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.
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.
These recordings helped build their fan base throughout the 1970s and ’80s and sustained their popularity ... By 1999, he rejoined Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and latter-day Dead associate Bruce ...
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.
Jerry Garcia, left, lead guitarist of the Grateful Dead, and band members, left to right, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Brent Midland (seated), Bill Kreutzman and Mickey Hart, are shown in the mid-80's.( ...
However in the late ’80s Garcia’s health began to falter ... Lesh continued playing with offshoot The Other Ones (with original member Bob Weir, longtime percussionist Mickey Hart and ...
Lesh met his future Dead bandmate Jerry Garcia in the Bay Area in 1959 and, along with guitarist Bob Weir and drummers Mickey ... followed the band in the ‘80s and ‘90s; and the slow ...