Latest about Bob Weir
We salute the Grateful Dead original, who – in the last 30 years of his life – stepped out from Jerry Garcia’s considerable shadow to emerge as a guitar hero in his own right
Remembering the Grateful Dead co-founder, songwriter and rhythm guitarist, and legend of the San Franciscan psychedelic scene
The Grateful Dead icon, who passed away in January, became one of Mayer's closest collaborators during the latter years of his career
Guitar acts and guitar-driven records won big at music’s biggest night, across myriad different genres
Mayer paid homage to his Dead & Company bandmate during a public service over the weekend
Often overlooked in guitar circles when compared to Grateful Dead bandmate Jerry Garcia, Weir was a brilliant rhythm player who blended jazz, folk, country, blues, and rockabilly influences into a style that any guitarist would do well to study
His 60-year career, and the “mystical” man behind the music, have been remembered by a score of guitar greats
The counterculture guitar icon never stopped evolving as a player and performer
![John Mayer and Bob Weir [left] of Dead and Company both play a D'Angelico archtop. Mayer picks the strings, Weird frets a chord.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hmecdqmr22NfM7cfthq32d-840-80.jpg.webp)
