Bob Weir

American musician; member of the Grateful Dead

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January 31 2025 Accepted a MusiCares Persons of the Year award for philanthropic work alongside Mickey Hart and other Grateful Dead family members.
January 2025 Weir returns to curate the second Dead Ahead Festival in Riviera CancĂșn, Mexico, performing alongside artists like Sturgill Simpson and Brandi Carlile.
January 31 2024 Weir, Mickey Hart, and Grateful Dead family members accept MusiCares Persons of the Year awards for their philanthropic work.
2022 Released two live albums with Wolf Bros: 'Live in Colorado' and 'Live in Colorado Vol. 2'.
2020 D'Angelico Guitars released Weir's Deluxe Bedford solid-body signature guitar model.
2018 Weir forms Wolf Bros, a band featuring himself, Don Was, and Jay Lane.
2017 Collaborated with Josh Ritter on the album 'Gathering'.
2017 Weir collaborated with D'Angelico Guitars to produce his first signature model, the Premier semi-hollow guitar.
September 2016 Weir releases the album 'Blue Mountain' of 'cowboy songs', inspired by his time as a ranch hand in Wyoming.
August 2016 During a preview of his solo album Blue Mountain, Weir stated he used only a Martin acoustic guitar for the album's recording.
June 2016 Weir receives the first Les Paul Spirit Award at the Bonnaroo Arts And Music Festival and wins the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Americana Honors & Awards in Nashville.
June 2016 Weir receives the first Les Paul Spirit Award at the Bonnaroo Arts And Music Festival.
May 2016 Weir is a guest speaker and performer at the second annual Einstein Gala in Toronto, Canada, and confirms he is writing a book.
October 2015 Weir forms Dead & Company with Mickey Hart, Billy Kreutzmann, John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge, and Jeff Chimenti.
October 5 2015 Weir performs with Ratdog at a special celebratory 60th Birthday Bash for Steve Kimock.
July 2015 Weir joins the surviving Grateful Dead members for reunion shows at Soldier Field in Chicago, marking 20 years since the band's final concert with Jerry Garcia.
April 25 2013 Weir collapses onstage during a Furthur performance at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester, New York.
March 3 2013 Weir resuscitates RatDog with the RatDog Quartet, debuting at the Sweetwater Music Hall.
2011 Weir founds the Tamalpais Research Institute (TRI Studios), a high-tech recording studio and virtual music venue for streaming live concerts.

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