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I n the middle of a sprawling recording room at Bob Weir’s TRI Studios in San Rafael, California, one Sunday afternoon in April 2023, Weir and Phish bassist Mike Gordon were up to something strange. At a glance it looked like a couple of chill music legends doing chill music …

B obby Weir has been on the road virtually without a break since 1965, but the past few weeks have been crazy even by his standards. In December, he and his band the Grateful Dead were honored at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Now, in late January in Los …

Today Rolling Stone published a lengthy interview with Bobby Weir, the first all-out Rolling Stone Interview that Weir has ever done. Meeting up with him in Los Angeles, where the Grateful Dead were being honored at the annual MusiCares event, senior writer Angie Martoccio spoke with Weir about a wide …

What has rainbow grilled cheese platters, giant dancing bear cutouts, and Woody Harrelson wearing a tie dye tie? The MusiCares’ annual Persons of the Year Charity Gala, where the Grateful Dead are the 2025 honorees (with some “Friend of the Devil” food cake to celebrate.) “It’s an incredible honor and …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. There’s no shortage of entertainment options for New Year’s Eve 2024, especially for music fans. While the major television networks will host annual programs like Dick Clark’s New …

The Grateful Dead were discussing the possibility of a reunion with Phil Lesh before the band’s co-founder and bassist died last month at the age of 84. The surviving members of the Dead — Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, and Mickey Hart — revealed Lesh’s desire to play with the group …

Bob Weir is voting for Kamala Harris. On Monday, the Grateful Dead founding member shared his endorsement of the Harris-Walz ticket — and a Grateful Dead-inspired T-shirt depicting Democratic presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris and her VP running mate, Tim Walz, as part of the logo. “You can …

The moment could arrive anywhere, anytime, but you always knew it was coming. It was the moment, at a Grateful Dead show or on a live recording, when Phil Lesh and his bass would make themselves known. Most bass players in traditional rock & roll bands provide a solid low-end …

The surviving members of the Grateful Dead paid tribute to founding bassist Phil Lesh in a statement following his death Friday, “Today we lost a brother.” “Phil Lesh was irreplaceable. In one note from the Phil Zone, you could hear and feel the world being born. His bass flowed like …

The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir paid tribute to his band mate Phil Lesh following the death of the bassist Friday. On social media, the guitarist credited Lesh with introducing him to much of the music that would inform his own playing style, as well as influence the Dead’s improvisational music. …