He was 84. Weir was famously the "little brother" of the Grateful Dead, as he joined the band at age 16. In 1963, he met Garcia in Palo Alto, California, in an alleyway, according to Rolling Stone.

Grateful Dead founding member Bobby Weir is one of the last men standing in his legendary rock band. The thought of mortality has crossed Weir’s mind, as he’s seen many of his band members pass.

John Mayer recently assumed the role of guest DJ on SiriusXM’s Grateful Dead Channel (23). During his time on the airwaves, the Dead & Company guitarist divulged his listening habits and pre ...

To commemorate popular music‘s longest, strangest trip, there are the countless Dead reissues, boxed sets and fashion items. But Grateful Dead imagery — the Skulls & Roses, the Dancing Bears ...

Dropping on Record Store Day (April 12), ON A BACK PORCH VOL. 1 consists of live versions of classic Grateful Dead tunes, all thoughtfully compiled from the band’s archives by Dogfish Head ...

A piece of Grateful Dead history is up for grabs. Available for bid on Heritage Auctions is a primitive hand-drawn poster that asks, “Can You Pass the Acid Test?” According to the listing ...

A street by Port Chester’s Capitol Theatre has been renamed Phil Lesh Lane, honoring a founding member of legendary rock band the Grateful Dead. The Grateful Dead performed at the Capitol ...

Previously known as "The Warlocks," the Grateful Dead played its first show under the new name in 1965. (Credit: Heritage) When the Grateful Dead played its first live show Dec. 4, 1965 ...

One fateful night in August 1995, Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir dreamed that he saw bandmate Jerry Garcia backstage at a show. Sensing something amiss about the encounter, Weir awoke to the ...

But, if you’re a music nerd of any generation, you likely thought, “Man, I love that Dead song.” Like any classic song or bit of pop culture, “Dire Wolf” has several origin stories.

One of the first to shoot the Grateful Dead, he also memorably chronicled many of the other bands that were on the scene in the late 1960s. The photographer Herb Greene captured Jorma Kaukonen of ...

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