In the summer of 1968, three years into the Grateful Dead’s existence, the band fired singer and rhythm guitarist Bob Weir.
To demonstrate their esoteric knowledge of the band, a common Deadhead refrain was to say, “Phil makes the band”—referring to bassist, Phil Lesh. It was obviously absurd, but served to establish that ...
While the Grateful Dead years have been exhaustively documented, Bobby Weir’s musical life beyond the band has been just as ...