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Drummer Bill Kreutzmann will also sit out the festival due to health concerns
The D’Angelico Deluxe Bob Weir Bedford guitars were customised by artist mister e for the band’s 2021 tour
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
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
“I’m actually more connected to the band, the music and the moment this way,” Mayer explained
The guitars – all D'Angelico Deluxe Bob Weir Bedfords – are adorned with songbook imagery, colorful Dancing Bear stamps and Grateful Dead lyrics
“The tone of this guitar was so good,” the blues hero enthuses
The legendary guitar made an appearance during the band's Sunday night show at New York's Citi Field.
