Grateful Dead legend Bob Weir dies
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CT tribute concerts planned for Bob Weir as John Mayer, Goose honor Grateful Dead founder
"I'll meet you in the music. Come find me anytime," said Connecticut's John Mayer about his Dead & Company bandmate.
Yes, Grateful Dead music would have continued to be played. But Bob and others continued to tour and bring the Grateful Dead experience to millions of old and new fans. Without that additional 30 years of being on the road, I believe the the role of the Grateful Dead in American music would have diminished. It did not.
Rather than pick through the dense, lush fields of Grateful Dead and solo band bootleg live concert tapes that could fill a football stadium, Variety 's top musical moments of Weir's focus on a dreamy collection of tracks from the studio recordings.
Musicians, celebrities and fans around the world are paying tribute to Bob Weir following the death of the Grateful Dead co-founder at 78.