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Dead & Company will end after their final tour next year
By Matt Owen published
John Mayer, Bob Weir and their bandmates in the Grateful Dead offshoot will play a string of send-off shows in summer 2023

Watch John Mayer and Bob Weir play acoustic versions of Grateful Dead classics at the Rise for the River benefit
By Jonathan Horsley published
The duo treated the crowd at Pine Creek Lodge, Montana, to a string of Dead standards including Friend of the Devil, Bertha and Brown-Eyed Women, all to support SWMT Flood Relief

John Mayer’s 2022 Dead & Company touring rig and pedalboard have been revealed
By Matt Parker published
There are some choice stompboxes in rotation with a typically premium suite of guitars and amps, as the pop-rock superstar decides he’s gonna need a bigger ‘board for this run of US dates

Artist AJ Masthay has customized six D'Angelico guitars to commemorate Dead & Company's 2022 tour
By Jackson Maxwell published
The guitars will be auctioned during the summer trek, with proceeds going to HeadCount and a variety of other Dead & Company-endorsed charities

John Mayer tests positive for Covid-19, drops out of Dead & Company's Playing in the Sand festival
By Sam Roche published
Drummer Bill Kreutzmann will also sit out the festival due to health concerns

These 5 custom-painted Dead & Company D’Angelico guitars raised more than $160K in a charity auction
By Matt Parker published
The D’Angelico Deluxe Bob Weir Bedford guitars were customised by artist mister e for the band’s 2021 tour

Watch the moment John Mayer’s Dumble Overdrive Special breaks mid-song – and gets replaced with another Dumble
By Matt Owen published
Mayer’s Dumbleland Overdrive Special 006, which cut out in the middle of Dead & Company's Mississippi Half-Step, was promptly replaced by Dumbleland Overdrive Special 009

How John Mayer came to join Dead & Company
By Ellie Rogers published
Mayer's journey as a Deadhead was like many who got into the band after the fact – except he soon found himself onstage beside Bob Weir and a custodian of the Grateful Dead's legacy
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