Live in Colorado explained

Live in Colorado
Type:	live
Artist:	Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros
Cover:	Live-in-Colorado.jpg
Alt:	Two dancing skeletons, and a wolf howling at the moon
Released:	February 18, 2022
Recorded:	June 8–12, 2021
Venue:	Red Rocks AmphitheatreGerald R. Ford Amphitheatre
Genre:	Rock, Americana
Length:	79:47
Label:	Third Man
Producer:	Bobby Weir, Don Was, Jay Lane
Chronology:	Bob Weir
Prev Title:	Blue Mountain
Prev Year:	2016
Next Title:	Live in Colorado Vol. 2
Next Year:	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.

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."

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."

Track listing

1. "New Speedway Boogie" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 10:27
2. "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" (Bob Dylan) – 9:45
3. "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 6:45
4. "West L.A. Fadeaway" (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:44
5. "My Brother Esau" (Bob Weir, John Barlow) – 5:40
6. "Only a River" (Weir, Josh Ritter, Josh Kaufman) – 6:43
7. "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 9:53
8. "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

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Peak position
US Billboard 200^[1]	179
US Independent Albums (Billboard)^[2]	21
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[3]	31

Notes and References

1. Web site: Billboard 200: Week of March 5, 2022. Billboard. March 1, 2022.
2. Web site: Independent Albums: Week of March 5, 2022. Billboard. March 1, 2022.
3. Web site: Top Rock Albums: Week of March 5, 2022. Billboard. March 1, 2022.