The loss of Bob Weir has prompted an outpouring of reflection across the entertainment world, with John Scher sharing ...

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

Weir, who died over the weekend at age 78 from underlying lung complications, was to the Grateful Dead what his old pal Bill Walton might have called a “glue guy” – the teammate who unifies all the ...

A lifelong Deadhead reflects on four decades of shows, tapes, and change — and explains why Dead & Company feels like the ...

Batman needed Robin. Jordan needed Pippen. Mick needed Keef. Believe it or not, Simon needed Garfunkel. Yes, sometimes one ...

In the summer of 1968, three years into the Grateful Dead’s existence, the band fired singer and rhythm guitarist Bob Weir.

The late Grateful Dead co-founder Bobby Weir once said the band could not have existed without his experience at Fountain ...

To demonstrate their esoteric knowledge of the band, a common Deadhead refrain was to say, “Phil makes the band”—referring to bassist, Phil Lesh. It was obviously absurd, but served to establish that ...

John Mayer remembered his late bandmate and Grateful Dead co-founder Bob Weir in a touching tribute late Sunday.

John Patrick Gatta *** “Our departed friend, if he proved anything to us, he proved that good music can make sad times better ...

Hundreds of Grateful Dead fans gathered in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district this weekend to celebrate Bob Weir’s life.

A memorial for the late Bob Weir, a founding member of the Grateful Dead, rests in front of the band’s former house in San ...