Bob Weir

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…

Today marks a somewhat somber anniversary in Grateful Dead history as the band's second show at their final residency at The Capitol Theater this day in 1971 would be the first of many without drummer Mickey Hart. Racked by depression and…

Bob Weir & Wolf Bros took over The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester for a four-night residency as part of a 2023 winter tour.  Joining Bob on stage: bassist Don Was, keyboardist Jeff Chimenti, drummer Jay Lane,  pedal steel guitarist …

In September and October 1980, the Grateful Dead did a brief concert tour of shows with three sets each, one acoustic set followed by two electric sets. The acoustic sets were the first ones the band had performed since the early '70s…

While the year 1977 typically, and justifiably, gets a lot of the attention in Grateful Dead lore, the previous year has its fair share of gems too. With the Godchaux tandem now firmly entrenched and the return of Mickey Hart, the band was…

The Grateful Dead wound up playing more than 50 shows at MSG by the time their touring career ended, but the September 1990 run had a unique feel all its own. With keyboardist Brent Mydland's recent death just months earlier, the Dead once…

It's no secret that Nassau Coliseum was a favorite venue of The Grateful Dead, as their 42 shows that took place there would suggest. The first shows the band would play here took place in 1973 and today marks the anniversary of the final…