Bob Weir was not an obvious candidate for one of the biggest rock stars in the world, but as the most visible steward of the ...

From the very first live rendition at the Fillmore West in 1970 through Furthur and Dead & Company all the way to Bob Weir’s ...

There are many elements that made The Grateful Dead singular, but one of the most defining was having two primary songwriters ...

Fans once calculated that Bob Weir played around 4,500 shows with the Dead. One song, writes musician and critic Andy Cush, ...

This song is from the fifth album of the Grateful Dead, released back in November 1970. Co-written by Bob Weir and Robert Hunter, it turned out to be the most iconic song, being involved in 596 ...

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

Don Was is famous for making records with famous people. Rolling Stones. Bonnie Raitt. B-52s. Bob Weir. Bob Dylan. Ringo ...

Again, not a single person knew at the time that “Touch of Grey” would be Weir’s final performance. Unlike the celebration that surrounded Ozzy Osbourne at the Back to the Beginning concert, Weir saw ...

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

The Grateful Dead produced a ton of amazing original music in their heyday. They also took on quite a few covers through the years, and rarely were those covers ever not up to par. Rather, The ...

The Grateful Dead have provided harmony to millions for six decades, waxing poetic through their lyrics and world-famous jam sessions. You oftentimes get lost in their music, as Jerry Garcia’s guitar ...

Bob Weir, who helped build the Grateful Dead from the Haight-Ashbury scene into a cultural institution, has died at 78.