You’re Never Too Young to Love the Grateful Dead

I was interested in the lost world this music conjured, a world of teenagers like my aunts who had left home young and hit ...

Playing Grateful Dead songs with Bob Weir: Don Was remembers

The Grammy winner and Blue Note label head recalls the unique challenges and rewards he faced when the late Bob Weir ...

Thousands of fans celebrate life of legendary Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir at San Francisco memorial

Thousands of people gathered Saturday at San Francisco’s Civic Center to celebrate the life of Bob Weir, the legendary ...

Bob Weir and the Grateful Dead’s music will endure for generations

Bob Weir, rhythm guitarist, co-lead vocalist and one of the primary songwriters for the Grateful Dead, died Saturday at the ...

Where Do the Grateful Dead Go From Here? Scenarios for the Post-Bob Weir Era

The death of Bob Weir is a major blow to the Grateful Dead fan community, but it doesn't mean the music will suddenly stop.

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

From Pigpen’s “One More Saturday Night” in 1973 to Bob Weir’s “Touch of Grey” in 2025, the last onstage moment of every Dead ...

Remembering the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir

We remember guitarist Bob Weir, founding member of the Grateful Dead, who died Saturday at 78.

Bob Weir Was the Dead’s Invisible Thread

The songwriter, guitarist and singer, who died at 78, animated the Grateful Dead from within. Bob Weir — the Grateful Dead’s ...

Bob Weir, of the Grateful Dead, remembered by Long Island tribute act, fans

The Grateful Dead launched in San Francisco, but Long Island harbored dedicated groups of Deadheads over the years.

Why My Love for Dead & Company Transcends the Grateful Dead

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

Grateful Dead: The Music May Never Stop

The keepers of the Grateful Dead vault, overseen by chief archivist David Lemieux, must have been hard pressed to adequately commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the iconic band's formation. After ...
PRIMETIMER

Why was Bob Weir nearly fired in 1968? Grateful Dead almost lost two of its founding members

Bob Weir and fellow bandmate, Ron ’Pigpen’ McKernan, were briefly kicked out of the Grateful Dead in 1968 by Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh for reportedly not evolving with the band.