Live in Colorado

2022 live album by Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros

Live in Colorado

Two dancing skeletons, and a wolf howling at the moon

Live album by

Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros

Released

February 18, 2022

Recorded

June 8–12, 2021

Venue

Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheatre

Genre

Rock, Americana

Length

79:47

Label

Third Man

Producer

Bobby Weir, Don Was, Jay Lane

Bob Weir chronology

Blue Mountain
(2016)

Live in Colorado
(2022)

Live in Colorado Vol. 2
(2022)

Live in Colorado is an album by Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros. It was recorded at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado on June 8 and 9, 2021, and at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheatre in Vail, Colorado on June 11 and 12, 2021. It was released as a CD and as a two-disc LP on February 18, 2022.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Critical reception

On Pitchfork Jonathan Willinger said, "There have been previous stints where Weir assumed center stage, rather than looking for someone to fill the space left by Garcia, but Wolf Bros have lasted long enough to establish its own rugged and spacious approach to the music. It feels like a tacit acknowledgement of the need to move on, implying that if Weir is to fully embody the legacy he helped build, part of that is finding other ways to live inside it."^[5]

In Glide Magazine Dave Goodwich wrote, "Wolf Bros have gone on to perform nearly eighty shows and have seen their catalog rapidly grow as they continually find ways to reinvent the timeless material of the Grateful Dead in a unique stripped-down fashion that offers up a welcome counterpoint to the bells and whistles that accompany Weir's main project, Dead & Company.... While their laid back style may not be for everyone, Wolf Bros has already proven to be a formidable addition to the Grateful Dead family."^[6]

Track listing

"New Speedway Boogie" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 10:27
"A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" (Bob Dylan) – 9:45
"Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 6:45
"West L.A. Fadeaway" (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:44
"My Brother Esau" (Bob Weir, John Barlow) – 5:40
"Only a River" (Weir, Josh Ritter, Josh Kaufman) – 6:43
"Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 9:53
"Lost Sailor" / "Saint of Circumstance" (Weir, Barlow) – 17:49

Personnel

Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros

Bobby Weir – guitar, vocals
Don Was – double bass
Jay Lane – drums
Jeff Chimenti – piano
Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar

The Wolfpack

Sheldon Brown – tenor saxophone
Alex Kelly – cello
Brian Switzer – trumpet
Adam Theis – trombone
Mads Tolling – violin

Production

Produced by Bobby Weir, Don Was, Jay Lane
Executive producers: Bernie Cahill, Matt Busch
Recording engineers: Derek Featherstone, Michal Kacunel, Vadim Canby
Mixing: Derek Feathersone, Chenao Wang
Mastering: Warren DeFever
Design, layout: Darryl Norsen
Photography: Chris Phelps, Dave Vann

Charts

Chart performance for *Live in Colorado*
Chart (2022)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[7]	179
US Independent Albums (Billboard)^[8]	21
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[9]	31

References

^ Bernstein, Scott (November 18, 2021). "Bob Weir & Wolf Bros Announce New Live Album 'Live in Colorado'". JamBase. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
^ O'Brien, Andrew (November 18, 2021). "'Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros: Live in Colorado' Album Set for Release via Third Man Records". Live for Live Music. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
^ "Bob Weir & Wolf Bros Announce Forthcoming Debut Vinyl". jambands.com. November 18, 2021. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
^ Broerman, Michael (February 18, 2022). "Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros Revisit the Rockies with 'Live in Colorado'". Live for Live Music. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
^ Willinger, Jonathan (February 18, 2022). "Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros: Live in Colorado". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
^ Goodwich, Dave (February 17, 2022). "'Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros: Live in Colorado' Gives the Songs a New Sense of Purpose & Progressive Flair". Glide Magazine. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
^ "Billboard 200: Week of March 5, 2022". Billboard. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
^ "Independent Albums: Week of March 5, 2022". Billboard. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
^ "Top Rock Albums: Week of March 5, 2022". Billboard. Retrieved March 1, 2022.

Bob Weir

Studio Albums

Bob Weir	Ace Heaven Help the Fool Blue Mountain
Kingfish	Kingfish
Bobby and the Midnites	Bobby and the Midnites Where the Beat Meets the Street
RatDog	Evening Moods

Live Albums

Kingfish	Live 'n' Kickin' Kingfish in Concert: King Biscuit Flower Hour
Bob Weir & Rob Wasserman	Live Fall 1989: The Long Island Sound
RatDog	Live at Roseland
The Other Ones	The Strange Remain
Wolf Bros	Live in Colorado Live in Colorado Vol. 2