For three decades, founding Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh was the backbone of the band. Working in tandem and glued to the guitars of Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir, Lesh was set in the background ...

Bob Weir, rhythm guitarist, co-lead vocalist and one of the primary songwriters for the Grateful Dead, died Saturday at the age of 78. His passing leaves only two surviving founding members of the ...

Bob Weir was the everyman at the heart of the Grateful Dead, the one who kept the band’s feet on the ground through their farthest-reaching explorations. In the first 30 years of the band’s existence, ...

From 46-minute jams to MTV video hits, here are the freedom-loving Dead guitarist and singer’s finest songs about ‘rainbows of sound’ and ‘enjoying the ride’ ...

The Grammy winner and Blue Note label head recalls the unique challenges and rewards he faced when the late Bob Weir recruited him for an intimate... Over the weekend, Grateful Dead fans the world ...

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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When they weren't playing with The Grateful Dead, these musicians were known to sit in for a studio feature or two.

Ultimately, though, the Grateful Dead let their songs speak for them. There were no costume changes. No fancy smoke machines ...