We wanted to establish a new fan base over here. And second, we wanted to challenge ourselves. We wanted to bring what is ostensibly new music to fresh ears and see what lights them up.

Most of the band fights at this time were about Bobby's guitar playing. "What we saw them doing was impossibly attractive. "
Weir resuscitated Ratdog in March 2013.

During his career with the Grateful Dead Weir played mostly rhythm guitar and sang most of the band's rock-n-roll tunes (Jerry Garcia sang The Dead's more melodic tunes). [citation needed]. Weir also founded and played in several other bands during and after his career with the Grateful Dead including Kingfish the Bob Weir Band Bobby and the Midnites Scaring the Children RatDog and his newest band Furthur co-led by former Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh.