<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Bob-weir ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/bob-weir Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:18:38 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “There is not another guitarist in the world who plays like him. As raw as John Lee Hooker and sophisticated as Andrés Segovia from one phrase to another”: The life and times of Grateful Dead icon Bob Weir ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/the-life-and-times-of-grateful-dead-icon-bob-weir FUE72hnLeg4CxM2xCR23Y5 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:18:38 +0000 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:39:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Bobby was completely allergic to compliments… I loved that about him. Mostly, he just loved playing”: The life and legacy of Grateful Dead icon Bob Weir ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/bob-weir-obituary-guitarist-magazine 4wFEJZRiBJuHugnwmZYsbV Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:20:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I spent a lot of shows in the beginning wondering if he was upset”: John Mayer opens up on his early Dead & Company insecurities – and learning to share the stage with his hero, Bob Weir ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/john-mayer-early-dead-and-company-gigs frNcxoKmrkR7GstKYTUcwY Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:24:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I want to dedicate it to everyone in the guitar shop I grew up in and everyone in a bedroom with a dream”: Guitar at the Grammys 2026 – Slash and Andrew Watt pay tribute to Ozzy, Bruno Mars takes a solo, but Brent Hinds excluded from In Memoriam segment ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/music-industry/guitar-at-the-grammys-2026 fxdHNMtUcmmsqWshvf5NAb Mon, 02 Feb 2026 15:23:54 +0000 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 16:58:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Bob took a chance on me. He staked his entire reputation”: John Mayer pays emotional tribute to Bob Weir at public memorial ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/john-mayer-bob-weir-tribute jbKLzFGLNZuowhSuk92R9H Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:47:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We play three to four hours a night or more. I study in real time, 100 gigs a year. That's a great deal of practice”: Bob Weir's 6 principles of rhythm guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/bob-weir-rhythm-guitar-principles iGAL3Lxfyb3cVdf3UUb5Nj Tue, 13 Jan 2026 18:08:38 +0000 Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:49:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’d say, ‘Man, that guitar riff sounded killer.’ He’d respond, ‘Well, I’m sure I’ll mess it up next time’”: John Mayer, Trey Anastasio and Steve Vai lead tributes to Bob Weir ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/tributes-to-bob-weir c8Wrc7pYChHFEXvXBe584T Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:01:58 +0000 Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:21:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There is no final curtain here, not really”: Bob Weir, Grateful Dead guitarist, vocalist and founding member, dies aged 78 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/grateful-dead-guitarist-bob-weir-dies-aged-78 BzMM3QYtk3KEKpS7vzf9Gm Sun, 11 Jan 2026 11:38:46 +0000 Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:15:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He was a huge fan. He could identify, ‘No, that’s not ’78 because Jerry’s playing through this pedal’”: John Mayer was a Grateful Dead fanatic – before he landed the Dead & Company gig ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/how-john-mayer-landed-the-grateful-dead-gig f6BJYL8badX8Y6VWZPghpn Mon, 26 May 2025 11:30:00 +0000 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 11:12:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If Bobby and Mickey want to do it, I want to do it”: Dead & Company’s Sphere residency is drawing to a close – but is new music from John Mayer and Bob Weir on the cards? ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/bob-weir-and-john-mayer-on-dead-and-companys-future GuSUDg3WKXCoCBmyGPyBJc Fri, 16 May 2025 09:30:00 +0000 Wed, 21 May 2025 10:30:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Bob is fearless. He’s always willing to take chances with music of any kind”: Bob Weir joins Joe Satriani and Sammy Hagar for Best of All Worlds guest spot – and plays Hagar’s Gibson Explorer ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/concerts-gigs-tours/bob-weir-joins-best-of-all-worlds-band-for-bad-motor-scooter VdfoxfNJoCh4QP9itXK7hE Fri, 09 May 2025 11:25:04 +0000 Tue, 13 May 2025 14:29:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Every tour was the best I could have done. It was only after that I would listen to more Grateful Dead and realize I hadn’t come close”:John Mayer and Bob Weir reflect on 10 years of Dead & Company – and why the Sphere forced them to reassess everything ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/john-mayer-bob-weir-dead-and-company-the-sphere CcfbsiuBm2HpTg9WVtYXoT Tue, 15 Apr 2025 11:44:21 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:29:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “That’s changed my playing a lot. I feel like the two of us now have almost like a telepathic relationship”: After a decade playing together in Dead & Company, John Mayer and Bob Weir reveal the invaluable lessons they’ve learned from each other ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/john-mayer-and-bob-weir-lessons-learned-from-each-other XsHsKKuYp7LtBydrBvjUAE Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:29:35 +0000 Tue, 15 Apr 2025 12:21:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When Jerry left, that was the end of the Grateful Dead. Period. There’s just no way that you can replace Jerry Garcia”: The Grateful Dead on Jerry Garcia’s lasting impact on their legacy – and how they felt the band couldn’t go on without him ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/grateful-dead-on-jerry-garcia-lasting-impact-on-their-legacy 3U3ys6ekr3ZFfbCsjfrCiN Tue, 24 Dec 2024 11:25:24 +0000 Thu, 02 Jan 2025 11:28:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I would never have picked up a guitar had it not been for her”: Watch the Grateful Dead and Bonnie Raitt receive this year's Kennedy Center Honors – as they're covered by Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, Sheryl Crow and Brandi Carlile ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/music-industry/watch-the-grateful-dead-and-bonnie-raitt-receive-this-years-kennedy-center-honors kEjjPmArMKQdp3pCbUzQc9 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:22:13 +0000 Thu, 02 Jan 2025 11:18:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We’ve had four days to learn these songs and we’re gonna play every single one of them tonight”: Eric Clapton, Trey Anastasio, Bob Weir, Van Morrison, Mike Campbell, Lucinda Williams celebrate Robbie Robertson at epic Martin Scorsese-curated tribute ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/concerts-gigs-tours/eric-clapton-van-morrison-celebrate-robbie-robertson-at-martin-scorsese-curated-tribute GuguA69FCGMJJmjXiMAtZ8 Mon, 21 Oct 2024 11:09:00 +0000 Mon, 21 Oct 2024 16:03:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was at a soundcheck. I plugged it in, cranked it up, and said, ‘This is it. This is what I’m looking for’”: D’Angelico unveils its third Bobby Weir signature model – and the Grateful Dead legend has been playing it at the Sphere ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/dangelico-bobby-weir-3-deluxe PYeiFZdaiEoQZwuhkjDHdM Fri, 09 Aug 2024 09:29:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jerry's most sophisticated guitar setup… the culmination of decades of experimentation with state of the art gear”: Jerry Garcia’s final touring rig – featuring Bob Weir’s revered Wall of Sound McIntosh amp and an embedded pedal panel – is up for auction ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/jerry-garcia-final-touring-guitar-rig-auction etizb65oFxdyNnE3AB6dnQ Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:15:12 +0000 Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:58:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ “McFly vibes from that 345!” Jason Isbell and Bob Weir perform Johnny B. Goode for Michael J. Fox, as Isbell tips his cap to the famously inaccurate Back to the Future guitar –the Gibson ES-345 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/jason-isbell-bob-weir-johnny-b-goode-back-to-the-future-guitar ahSZE6dW7bSoDzS29vBUy9 Wed, 15 Nov 2023 13:15:20 +0000 Wed, 11 Sep 2024 14:54:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch John Mayer lead Dead & Company out for the final time with a series of stunning fretboard displays ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/dead-and-company-final-show-john-mayer vstSGHAyaW8KTM7BaCV4No Tue, 18 Jul 2023 15:49:56 +0000 Tue, 18 Jul 2023 16:13:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ Bob Weir: “I’ve pretty much abandoned signal processing. The guitar itself has such variety to offer and it’s so much more elemental” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/bob-weir-live-in-colorado LP9qbcCaYFZRu3PjXoQGhH Fri, 04 Nov 2022 09:53:07 +0000 Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:48:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch John Mayer and Bob Weir play acoustic versions of Grateful Dead classics at the Rise for the River benefit ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/john-mayer-bob-weir-rise-for-the-river P3ZdhiG3AvqA6hu4aaYskk Thu, 11 Aug 2022 16:56:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ John Mayer recruits Bob Weir and Dave Chappelle for three Yellowstone Flood Relief benefit concerts ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/john-mayer-dave-chappelle-bob-weir-relief-concerts XNS3iHEF6pgaLJ9FXtRzbX Wed, 27 Jul 2022 15:44:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ How John Mayer came to join Dead & Company ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/john-mayer-dead-and-company gJhDKdw5auY9uFEYstYHb6 Mon, 20 Sep 2021 09:24:27 +0000 Tue, 26 Mar 2024 15:21:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ Dead & Company's Bob Weir on the Merits of "Listening to Your Guitar" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/dead-and-companys-bob-weir-on-the-merits-of-listening-to-your-guitar MKAUjZ7kWNaUignvt8dMwj Mon, 05 Aug 2019 15:01:35 +0000 Fri, 09 Aug 2019 16:23:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ D’Angelico Announces New Deluxe Bob Weir Bedford ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/dangelico-announces-new-deluxe-bob-weir-bedford 3H4bkNH5LHfuj699hE9Aia Thu, 30 May 2019 13:27:28 +0000 Fri, 31 May 2019 17:49:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ Listen to Don Felder's "American Rock 'n' Roll," Featuring Slash ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/listen-to-don-felders-american-rock-n-roll-featuring-slash HLbpba7hSxKJb4aMVEK5m4 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 17:55:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ Dead and Company Announce 2019 American Tour Dates ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/dead-and-company-announce-2019-american-tour-dates iaKX9w4UZidjYnyr5cvqhJ Thu, 29 Nov 2018 21:09:18 +0000 Mon, 03 Dec 2018 17:38:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ Grateful Dead Announce Massive Live Box Set, 'Pacific Northwest '73-'74: The Complete Recordings' ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/grateful-dead-announce-massive-live-box-set-pacific-northwest-73-74-the-complete-recordings 4qHpSHMyZWQQ6X3UUy8p2X Tue, 12 Jun 2018 19:46:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Chickenfoot Cover Otis Redding with Taj Mahal, Bob Weir, REO Speedwagon's Kevin Cronin ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/watch-chickenfoot-cover-otis-redding-with-taj-mahal-bob-weir-reo-speedwagon-kevin-cronin N9NXNZ9x8igbwJtH8tMxbQ Thu, 17 May 2018 15:07:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ Dead & Company Announce Summer Tour ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/dead-and-company-announce-summer-tour tPosdHrtdFG3tpPY5i6r9P Thu, 18 Jan 2018 16:47:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ Grateful Dead's Bob Weir and Phil Lesh Will Tour As a Duo in 2018 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/grateful-dead-bob-weir-phil-lesh-will-tour-duo-2018 xtP8wU9yGt8p5cEEfQPauU Mon, 11 Dec 2017 14:38:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ Dead & Company Announce Fall Tour ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/dead-company-announce-fall-tour NnqnFJmPYS8aJ2cit3qvPa Thu, 07 Sep 2017 19:20:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ D’Angelico Guitars Releases Bob Weir Signature Model ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/dangelico-guitars-releases-bob-weir-signature-model i5b9iGVyeKzC8LwVRMReqA Tue, 28 Mar 2017 18:25:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ Dead & Company's Bob Weir Talks New Solo Album, 'Blue Mountain' ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/dead-companys-bob-weir-talks-new-solo-album-blue-mountain qoBWLVfxfXsiw5tBRxHHUE Fri, 14 Oct 2016 19:21:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Grateful Dead's Bob Weir Announces Solo Album, Fall Tour ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/grateful-deads-bob-weir-announces-solo-album-fall-tour ahNUwCZZZFWijsHYZP8coj Thu, 04 Aug 2016 15:54:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ D’Angelico Unveils One-of-a-Kind Dead & Company Guitars ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/dangelico-unveils-one-kind-dead-company-guitars PNjfrAvWkoQJh4njyuTD4H Wed, 22 Jun 2016 18:35:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ Bob Weir to Receive First Les Paul Spirit Award ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bob-weir-receive-first-les-paul-spirit-award jmd4HMVbG9P6YxHnXc75CS Tue, 07 Jun 2016 16:34:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ How The Grateful Dead's Bob Weir Utilizes Online Mastering Tool LANDR ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/blogs/how-grateful-deads-bob-weir-utilizes-online-mastering-tool-landr 6WbDGVFsqkxXHVGQZseFUX Mon, 23 Mar 2015 19:52:58 +0000