Bob Weir made Grateful Dead
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"I'll meet you in the music. Come find me anytime," said Connecticut's John Mayer about his Dead & Company bandmate.
Batman needed Robin. Jordan needed Pippen. Mick needed Keef. Believe it or not, Simon needed Garfunkel. Yes, sometimes one great talent plus another results in creating something that's greater than the sum of its parts.
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Bob Weir’s Cosmic Touch
The inimitable Bobby Ace played guitar alongside Jerry Garcia for over three decades. His unique style and merry personality helped shape the sound and spirit of the Grateful Dead, and his lifelong dedication to the band helped make them immortal.
On "Anthem of the Sun," the Dead's second studio album, Weir had already begun to stretch himself as a singer and as a songwriter. Authoring this noisy, jazzy track all by his lonesome, Weir vocally zig-zagged his way across a cluttered arrangement flush with oddball time changes.