Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros. featuring the Wolfpack

February 2023

It was ‘One More Saturday Night’ with Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros. featuring the Wolfpack Saturday, February 25, at the historic Louisville Palace. The last time Weir took this stage was Sunday, March 8, 2020, or as most refer to it the last night the world was ‘normal’ prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdowns and things getting weird. Thankfully there wasn’t a repeat of that after this visit, but the sold-out crowd definitely got Weir’d during this amazing performance.

The 75-year-old Grateful Dead front man formed Wolf Bros. in 2018 with Don Was on double bass and Jay Lane on drums. Playing roots rock tunes and Grateful Dead songs they have toured as a trio before adding Jeff Chimenti on keyboards, he’s also with Dead & Company. He has added a whole new layer of wow to their performances. This year’s lineup included those four, along with Barry Sless on pedal steel guitar. He has played with Phil Lesh and Friends. Always interesting to see how musicians are all intermingled. Since 2022 the Wolfpack has been a part of the lineup, featuring Alex Kelly on cello, Brian Switzer on trumpet, Adam Theis on trombone, Mads Tolling on violin and Sheldon Brown on saxophone. It is never a bad show when there is a good lineup of songs and a talented line up of musicians.

Deadheads are always a fun crowd that is engaged with what is happening onstage, making this an all-around perfect evening of music in one of the area’s finest venues. With two sets, the first being about an hour and the second running about an hour and a half, they covered a lot of ground. wonderful arrangements of familiar songs filled the air all evening. However, when they closed things out with ‘One More Saturday Night,’ as expected, the crowd was left wanting more. They can get more as Bobby Weird & Wolf Bros. featuring the Wolfpack are still on tour, or they can catch Dead & Co. this tour as they embark on a farewell tour. Check out the setlist here.