Bob Weir

Whenever a Grateful Dead discussion ensues, the year 1977 generally soon follows. And for good reason. Many argue it's the best, or at least their preferred, era of the band's music, pointing to such epic shows in New York like ones…

Stella Blue's Band will perform the seventh annual Free Dead in the Park concert Tuesday, May 12 at the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park in New York City, with doors at 4:30 p.m. The free event benefits Riverkeeper, the Hudson River…

Boston-based psychedelic dub-jazz collective Club d'Elf will released their new album Loon & Thrush on Friday via Royal Potato Family, and they're bringing their sprawling, trance-heavy sound to New York State four times in the weeks…

Let the Words Be Yours - A Musical Gathering to Celebrate the Life and Songs of Bobby Weir, will take place at Colony Woodstock on Sunday, April 5. The show, a benefit for HeadCount, will feature special guests and a house band of…

The Grateful Dead taught us that music is a living thing. Something passed hand to hand, heart to heart. On January 14th and 15th at the Bearsville Theater in Woodstock, that truth was on full display during a two-night memorial…

The news landed like a dropped needle late Saturday night: Bob Weir, born Robert Hall Weir on October 16, 1947, founding member, rhythmic compass, and enduring soul of the Grateful Dead had died on January 10, 2026, at the age of 78. …

Guitarist, singer and jam band icon, Bob Weir, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday evening. He was 78. Weir performed for more than 60 years, defining a generation through his music, giving a multitude of fans worldwide a connection and…

After two previous shows at SUNY Stony Brook in Long Island in 1967 and '68, the Grateful Dead returned to the campus gymnasium in 1970 on October 30. It was billed as two separate shows with two separate admissions. This marked the first…

On this day in 1981, The Grateful Dead closed out an East Coast tour with a memorable performance at the War Memorial in Syracuse. The band essentially lived in the Northeast for the first half of May in 1981, with shows scheduled almost…

In the Spring of 1993, the Grateful Dead would begin one of their final runs at one of their favorite venues in all of New York, Albany's Knickerbocker Arena. This would be the second to last run of shows at the downtown arena in the…