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The guitarist, singer and songwriter, who died at 78, cut his own path among his elders in the Grateful Dead, and beyond. By David Browne As the youngest member of the original Grateful Dead, Bob Weir ...
A concert honoring the Grateful Dead guitarist showed the durability of the band’s music and culture, even as its members dwindle. A concert honoring the Grateful Dead guitarist showed the durability ...
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 ...
According to legend, back in 1968, Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh fired Bob Weir and Pigpen from their positions in the Grateful Dead. Or maybe it was that Garcia and Lesh tried to fire Weir and Pig… or ...
Over the weekend, Grateful Dead fans the world over mourned the loss of an icon: Bob Weir, guitarist and founding member, had died at 78, leaving listeners and collaborators caught off-guard. Since ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Musician Bob Weir poses in a hotel room in West Hollywood, California, in 1976. - Mark Sullivan/Archive Photos/Getty Images Bob ...
Weeks before the Grateful Dead entered Wally Heider Studios to record “Ripple” and other American Beauty songs, they debuted the song at the Fillmore West in San Francisco, on a bill with New Riders ...