The late rock legend revealed the one Grateful Dead song he wanted played at his memorial service.

Fans once calculated that Bob Weir played around 4,500 shows with the Dead. One song, writes musician and critic Andy Cush, imbues the hard and lonely work of all that touring with elemental, almost ...

The Dead was, as we know, a reluctant studio band and not one for hit singles, but some of its top-charting songs came from Weir's pen -- including "Truckin'," which he co-wrote with Garcia and ...

From the very first live rendition at the Fillmore West in 1970 through Furthur and Dead & Company all the way to Bob Weir’s ...

This song is from the fifth album of the Grateful Dead, released back in November 1970. Co-written by Bob Weir and Robert Hunter, it turned out to be the most iconic song, being involved in 596 ...

The Grammy winner and Blue Note label head recalls the unique challenges and rewards he faced when the late Bob Weir recruited him for an intimate new project in 2018.

A concert honoring the Grateful Dead guitarist showed the durability of the band’s music and culture, even as its members ...

The Grateful Dead are gaining ground on streaming platforms following the Jan. 10 death of founding guitarist Bob Weir, 78.

The Dead set the stage for generations of jam bands. At the same time, folk, bluegrass, and country music made up the heart of their sound for years. As a result, many high-level country and bluegrass ...

OK, let’s face it. You heard the news about the return of dire wolf pups after 12,000 years, marking the end of that species’ extinction. And maybe you thought, “Wow, 12,000 years flies by!” Or you ...