I don't often listen to Ratdog, since I focus more on the Grateful Dead catalog, but I've always been a fan of Bob, for me, as a kid coming up in the late 80's, Bob really represented what it meant to be a rockstar. Steve Kimock, with that soaring guitar was an instant and constant favorite of mine from the moment I heard him. After GD tour, I'd spend a couple years seeing Zero and KVHW as much as I possibly could.

Where Bob channeled a lot of James Brown, Steve seemed to be the polar opposite of that onstage persona, often turning his back on the audience. I always enjoyed watching these guys interact because they're two sides of this beautiful coin of bay area psychedelia for a collective 70+ years.

This tour is one of my absolute favorite post-Garcia incarnations. Weir sounds fantastic. Chimenti is reserved, everybody gives the other players so much room to spread out.

This is a very fun show, not the best of the tour, but incredibly enjoyable to listen to. Of all the great shows of 11/11, I find myself starting the day out with this one, and it's a rocking early morning dance party in parts, and a galaxy wide space scape in others.

Give it a listen.