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 ...

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 drummer Bill Kreutzmann has written a heartfelt tribute to his late bandmate Bob Weir. In a lengthy statement posted on social media, Kreutzmann wrote about meeting Weir back in the ...

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 ...

Bob Weir, the Grateful Dead’s co-founding guitarist, singer and songwriter, has died due to underlining lung issues. He was 78. In a statement, Weir’s family explained: It is with profound sadness ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bob Weir, a co-founder of the Grateful Dead, died at age 78 after a career that spanned more than six decades. A statement shared on his official website reflected on his legacy. “For over sixty years ...

Bob Weir, the guitarist and singer who, as an essential member of the Grateful Dead, helped found the sound of the San Francisco counterculture of the 1960s and kept it alive through decades of ...

Bob Weir, co-founder of the legendary rock band the Grateful Dead, died at age 78 on January 10, 2026, his family announced. Weir’s passing was confirmed in a statement on his official website, which ...