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Bob Weir, co-founder of rock group the Grateful Dead, dies at age 78

Rhythm guitarist helped guide the legendary jam band through decades of change and success

The Guardian - US

Grateful Dead founding guitarist and singer Bob Weir dead at 78

Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead has died from underlying lung issues months after cancer battle

Louder

Bob Weir, Grateful Dead co-founder, dies at 78

The 78-year-old ‘succumbed to underlying lung issues,’ his family said

The Independent UK

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Miles Teller gets wife's wedding dress remade for Christmas after it was lost in California wildfires

Miles Teller gifted his wife, Keleigh Teller, a replica of her wedding dress for Christmas because the original was lost in the California wildfires back in January.

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“I step back and I’m like, ‘Don’t think about it. Maybe you nailed it, maybe you didn’t’”: John Mayer names his favorite solo with Dead & Company – and plays it live on air

Mayer was asked the question during his Life with John Mayer SiriusXM show, and he just so happened to have a Silver Sky in hand to answer it

Guitar World

‘Biggest band that ever lived’: inside the Grateful Dead art show

As the band celebrate their 60th anniversary, a California exhibition draws attention to the unique psychedelic artwork that has long told their story

The Guardian - US

Review: Charting Jerry Garcia's Enormous Cultural Impact

Here Beside the Rising Tide tells the story of the Grateful Dead and the 1960s counterculture.

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“It’s so hard when you come in to bands like Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers where the fans actually care who the bass player is”: How Oteil Burbridge set about replacing Phil Lesh to become Dead & Company’s new singing bass hero

Burbridge played with The Allman Brothers and Tedeschi Trucks Band before joining Dead & Company alongside guitarist John Mayer

Guitar World

Donna Jean Godchaux supplied steel and soul to the Grateful Dead in their prime

Godchaux sang on classics by Elvis and Otis Redding and had a long solo career, but it’s as a member of the Dead’s classic, acid-drenched 70s lineup – and as the band’s only female member – that she will be remembered

The Guardian - UK

Grateful Dead's Donna Jean Godchaux Dies in Nashville After Cancer Battle

Donna Jean Godchaux, the only woman to perform full-time with the Grateful Dead, has died at 78 after a long battle with cancer. Her career spanned Muscle Shoals soul sessions to psychedelic rock stages.

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“The next morning, I got an email that had a receipt for a 1957 Gibson Custom goldtop”: Jam band and Southern rock prodigy Bella Rayne was bereft when her Les Paul was stolen – then came an answer to her prayers

Rayne explains how she turned to guitar during the pandemic but found her mojo onstage – and why her fate seams intertwined with the Grateful Dead

Guitar World

“I said, ‘I can’t accept this. I haven’t earned it.’ He was like, ‘You need to go pick it up’”: How a 17-year-old guitar prodigy ended up with a 1957 Goldtop Reissue from the foundation of a band she once hated – after her Number One Les Paul got stolen

After Bella Rayne had her Number One Les Paul stolen, she was dead grateful that she had got over her dislike of the Grateful Dead

Guitar World

I've Seen The Grateful Dead Movie Dozens Of Times, So Here Are 3 Reasons I Can't Wait To See The Upcoming IMAX Version

The cult classic from a cult classic is coming back for a limited time!

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John Mayer hails Dead and Company shows 'the honour of his life'

John Mayer has hailed playing with Dead and Company the "honour of [his] life" as he reflected on the 60th anniversary of the Greatful Dead.

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The Independent UK

Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia has childhood street named for him in San Francisco

Several hundred fans turned out to name a tiny street in San Francisco after celebrated Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia

Guitar World

“Thought the DIY pedal trend had run its course? Think again”: All the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including a reverb pedal inspired by an abandoned nuclear reactor

A rival for Positive Grid, Walrus Audio's wild take on the looper pedal, an affordable build-it-yourself fuzz pedal and more...

Guitar World

D’Angelico celebrates Grateful Dead’s 60th anniversary with 3 special-edition guitars – which revive the Lightning Bolt design

Two electrics and an orchestra acoustic from D’Angelico bring back a special-edition Grateful Dead finish that pays homage to the pair’s first collaborative model

The Guardian - US

Wear flowers in your hair … and take the bus: San Francisco fetes Grateful Dead concerts with tie-dye

Transit will transport concertgoers at a three-day concert series celebrating 60th anniversary of the band’s formation

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“He needed nobody; Jerry was his only customer”: Tom Lieber apprenticed to Jerry Garcia's guitar builder Doug Irwin in the ’70s – now he’s raising the ’Dead once again

This is the story of Tom Lieber, the aspiring guitar builder who wouldn’t take no for ananswer and ended up learning how to make some of the rock world’s most prized instruments

Guitar World

“The catalog proclaimed the instrument to be: ‘For the young artist with a flair for showmanship!’”: Guild Starfires appeared in the hands of The Kinks’ Dave Davies and Jerry Garcia, and shook up the electric guitar scene in the early '60s

By the late '50s, rock ’n’ roll was in full swing – and so for Guild, a ‘jazz guitar’ maker, it was time to catch up. Enter the Starfire electrics…

Guitar World

“He was a huge fan. He could identify, ‘No, that’s not ’78 because Jerry’s playing through this pedal’”: John Mayer was a Grateful Dead fanatic – before he landed the Dead & Company gig

Don Was has revealed how he helped connect the dots between John Mayer and Bob Weir

Guitar World

“If Bobby and Mickey want to do it, I want to do it”: Dead & Company’s Sphere residency is drawing to a close – but is new music from John Mayer and Bob Weir on the cards?

The band had originally formed as a live act, but the project could yet live on after the residency wraps this week

The Guardian - UK

‘LSD? Been there, done that’: the Grateful Dead’s 60 years of drugs, epic noodling and obsessive fans

Forget Swifties. The Grateful Dead have the world’s most devoted following. As he heads for Britain, founder Bobby Weir talks Vegas spectaculars, bootleggers and life after Jerry Garcia

Guitar World

“Bob is fearless. He’s always willing to take chances with music of any kind”: Bob Weir joins Joe Satriani and Sammy Hagar for Best of All Worlds guest spot – and plays Hagar’s Gibson Explorer

The Grateful Dead legend joined the band for a free-flowing take on a Montrose hit

Guitar World

“Every tour was the best I could have done. It was only after that I would listen to more Grateful Dead and realize I hadn’t come close”:John Mayer and Bob Weir reflect on 10 years of Dead & Company – and why the Sphere forced them to reassess everything

In this exclusive interview, Bob Weir and John Mayer break down the Sphere experience, latest gear adjustments and their ever-evolving musical partnership and float the possibility that they'll enter the studio one day

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