Bob Weir Is Gone, but the Dead’s Music Plays On

A concert honoring the Grateful Dead guitarist showed the durability of the band’s music and culture, even as its members ...

Grateful Dead's sole surviving founder Bill Kreutzmann remembers Bob Weir

Bill Kreutzmann, the Grateful Dead's sole surviving founding member, reflects on his lifelong friendship with Bob Weir, ...

Here’s How Every Dead & Company Member Has Honored Bob Weir

However, in addition to their collective tribute, the band members — singer-guitarist John Mayer, drummers Mickey Hart and Jay Lane (who replaced Bill Kreutzmann in 2023), bassist Oteil Burbridge, and ...

Bob Weir was the boomer who did it best

As a boomer, Weir checked many of the key boxes as he and the band matured: interest in yoga and Eastern spirituality, ...

The Final Trip: The Last Performance by Every Departed Member of the Grateful Dead

Thanks to the bootlegging skills of the Grateful Dead's audience, the last performance by every single departed member has ...

62 Years Ago Today, a Music Legend Released His Generation-Defining Third Album

On Jan. 13, 1964, singer-songwriter Bob Dylan released his third studio album, The Times They Are a-Changin', at only 22 ...
American Songwriter

3 Debut Albums From the 1960s That Were Initially Flops, but Are Now Revered As Masterpieces

When these 1960s debut albums first came out, they weren't the biggest of deals, but decades and decades later, that has changed entirely.
Phoenix New Times

How Bob Weir, Grateful Dead co-founder, reinvented rhythm guitar and the art of the jam

The Grateful Dead formed in 1965, and for the next 30 years, Weir supported Jerry Garcia’s melodic lead lines with his own ...
American Songwriter

4 Bob Dylan Songs From the 60s That Deserve Way More Love

Bob Dylan delivered a slew of beloved songs in the 60s. We're here to say that these four songs deserve more attention than ...
Extra.ie

Bob Weir, founding member of the Grateful Dead, dies aged 78

Bob Dylan was among those paying tribute for the rock and roll legend. Bob Weir, co-founder of the Grateful Dead, has died at ...

‘The last actual hippie’: musicians pay tribute to Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir

Stars from Bob Dylan to Brandi Carlile remember rock band co-founder as ‘beautiful human’ after his death at 78 ...
The Grand Island Independent

Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir dies at 78

LOS ANGELES — Bob Weir, the guitarist and singer who as an essential member of the Grateful Dead helped found the sound of ...