''Live at Roseland'' is a 2001 live album by the band RatDog, featuring former

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guitarist and singer

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. In contrast to studio album ''Evening Moods'', this release contains mostly songs from the Grateful Dead song book. It was recorded at the

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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

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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 #"

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" ( 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, Rob Wasserman) – 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" (

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, Weir, Chimenti, Ellis, Karan, Matthew Kelly, Lane, McGinn, Wasserman) – 8:52 #"Tennessee Jed" (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:44 #"The Other One" ( Bill Kreutzmann, 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 –

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*Jeff Chimenti – background vocals,

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*Mark Karan – background vocals,

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*Jay Lane – background vocals,

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

*Rob Wasserman –

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*Bob Weir –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

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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