Former House Speaker and self-proclaimed "Deadhead" Nancy Pelosi drew swift online backlash after appearing at a tribute honoring Grateful Dead co-founder Bob Weir, with some social media users ...
Deadheads from around the Bay Area — and, in all likelihood, well beyond — will gather this weekend to honor the life and music of Bobby Weir in San Francisco. The free public memorial for the ...
Grateful for the music and memories on Duke’s campus Deadheads around the world — current and former — mourned the death this weekend of Bob Weir, the guitarist and founding member of the Grateful ...
"Thanks for letting me ride alongside you. It sure was a pleasure," Mayer, who spent a decade playing with Weir in Dead & Company, said. By Ethan Millman Music Editor “Okay Bob. I’ll do it your way,” ...
One of Bob Weir's best songs -- for any of his musical concerns -- was "The Music Never Stopped" from the Grateful Dead's Blues for Allah album. But back in 2009, Weir -- who died this weekend at the ...
(RNS) — There was something mythological about Bob Weir — utterly timeless and almost primeval. An American original troubadour telling stories that felt older than the nation itself, he somehow ...
In the summer of 1968, three years into the Grateful Dead’s existence, the band fired singer and rhythm guitarist Bob Weir. Jerry Garcia, the band’s other guitarist and its reluctant leader, and ...
The biggest fan of Grateful Dead guitarist and co-founder Bobby Weir, who died Saturday at the age of 78, was perhaps his bandmate Jerry Garcia. “He’s an extraordinarily original player in a world of ...
Bob Weir, the influential rhythm guitarist, vocalist, and co-founder of the Grateful Dead, has died at the age of 78, according to a statement posted to his official website on Saturday. "It is with ...
The long strange trip that is the Grateful Dead and its primary offshoot, Dead & Company, has truly faded into grey with the passing of Bob Weir. Although Jerry Garcia cast the longest shadow across ...
Bob Weir, one of the founding members of the legendary rock band Grateful Dead, has died from "underlying lung issues" at 78. Weir, who, after "courageously beating cancer," died "peacefully" on Jan.
Grateful Dead founding member and guitarist Bob Weir has died, according to a statement posted to his Instagram account. The post said Weir died due to an underlying lung issue after he beat cancer.