The music world is mourning founding Grateful Dead member Bob Weir. Don Was, Weir’s bandmate in Wolf Bros since 2018, shared, “Evening after night time, he taught us the right way to strategy music with fearlessness and unbridled soul – pushing us past what we thought was musically attainable. Each present was a transcendent journey into the unknown.”
Bruce Hornsby, who toured with the Useless through the late ’80s and early ’90s, paid tribute to Weir on Facebook. “All the time a heat, jovial presence, however with a mischievous look in his eye, he was prepared with banter, a quip, a wise-guy crack or bon mot most on a regular basis,” Hornsby wrote. “I like you, Bob, and can at all times fondly bear in mind our many moments, so usually transcendent, throwing chords and notes round in house, by way of the air, collectively.”
“Bob Weir wasn’t The Different One, he was That Man,” Bravo host and famous Deadhead Andy Cohen mentioned on Instagram. “I really feel SO BLESSED to have gotten to know Bob and the equally wondrous Weir household by way of my friendship with John. He got here on [Watch What Happens Live] a number of occasions and when he talked about Jerry’s passing he referred to it as “checkin’ out”. That felt so sleek a solution to put it, and a testomony to the fluidity of all us on this world. Bob checked out however his music goes to stay gloriously perpetually, and so will he. One of many absolute coolest and greatest to ever do it.”
Phish’s Trey Anastasio penned a lengthy tribute to Weir:
Unhappy to listen to that my pal Bobby has handed on. This one actually hurts. I actually beloved him. He was a candy, variety, light pal, and I by no means believed this might occur so quickly.
I knew Bobby for a few years, but it surely was within the lead-up to Fare Thee Nicely that we actually grew to become shut. I went out to his seashore home, and we spent three nights there alone, simply the 2 of us: taking part in guitar, cooking scrambled eggs, listening to data, understanding, speaking, and strolling on the seashore. We went out to dinner collectively, and he let me drive his new automobile. That was additionally once I first met Tascha, whom I like a lot. Tascha, my coronary heart is with you, Monet and Chloe right this moment.
Bobby informed me unbelievable tales about his life throughout these days on the seashore home. He informed me how he was nonetheless in highschool when the primary acid take a look at occurred. When it was over, the solar got here out, and he needed to do his math homework as he raced again to high school on the prepare. He mentioned after the second or third acid take a look at, he seemed down at his homework and mentioned, “Nah.” And that was it. The remainder of his life was on the street, within the Grateful Useless and different bands.
He informed me tales about engaged on these basic Useless songs, what music the band was listening to because the songs had been coming collectively. He mentioned that once they had been studying “Uncle John’s Band,” they had been listening to the primary CSN album and attempting to harmonize like them. Once they had been studying “Assistance on the Method,” they had been attempting to sound just like the Mahavishnu Orchestra. I discovered all of that endlessly fascinating.
Bobby was utterly allergic to compliments in essentially the most endearing manner. I’d say, “Man, that guitar riff you had been doing on that track sounded actually killer” and he’d reply, “Nicely, I’m certain I’ll fuck it up subsequent time.” I beloved that about him. (continued in feedback)
