The Grateful Dead guitarist wore short shorts like no other. By Jacob Gallagher In the late 1970s, Bob Weir, a guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead, whose death at 78 was announced on ...

Bob Weir, the influential rhythm guitarist, vocalist, and co-founder of the Grateful Dead, has died at the age of 78, according to a statement posted to his official website on Saturday. "It is with ...

Bob Weir, who died on January 10th, was best known as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. For decades he was also an unusually persistent environmental advocate, one who treated land, forests, and ...

The long strange trip that is the Grateful Dead and its primary offshoot, Dead & Company, has truly faded into grey with the passing of Bob Weir. Although Jerry Garcia cast the longest shadow across ...

Bob Weir is rightly being remembered as a transformative figure whose guitar playing made an indelible contribution to the Grateful Dead, and to improvisational rock & roll at large. In fact, Weir was ...

I n the end, I always thought about his Birkenstocks. I’d often glance over at them during our interview, both of our pairs positioned next to each other on the studio floor, below the couch where we ...

Spinal deformities such as scoliosis and kyphosis are among the most serious complications of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), a genetic disorder that affects about one in 3,000 people. These ...

The guitarist, singer and songwriter, who died at 78, cut his own path among his elders in the Grateful Dead, and beyond. By David Browne As the youngest member of the original Grateful Dead, Bob Weir ...

Bob Weir, guitarist, vocalist, and a founding member of legendary jam band the Grateful Dead, has died at the age of 78. “It is with profound sadness that we share the passing of Bobby Weir,” his ...

The word “short” wasn’t in Bob Weir’s vocabulary. A founding member and co-leader of the Grateful Dead, and the band’s rhythm guitarist who sang lead on many of its songs, Mr. Weir died on Saturday at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The music world was hit with some tragic news on Saturday evening as legendary Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir passed away at the ...