show, played fiddle and dueled with Faber during Wendy.
Set: Princess Henrietta, Mile By Mile, Nightingale, Thirsty, Stone House, Molly, The Ballroom, Run To You, Crazy Head, Hammer & A Spike, Wendy, Imogene, Tina’s Town, Into The Sea, Candyman*, Feel Like A Stranger*, Cassidy*, And It Stoned Me^, Epilog*
* – w/ Bob Weir
^ – w/ Bob Weir and Shanna Morrison
Faber strode to the mic after $1.99 Romances and welcomed TRI proprietor Bob Weir. Weir, who had jammed with God Street Wine on Jam Cruise, led the group through Grateful Dead classics Candyman, Feel Like A Stranger and Cassidy. For a finale, Weir stuck around while vocalist Shanna Morrison came out for a cover of her father’s (Van Morrison) And It Stoned Me. When urged by their host for just one more, God Street Wine complied with their own Epilog. GSW heads over to Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley for shows on Friday and Saturday.
Here’s more images from God Street Wine at TRI Studios…
The fine folks over at TRI Studios have just posted 13 songs from Friday night’s Move Me Brightly webcast at Yahoo! Music. Included within are The Wheel > Cumberland Blues, Dupree’s Diamond Blues, Ship of Fools, Friend of the Devil, Mission In The Rain, Shakedown Street, Terrapin Station, He’s Gone, Eyes of the World, Scarlet Begonias, Days Between and Franklin’s Tower…
Head over to our post for a list of which musicians played on each track.
Bob Weir assembled a formidable roster of musicians to honor Jerry Garcia for a webcast dubbed Move Me Brightly that originated from the Grateful Dead / Furthur guitarist’s TRI Studios. The broadcast started at 6:30 PM local time with a fantastic 30-minute documentary put together by Justin Kreutzmann. Kreutzmann’s piece, hosted by actor Luke Wilson, included Garcia remembrances from Bill Kreutzmann, Santana, Dave Schools, Keller Williams, Stephen Perkins, Perry Farrell, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, Mike Campbell, Mickey Hart and David Hidalgo as well as a cameo from Sammy Hagar.
[All Screengrabs From tristudios.com Webcast]
The music started with a surprise appearance from Phil Lesh, who later played a gig with Yonder Mountain String Band at his Terrapin Crossroads venue. Lesh teamed up with Grateful Dead band mates Weir and Donna Jean Godchaux as well as Cardinals’ Neal Casal and Jon Graboff, Jason Roberts (Norah Jones, The Candles), Furthur drummer Joe Russo and keyboardist Jeff Chimenti for a beautiful The Wheel and raucous Cumberland Blues. From there musicians shuffled in and out throughout the set, with Phish bassist Mike Gordon, singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale, Black Crowes keyboardist Adam McDougall, Harper (Son of Paul) Simon, Yellowbirds’ Josh Kaufman and Sam Cohen, psych-folkie Jonathan Wilson, Bay Area singer-songwriter Cass McCombs, Vampire Weekend drummer Chris Tomson and Hold Steady members Craig Finn and Tad Kubler among those participating in the lengthy set.
Weir sang lead vocals on many of the songs, with standouts from the other singers coming from Mike Gordon on Tennessee Jed, Neal Casal on Ship of Fools, Cass McCombs on Dupree’s Diamond Blues and Jonathan Wilson on Mission In The Rain. Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench didn’t perform “due to unforeseen circumstances” leaving Chimenti plenty of stage time. The rhythm section of Mike Gordon and Joe Russo also handled their respective duties for the majority of the webcast. Four hours after the music started the show came to a peak with a Franklin’s Tower, U.S. Blues and Goin’ Down The Road segment that featured many of the evening’s musicians. A tender Ripple brought Move Me Brightly to a close at the five-hour mark.
Here’s the setlist as well as which musicians performed on each tune…
The Wheel > Cumberland Blues (Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Donna Jean Godchaux, Neal Casal, Jon Graboff, Jason Roberts, Joe Russo, Jeff Chimenti), Loser (Casal, Russo, Weir, Mike Gordon, Chimenti, Godchaux, Jim Lauderdale, Roberts, Graboff, Adam McDougall), Mississippi Half Step (Weir, Gordon, Jim Lauderdale, Godchaux, Graboff, Casal, Chimenti, Russo), Dire Wolf (Weir, Harper Simon, Gordon, Russo, Godchaux, Graboff, Chimenti, Josh Kaufman, Sam Cohen), Dupree’s Diamond Blues (Chimenti, Casal, Russo, Gordon, Cass McCombs, Sam Cohen, Josh Kaufman), Tennessee Jed (Chimenti, Casal, Godchaux, Russo, Gordon, Weir, Roberts, Graboff), Ship Of Fools (Chimenti, Casal, Godchaux, Russo, Gordon, Weir, Graboff), They Love Each Other (Chimenti, Casal, Godchaux, Russo, Weir, Gordon, Jonathan Wilson, Graboff), Bird Song (Chimenti, Casal, Godchaux, Russo, Weir, Gordon, Graboff), New Speedway Boogie (Chimenti, McDougall, Casal, Godchaux, Russo, Weir, Gordon, Roberts, Graboff), Loose Lucy (Weir Solo Acoustic), Friend of the Devil (Lauderdale, Simon, McCombs), Mission In The Rain (Chimenti, Casal, Godchaux, Russo, Gordon, Wilson), Ramble On Rose (Chimenti, Casal, Russo, Weir, Gordon, Wilson), Catfish John (McDougall, Chimenti, Casal, Russo, Godchaux, Gordon, Weir, Wilson, Graboff), Shakedown Street (McDougall, Chimenti, Simon, Godchaux, Chris Tomson, Godchaux, Gordon, Weir, Kaufman, Cohen), Terrapin Station (Chimenti, Godchaux, Russo, Gordon, McCombs, Weir, Kaufman, Cohen, Graboff), He’s Gone (Chimenti, Russo, Godchaux, Weir, Gordon, Kaufman, Cohen, Graboff), Eyes Of The World (McDougall, Chimenti, Simon, Godchaux, Russo, Weir, Gordon, Lauderdale, Kaufman, Cohen, Graboff), Scarlet Begonias (Chimenti, Craig Finn, Tad Kubler, Russo, Godchaux, Weir, Gordon, Kaufman, Cohen, Graboff), Don’t Let Go (Chimenti, Finn, Godchaux, Graboff, Russo, Weir, Gordon, Wilson, Simon), Days Between (Chimenti, Casal, Russo, Weir, Gordon, Kaufman, Wilson, Cohen) > Franklin’s Tower (Chimenti, McDougall, Casal, Russo, Simon, Weir, Wilson, Godchaux, Gordon, Kaufman, Cohen, Graboff, Tomson, Lauderdale), U.S. Blues (Chimenti, McDougall, Casal, Russo, Simon, Weir, Wilson, Godchaux, Gordon, Kaufman, Cohen, Graboff, Lauderdale, Finn), Goin’ Down The Road Feelin’ Bad (Chimenti, McDougall, Casal, Russo, Simon, Weir, Wilson, Godchaux, Gordon, Kaufman, Cohen, Graboff, McCombs, Lauderdale, Finn), Ripple (Chimenti, McDougall, Godchaux, Simon, Wilson, Tomson, Casal, Roberts, Kaufman, Weir, Gordon, Russo, Wilson, Lauderdale, Graboff)
You can view the webcast on-demand at Yahoo! Music starting on Saturday.
We’ve compiled a number of screenshots from this once-in-a-lifetime event…
God bless Al Gore for giving us the ability to watch a shit-ton of live music this weekend on his blessed interwebs. With webcasts from the Newport Jazz and Lollapalooza festivals, as well as a Jerry Garcia tribute set to stream from Bob Weir’s TRI Studios, there’s plenty of FREE options for our readers to choose from so we thought we’d lay them out for you.
Lollapalooza @ YouTube
YouTube brings us dozens of performances live and tape-delayed from Chicago’s Grant Park including sets from HT faves the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dawes, The Head and The Heart, Dr. Dog, Alabama Shakes and Jack White. Here’s the full schedule…
[All Times CDT]
Friday, August 3rd:
01:30 – Yellow Ostrich
01:30 – Michael Kiwanuka
02:15 – The Black Angels
02:15 – Dr. Dog
03:00 – The War on Drugs
03:30 – Blind Pilot
04:00 – Metric
04:15 – The Afghan Whigs
05:15 – The Head and the Heart
05:15 – Tame Impala
06:15 – The Shins
06:15 – Band of Skulls
07:00 – Sharon Van Etten
07:30 – Dawes
08:00 – Die Antwoord
08:30 – The Black Keys
09:00 – Wale
Saturday, August 4th:
01:30 – JEFF the Brotherhood
01:30 – Los Jaivas
02:15 – Delta Spirit
02:15 – GIVERS
03:00 – Neon Indian
03:15 – Aloe Blacc
04:00 – The Temper Trap
04:15 – Alabama Shakes
05:15 – fun.
05:15 – First Aid Kit
06:00 – The Weeknd
06:00 – Washed Out
06:45 – tUnE-yArDs
07:00 – Bloc Party
08:00 – Red Hot Chili Peppers
08:30 – Avicii
