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John Mayer, Bob Weir perform onstage at the 2025 MusiCares Persons of the Year Benefit Gala for Grateful Dead held at the Los Angeles Convention Center on January 31, 2025 in Los Angeles, California

John Mayer pays emotional tribute to Bob Weir at public memorial

By Matt Owen published

Mayer paid homage to his Dead & Company bandmate during a public service over the weekend

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D'Angelico Deluxe Bobby Weir 3

John Mayer and Steve Vai lead guitarists’ tributes to Bob Weir

By Phil Weller published

His 60-year career, and the “mystical” man behind the music, have been remembered by a score of guitar greats

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Bob Weir pictured with his red D'Angelico signature guitar

Bob Weir, Grateful Dead guitarist, vocalist and founding member, dies aged 78

By Matt Parker published

The counterculture guitar icon never stopped evolving as a player and performer

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John Mayer of Dead & Company, and Honorees Mickey Hart and Bob Weir of Dead & Company and of the Grateful Dead perform onstage during the 2025 MusiCares Persons of the Year Honoring The Grateful Dead on January 31, 2025 in Los Angeles, California

John Mayer names his favorite solo with Dead & Company – and plays it live on air

By Matt Owen published

Mayer was asked the question during his Life with John Mayer SiriusXM show, and he just so happened to have a Silver Sky in hand to answer it

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Musicians Oteil Burbridge (L) and John Mayer of Dead & Company perform on stage at Sleep Train Amphitheatre on July 27, 2016 in Chula Vista, California.

How Oteil Burbridge set about replacing Phil Lesh to become Dead & Company’s new singing bass hero

By Chris Jisi published

Burbridge played with The Allman Brothers and Tedeschi Trucks Band before joining Dead & Company alongside guitarist John Mayer

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John Mayer and Bob Weir [left] of Dead and Company both play a D'Angelico archtop. Mayer picks the strings, Weird frets a chord.

John Mayer was a Grateful Dead fanatic – before he landed the Dead & Company gig

By Phil Weller published

Don Was has revealed how he helped connect the dots between John Mayer and Bob Weir

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Dead & Company

Is new music from John Mayer and Bob Weir on the cards?

By Phil Weller published

The band had originally formed as a live act, but the project could yet live on after the residency wraps this week

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Sammy Hagar and Bob Weir

Bob Weir joins Joe Satriani and Sammy Hagar for Best of All Worlds guest spot

By Phil Weller published

The Grateful Dead legend joined the band for a free-flowing take on a Montrose hit

Concert, Gigs & Tours
John Mayer and Bob Weir [left] of Dead & Company photographed against a grey background. Mayer wears a blue overshirt and has his signature Silver Sky on his shoulder. Weir wears grey and a bolo tie.

John Mayer and Bob Weir reflect on 10 years of Dead & Company – and why the Sphere forced them to reassess everything

By Richard Bienstock published

In this exclusive interview, Bob Weir and John Mayer break down the Sphere experience, latest gear adjustments and their ever-evolving musical partnership and float the possibility that they'll enter the studio one day

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John Mayer names the pedal he thinks every young guitar player should consider buying

By Jenna Scaramanga published

Despite saying his tone “can only come from the ignition inside of a tube”, the Dead & Company guitarist thinks this amp modeler is worthwhile

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