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The life and legacy of the Grateful Dead icon Bob Weir
Remembering the Grateful Dead co-founder, songwriter and rhythm guitarist, and legend of the San Franciscan psychedelic scene
John Mayer opens up on his early Dead & Company insecurities
The Grateful Dead icon, who passed away in January, became one of Mayer's closest collaborators during the latter years of his career
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
Guitar acts and guitar-driven records won big at music’s biggest night, across myriad different genres
John Mayer pays emotional tribute to Bob Weir at public memorial
Mayer paid homage to his Dead & Company bandmate during a public service over the weekend
Bob Weir's 6 principles of rhythm guitar
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
John Mayer and Steve Vai lead guitarists’ tributes to Bob Weir
His 60-year career, and the “mystical” man behind the music, have been remembered by a score of guitar greats
Bob Weir, Grateful Dead guitarist, vocalist and founding member, dies aged 78
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)
John Mayer was a Grateful Dead fanatic – before he landed the Dead & Company gig
Don Was has revealed how he helped connect the dots between John Mayer and Bob Weir
