Bob Weir

[Mark Perrodin]

Bob Weir RIP

[Brooks Montgomery]

ah crap. They’re all dying.
RIP Bobby

…and many of you have your favorite memories of Bobby and the Dead. The one that stands out always for me was June 17, 1972, I was 18 at the Hollywood Bowl.
It was Pig Pen’s last concert. And the Dead show opened with the New Riders, Jerry playing pedal steel. As has been mentioned many times here on the forum debating the pros and cons of Jerry’s playing, it really was what made me fall in love with the sound of pedal steel. As a kid I wasn’t really a fan of country music. That changed in 1972. That and Bobby singing some of those classic Dead arrangements of country songs.

[David Farrell]

RIP Bob Weir! What a long strange trip it's been!

[Paul Awalt]

Playing with the Band again, One More Saturday Night!

[Lee Rider]

Saw him with Dead and Co. last August after he had been receiving treatment for weeks. Put on a great show. That had to be tough. RIP Bobby....

[Eric Dahlhoff]

He sure helped put smiles on many, many peoples faces.
When ever I hear "Estimated Prophet" I think back to Bob on stage at Winterland in SF... my first intro into the Dead.
"My time comin' any day, don't worry 'bout me, no"

Thanks for all the music Bob! RIP

[Mark Eaton]

When I heard the news yesterday it was like a punch to the gut from Joe Frazier.

Rest in Peace Bobby.

[Dave Mudgett]

Ah crap, indeed.

I always felt that Bob was the musical glue that held everything together. As well as being great in his own right, he enabled everyone to go off without everything falling apart. I saw the Dead pretty relatively early on, for a northeasterner, anyway - I think '69 was the first time - Live Dead period, more or less. I kept on thinking it was gonna just spin out of control, but Bob's guitar just kept everything "between the ditches", if ya' know what I mean. He was great rhythm guitarist, a skill that is frequently sorely lacking, and often insufficiently heralded.

RIP Bob.

[Brad Bechtel]

There is a good documentary called "The Other One: The Long Strange Trip of Bob Weir" on Netflix. I recommend it to anyone interested in how the Grateful Dead started as a jug band in Palo Alto, California and morphed into a rock band, discovering LSD along the way.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Other_One%3A_The_Long_Strange_Trip_of_Bob_Weir

[John Larson]

RIP Ace. Thanks for all the tunes.

Grateful Dead - "Looks Like Rain" Live in Giza Egypt 1978

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There is a good documentary called "The Other One: The Long Strange Trip of Bob Weir" on Netflix. I recommend it to anyone interested in how the Grateful Dead started as a jug band in Palo Alto, California and morphed into a rock band, discovering LSD along the way.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Other_One%3A_The_Long_Strange_Trip_of_Bob_Weir

Highly recommended. The docuseries Amazon did on the Dead some years back is also very good.

I always felt that Bob was the musical glue that held everything together. As well as being great in his own right, he enabled everyone to go off without everything falling apart. I saw the Dead pretty relatively early on, for a northeasterner, anyway - I think '69 was the first time - Live Dead period, more or less. I kept on thinking it was gonna just spin out of control, but Bob's guitar just kept everything "between the ditches", if ya' know what I mean. He was great rhythm guitarist, a skill that is frequently sorely lacking, and often insufficiently heralded.

Highly agreed

Possibly the most under appreciated rhythm guitarist in rock history. The counterpoint he weaves with Jerry on "China Cat Sunflower" is amazing.

[scott murray]

a truly underrated guitarist who wrote some of my very favorite songs and contributed to many more.

he viewed death as life’s greatest adventure so to that I say: Wheel to the storm and fly, Bobby!

only the drummers remain… here’s Mickey Hart’s dedication, still waiting on an official post from Billy Kreutzmann

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