Grateful Dead Guitarist Bob Weir Dies
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In the summer of 1968, three years into the Grateful Dead’s existence, the band fired singer and rhythm guitarist Bob Weir. Jerry Garcia, the band’s other guitarist and its reluctant leader, and bassist Phil Lesh had decided that Weir and keyboardist Ron “Pigpen” McKernan were dragging the band down musically.
A lifelong Deadhead reflects on four decades of shows, tapes, and change — and explains why Dead & Company feels like the music he needs now.
"I'll meet you in the music. Come find me anytime," said Connecticut's John Mayer about his Dead & Company bandmate.
Photo: Geoff Tishman Garcia’s at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, N.Y., has received a pair of Jerry Garcia tribute guitars on loan from the Grateful