Watch 15 Different Incarnations of Grateful Dead Perform ‘Ripple’ Over 56 Years

From the very first live rendition at the Fillmore West in 1970 through Furthur and Dead & Company all the way to Bob Weir’s ...
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An “Estimated” Grateful Dead Late ’80s Full Show Setlist With Only Bobby Weir Songs

There are many elements that made The Grateful Dead singular, but one of the most defining was having two primary songwriters and lead singers. Plenty of ...

Bob Weir Is Gone, but the Dead’s Music Plays On

A concert honoring the Grateful Dead guitarist showed the durability of the band’s music and culture, even as its members dwindle.

The song that defined Bob Weir’s role in the Grateful Dead

Fans once calculated that Bob Weir played around 4,500 shows with the Dead. One song, writes musician and critic Andy Cush, imbues the hard and lonely work of all that touring with elemental, almost ...
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Curley: The Grateful Dead were like us and we were like them

Ultimately, though, the Grateful Dead let their songs speak for them. There were no costume changes. No fancy smoke machines ...
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Playing Grateful Dead songs with Bob Weir: Don Was remembers

Over the weekend, Grateful Dead fans the world over mourned the loss of an icon: Bob Weir, guitarist and founding member, had died at 78, leaving listeners and collaborators caught off-guard. Since ...

Music legend’s secrets from Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead, other icons

Don Was is famous for making records with famous people. Rolling Stones. Bonnie Raitt. B-52s. Bob Weir. Bob Dylan. Ringo Starr. Elton John. Brian Wilson. Willie Nelson. Richie Sambora. Garth Brooks.

Bob Weir, Grateful Dead Singer, Guitarist and Co-Founder, Dies at 78

Singer-songwriter-guitarist Bob Weir, a cornerstone of the Grateful Dead and the band’s many latter-day offshoots, has died ...