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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 names his favorite solo with Dead & Company – and plays it live on air
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
How Oteil Burbridge set about replacing Phil Lesh to become Dead & Company’s new singing bass hero
Burbridge played with The Allman Brothers and Tedeschi Trucks Band before joining Dead & Company alongside guitarist John Mayer
How a 17-year-old guitar prodigy ended up with a vintage 1957 Goldtop from the foundation of a band she once hated
After Bella Rayne had her Number One Les Paul stolen, she was dead grateful that she had got over her dislike of the Grateful Dead
D’Angelico celebrates Grateful Dead’s 60th anniversary with 3 special-edition guitars
Two electrics and an orchestra acoustic from D’Angelico bring back a special-edition Grateful Dead finish that pays homage to the pair’s first collaborative model
Tom Lieber apprenticed to Jerry Garcia's guitar builder Doug Irwin in the ’70s – now he’s raising the ’Dead once again
This is the story of Tom Lieber, the aspiring guitar builder who wouldn’t take no for an answer and ended up learning how to make some of the rock world’s most prized instruments
![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)
