The Friends of Montezuma

A few months before using the band name Ratdog, Bob Weir, Rob Wasserman, Matthew Kelly and Jay Lane played two shows billed as The Friends of Montezuma. This name appears to have been used at three shows.

April 30, 1995 at the Sweetwater Saloon, Mill Valley, CA

Set 1: Bombs Away, Walkin' Blues > Take Me To The River, City Girls > Fever, Eternity, When I Paint My Masterpiece

Set 2: Twilight Time > Blackbird, K.C. Moan, The Winners > Easy to Slip > Drums > Bass > Satisfaction

Set 3: Easy Answers, Josephine

Encore: Heartbreak Hotel

Early parts of this show may have been just Weir solo or Weir/Wasserman duo. Woody Harelson joined the band on guitar and vocals for the encore.

May 1, 1995 at the Sweetwater Saloon, Mill Valley, CA

Set 1: Jam > Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Blackbird, K.C. Moan, Maggie's Farm, Desolation Row, The Winners, Youngblood, Fever

Set 2: Wang Dang Doodle, Eternity, This Time Forever > Shade of Gray > Heaven Help The Fool > Drums > Bass > Spoonful > Blues Jam > Easy Answers > Throwing Stones

Encore: Unknown, Gloria

Jenni Muldaur joined the band for parts of this show.

November 10, 1995 Sweetwater Saloon, Mill Valley, CA

Set 1: Walkin Blues, Bombs Away, Take Me to the River, City Girls, Fever, Youngblood, Blackbird, K.C. Moan, When I Paint My Masterpiece

Set 2: Juke, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Little Red Rooster, Eternity, This Time Forever > Shade of Grey, The Winners, Easy to Slip > Bass/Drums > Victim or the Crime > Josephine

Encore: Every Little Light, It's a Man's Man's Man's World, Easy Answers