Former House Speaker and self-proclaimed "Deadhead" Nancy Pelosi drew swift online backlash after appearing at a tribute honoring Grateful Dead co-founder Bob Weir, with some social media users ...

Bob Weir, the founding member of and guitarist for the Grateful Dead, was a pioneer in how rhythm guitar is played in rock music. He died earlier this month. Alan Paul, music journalist and author of ...

Deadheads from around the Bay Area — and, in all likelihood, well beyond — will gather this weekend to honor the life and music of Bobby Weir in San Francisco. The free public memorial for the ...

As a boomer, Weir checked many of the key boxes as he and the band matured: interest in yoga and Eastern spirituality, macrobiotic diet, environmental activism. But more important is that, unlike many ...

Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir, who recently passed away, was a supporter of wolf reintroduction in Colorado. The Rocky Mountain Wolf Project credited Weir's endorsement as instrumental in the ...

Grateful for the music and memories on Duke’s campus Deadheads around the world — current and former — mourned the death this weekend of Bob Weir, the guitarist and founding member of the Grateful ...

SAN FRANCISCO – The Warriors will hold a moment of silence to honor the late Bob Weir before they play the Hawks on Sunday evening. Weir, a Bay Area native, was a founding member of the legendary rock ...

Oteil Burbridge honored his Dead & Company bandmate Bob Weir today following the icon’s death at 78. “I can’t think of anyone that needed to play live music any more than Bob,” the bassist wrote in a ...

(RNS) — There was something mythological about Bob Weir — utterly timeless and almost primeval. An American original troubadour telling stories that felt older than the nation itself, he somehow ...

This story was featured in The Must Read, a newsletter in which our editors recommend one can’t-miss story every weekday. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. The instrumental theme of “Playing in ...

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 ...