Bob Weir

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…

On Octorber 20, 1984, The Grateful Dead played their third and final show at The Carrier Dome in Syracuse. It would be the last East Coast show of their Fall 1984 tour, following two nights at Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, NJ a…

The Grateful Dead played a brief 10-show tour in September of 1973 and included among these was a stop at the Onondaga County War Memorial in Syracuse. This tour featured the one and only time the band would be joined by a horn section on…

1971 was an incredibly busy touring year for the Grateful Dead and on this day in April they found themselves in Cortland, NY for the first and only time. The band toured the East Coast extensively all throughout this month, playing a slew…

We continue our look back at one of the more influential and memorable series of shows The Grateful Dead have ever played in the State of New York. On this day in 1990, the Dead continued their first ever run of shows at The Knick in…