Bob Weir: The Grateful Dead guitarist who kept the hippie flame

Bob Weir: The Grateful Dead guitarist who kept the hippie flame

Bob Weir was the quiet linchpin of the Grateful Dead. Though he was uninterested in competing with the mythical presence of Jerry Garcia, saying fans’ deification had ultimately killed the frontman, Weir was a fan favorite: the good-looking one in the very short jean shorts. As a rhythm guitarist with precise timing and inventive chord voicing—in live shows he would play notes from a song’s chords in varying octaves or an unconventional order—he…

Don Was and The Pan Detroit Ensemble Pay Tribute To Bobby Weir - Go Deep On 'Blues For Allah' With Tom Hamilton At Ardmore Music Hall (SHOW REVIEW) - Glide Magazine

Anticipation had been building for two days when fans got word through social media and the Philadelphia Inquirer that Don Was and The Pan Detroit Ensemble (PDE) were going to play the Graterful Dead’s Blues for Allah in its entirety in tribute to the late Bob Weir at Ardmore Hall. The sold-out audience however got even more. The 2.5-hour-plus show took place on Wednesday, January 14,  four days after Weir’s Wolf Brothers cohort, Was, learned ab…

The music never stopped

Bob Weir, the legendary songwriter, guitarist and co-founding member of the Grateful Dead, died earlier this month at 78. An eclectic group of people — not limited to John Mayer and Nancy Pelosi — gathered in San Francisco, Weir’s birthplace, on Saturday to memorialize a music-filled life well led. Mayer played a beautiful rendition of “Ripple,” one of the few songs Weir sang during the Dead’s early years.  I celebrated in my own way by listenin…

Not Fade Away – DC Dead Heads Come Together at The Hamilton Live to Celebrate the Life and Legacy of Bob Weir

Photos by Mark Raker Bob Weir died on January 10, 2026. He was 78 years old. The news spread fast through the Dead Head community. Within three days, The Hamilton Live in downtown DC had organized a tribute concert with all 600 free tickets claimed within half an hour. People needed to be together for... Read more » The post Not Fade Away – DC Dead Heads Come Together at The Hamilton Live to Celebrate the Life and Legacy of Bob Weir appeared fir…

AMFM To Honor Bob Weir And The Grateful Dead With Tribute Show At Rams Head On Stage On February 16

Annapolis music fans will have a chance to celebrate the life and legacy of Bob Weir—Grateful Dead co-founder, rhythm guitarist, and longtime vocalist—when AMFM Presents: A Tribute to Grateful Dead & Bob Weir comes to Rams Head On Stage on Monday, February 16, 2026. Weir died January 10, 2026, at 78, prompting tributes nationwide from fans and fellow musicians. Event Details The all-ages show (because all ages should appreciate The Dead) beg…