Grateful Dead legend Bob Weir dies
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Editor's note: Bob Weir, the influential founding member of rock collective The Grateful Dead, has died at 78. In 2022, he spoke with USA TODAY's Melissa Ruggieri for a wide-ranging interview about his six-decade career. Upon news of his death, we are resurfacing their conversation.
News of Bob Weir ‘s death on Saturday (Jan. 10) landed particularly heavy with Don Was, the Grammy Award-winning producer and Blue Note Records president who was also Weir's bandmate in Wolf Bros since 2018. Weir, co-founder of the Grateful Dead, died at age 78 after battling cancer.
Nancy Wilson, Don Was, Andy Cohen, Les Claypool, Lee Ranaldo, Billy Corgan, Slash, and many others paid tribute to the founding Grateful Dead member
While the Grateful Dead years have been exhaustively documented, Bobby Weir’s musical life beyond the band has been just as enduring and vital. From
On Saturday evening, Dec. 28, 2024, Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros continued its New Year’s Eve run by returning for night two of four at Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for concerts billed to feature the expanded Wolfpack ...