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, ...

The Grateful Dead guitarist wore short shorts like no other. By Jacob Gallagher In the late 1970s, Bob Weir, a guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead, whose death at 78 was announced on ...

Bob Weir, the legendary Grateful Dead founder and one of the greatest guitarists of all time, has died at 78. Tributes immediately poured in for Weir, who helped create some of the most beloved rock ...

On New Year’s Eve 1963, a 16-year-old Bob Weir heard the plucking of a banjo off in the distance. The teenager followed the sound down a Palo Alto street to a music shop where Jerry Garcia was playing ...

Bob Weir, the guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died, according to a statement from his family. He was 78. Weir was diagnosed with cancer in July and began treatment just weeks ...

The songwriter, guitarist and singer, who died at 78, animated the Grateful Dead from within. By Jon Pareles Bob Weir — the Grateful Dead’s rhythm guitarist and one of its songwriters and lead singers ...

Grateful Dead archivist David Lemieux remembered Bob Weir in a tribute posted on the band’s official social media pages. “Bobby Weir, just 17 years old when he co-founded the Warlocks, was one of the ...

Bob Weir, a founding member of the legendary rock band the Grateful Dead, has died at the age of 78, his family announced Saturday. "It is with profound sadness that we share the passing of Bobby Weir ...

The long strange trip that is the Grateful Dead and its primary offshoot, Dead & Company, has truly faded into grey with the passing of Bob Weir. Although Jerry Garcia cast the longest shadow across ...

What a week it's been for both "Landman" Tommy Norris and the actor who portrays the tough-talking oil man on the Paramount+ series, Billy Bob Thornton. Oscar-winner Thornton, 70, calls the basis for ...

Bob Weir, 78, successfully battled cancer six months before he died from lung issues. The late Grateful Dead founder and guitarist’s death was announced by his family in a statement shared via his ...