Bob Weir Music

Bob Weir and Ratdog wrapped up a five night, two venue, New York City run at the Beacon Theatre Saturday, October 24th 2009. The third night at the Beacon, preceded by two nights at the intimate Grand Ballroom (a first for Ratdog), turned out to be a great show which I'm in the process of confirming now digitally. On a drizzly night in NYC I drove in and met up with friends for a sushi dinner in honor of Shelly's birthday, then headed over to the show. Bob Weir And Ratdog 10-24-09 Beacon...Read Full Story

Recently the Furthur rehearsals from January 2010 surfaced on bt.etree.org. I downloaded four of them and since have been checking out the Furthur Winter Tour shows from bt.etree.org as well. Grate stuff! Phil Lesh, Bob Weir and the guys opened up their rehearsals for the public at The 142 Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley, CA, in no other than Bob Weir's neighborhood. The Throckmorton Theatre has a long history in Mill Valley dating back to 1915 when it was known as The Hub Theatre and...Read Full Story

100 hours of Grateful Dead home videos released. (Insert stoner joke here.) Check out all the lastest hippie news and information on the  Grateful Dead, Phish, Further and more below. A Phish Festival called Super Ball IX will be held July at the Watkins Glen International racetrack in the New York countryside, July 1st through July 3rd. Further, a Grateful Dead semi-united band includes Dead members Phil Lesh and Bob Weir along-with five other musicians including singer John Kadlecik. During...Read Full Story

“Eyes of the World” Words by Robert Hunter; music by Jerry Garcia Right outside this lazy summer home you ain’t got time to call your soul a critic no. Right outside the lazy gate of winter’s summer home, wond’rin’ where the nut-thatch winters, wings a mile long just carried the bird away. Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world, the heart has it’s beaches, it’s homeland and thoughts of it’s own. Wake now, discover that you are the song that the mornin’ brings, But the heart...Read Full Story

Last week I had the opportunity to go see Bob Weir's Scaring The Children in Brooklyn at the Brooklyn Bowl. Unfortunately I had to pass it up. But I did download the show at bt.etree.org and since today is Weir's birthday - Happy 62nd Bobby - I popped it in for a listen. Well, just like anytime I skip a show and listen to it later, I regret not going. After speaking to some friends that were there and reading a bit on Brooklyn Bowl's website I figured I'd write a bit on it. Doors opened at...Read Full Story

Furthur, Bassist Phil Lesh and the guitarist Bob Weir may be best known for their long term with the Grateful Dead, but they have launched numerous side projects over the years as well. Furthur is one of their collaborations. The ensemble explores some of the most beloved subjects of the dead, adding some new old songs. Furthur recently announced a winter tour that brings them to the North Charleston Coliseum on Sat April 2nd. According to a recent press release, the tour “promises to keep...Read Full Story

Recently the Furthur rehearsals from January 2010 surfaced on bt.etree.org. I downloaded four of them and since have been checking out the Furthur Winter Tour shows from bt.etree.org as well. Grate stuff! Phil Lesh, Bob Weir and the guys opened up their rehearsals for the public at The 142 Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley, CA, in no other than Bob Weir's neighborhood. The Throckmorton Theatre has a long history in Mill Valley dating back to 1915 when it was known as The Hub Theatre and...Read Full Story

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) June 09, 2011 Amicus Foundation is auctioning a rare Jerry Garcia guitar, Alembic #13, on eBay until 19:00 PDT June 12, 2011. In 1980 Jerry Garcia, ranked 13th in Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time, gifted an Alembic guitar, Lucky #13, to Matthew Kelly (Kingfish, Ratdog, Grateful Dead). Kelly pays it forward by donating the guitar to Amicus Foundation to raise money for charity work in Thailand. This rare Jerry Garcia guitar, Lucky #13, is now on...Read Full Story

Ratdog guitarist Bob Weir is suffering from broken ribs, after taking a tumble on his tour bus. Weir fell awkwardly when the driver of the famous 'Deadmobile' braked suddenly, en route to a recent post-tour fund raising concert.Read Full Story

Founding Grateful Dead band member Bob Weir and his partner, Chris McCutcheon, TRI Studios, discuss how they plan to monetize their new studio, which was built for streaming live audio and video. With CNBC's Steve Liesman and the Fast Money traders. < Prev   Next >Read Full Story