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 ...

On New Year’s Eve, 1963, Bob Weir heard something that caught his attention—someone was playing a banjo in a store in Palo Alto, and he felt compelled to follow it to the source. Jerry Garcia was ...

Surviving band members Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann posted a touching message on Instagram on Oct. 25 Jenny Haward is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023.

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Rather than simply providing rhythm, Lesh developed a melodic, counterpoint style that functioned more like a third lead instrument alongside Jerry Garcia's guitar and Bob Weir's rhythm guitar.

He was also a classmate of Steve Reich at the university. In 1965, Lesh, a bassist-in-training, joined Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, and Bill Kreutzmann in a band called the ...

On Sunday 27t October, legendary broadcaster Johnnie Walker stepped down from Sounds of the 70s. Today, his Radio 2 colleague and friend, Bob Harris, takes over as the new presenter, bringing his ...

The concert streaming platform will broadcast the host band’s performances on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, including two sets with the Grateful Dead‘s Bob Weir as The Bobby Weir Incident.

The band, which also included Bob Weir as co-singer/guitarist with Garcia ... While the group sold steadily throughout the ’60s and ’70s — six of the group’s ’70s LPs reached the ...