The eternal spirit of the Grateful Dead live experience keeps on truckin' with original member Bob Weir's touring outfit Bobby Weir Wolf Bros., a new configuration that includes Don Was on bass, Jay Lane on drums, Jeff Chimenti on keyboards, and a host of additional musicians filling out the arrangements of Dead favorites with brass, strings, and pedal steel guitar. Live in Colorado, Vol. 2 follows a first volume that was released several months earlier, both documenting the band's first concert appearances after multiple COVID-19 pandemic-related delays. Weir's pleasantly laconic vocals set a lazy, drifting mood, but the inclusion of tight horn parts on familiar Dead tunes like "Ripple" or "Eyes of the World" add a new sparkle to the rootsy approach the group originally took with these songs in the 1970s. A lengthy rendition of "Eyes of the World" is especially light and uplifting, segueing perfectly into a cover of Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" for a stretch before gently jamming back into the Dead tune. There's a mix of technical precision and off-the-cuff live looseness throughout, with the ornamentation of unexpected violin, cello, or washes of brass floating over casually delivered, jazzed-up readings of some of the most beloved entries from the Grateful Dead's deep catalog. The predominant feeling conveyed with these recordings is one of the band in a state of relaxed joy, happy to be on-stage again and having fun breathing new life into material that at least Weir must know inside out at this point. ~ Fred Thomas, Rovi

1		Mama Tried
2		Eyes of the World/What's Going On
3		Terrapin Station Suite
4		The Other One
5		Brokedown Palace
6		Days Between
7		Ripple

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