Review of Ratdog Concert, Tabernacle, Atlanta, 11/13/06

I have been going to Ratdog concerts now for eight years and I always have a good time. I am thankful that Bob Weir continues to travel and play music, and keep it fresh. In well over 3000 concerts during his career, Bob has never repeated the same set list. It has also been my observation that over the past eight years, Ratdog has continued to grow, evolve and improve. Monday's show in Atlanta was no exception. Monday's show was, for me, a nice mix of classic GD and Ratdog songs (Music Never Stops, Big River, Lost Sailor/Saint, Looks Like Rain, Going Down the Road and Feeling Bad, and Brokedown Palace), and several of my favorite songs that I rarely, or never, have heard live (Baby Blue, Row Jimmy, Foolish Heart, Standing on the Moon). I especially enjoyed Big River played at a much slower tempo than I have heard before and then into a fine version of Dylan's Baby Blue. Row Jimmy, a classic Southern ballad with a simple but nonetheless true life-message ("row, row, row") is one of my all time favorite songs. I had never heard Foolish Heart live before and the great thing about that song is the lyrics. I also love Ratdog's version of Standing on the Moon. All in all, this was a great show and fine time.

I: Jam > The Music Never Stopped > Big River > Baby Blue > Loose Lucy, Row Jimmy, Lost Sailor > Saint of Circumstance, Foolish Heart
II: El Paso@3, Looks Like Rain@, Jus' Like Mama Said > Dark Star > Stuff, Standing on the Moon > Dark Star > GDTRFB
E: Brokedown Palace

Foolish Heart (Lyrics)

Carve your name
Carve your name in ice and wind
Search for where the rivers end
Or where the rivers start
Do everything that's in you
You feel to be your part
But never give your love, my friend
Unto a foolish heart
Unto a foolish heart

Dare to leapLeap from ledges high and wild
Learn to speak
Speak with wisdom like a child
Directly to the heart
Crown yourself the king of clowns
Or stand way back apart
But never give your love, my friend
Unto a foolish heart
Unto a foolish heart

Shun a friend
Shun a brother and a friend
Never look
Never look around the bend
Or check the weather chart
Sign the Mona Lisa
With a spray can, call it art
But never give your love, my friend
Unto a foolish heart
Unto a foolish heart

A foolish heart will call on you to toss your dreams away
Turn around and blame you for the way you went astray
Foolish heart will cost you sleep, often make you curse
Selfish heart is trouble, but a foolish heart is worse

Bite the hand
Bite the hand that breaks your bread
Dare to leap
Where angels fear to tread
Til you are torn apart
Stoke the coals of paradise
With coals from hell to start
But never give your love, my friend
Unto a foolish heart
Unto a foolish heart
Unto a foolish heart...