Grateful Dead Musician Dead

Sunday, January 11, 2026

Bob Weir, the veteran rock musician who helped guide the legendary band the Grateful Dead through decades of change and success, has died at age 78, according to a statement posted to his verified Instagram account on Friday.

Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 11:30 AM | 9 COMMENTS | permalink

Rest easy, Bob Weir ð�'�

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-- Rolling Stone (@rollingstone.com) Jan 10, 2026 at 9:12 PM

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There is a road, no simple highway
Between the dawn and the dark of night
And if you go, no one may follow
That path is for your steps alone

Ripple in still water
When there is no pebble tossed
Nor wind to blow

You who choose to lead must follow
But if you fall you fall alone
If you should stand then who's to guide you?
If I knew the way I would take you home

Robert Hunter, "Ripple"

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-01-11 06:17 AM

What a long strange trip its been.
R.I.P. Bob Weir.

#2 | Posted by HanoverFist at 2026-01-11 09:10 AM

To the headline creator:

The man's name is Bob Weir.

#3 | Posted by Angrydad at 2026-01-11 12:05 PM

I drove big rigs long haul cross country, flatbeds hauling bulldozers and such summers to pay for college.

I was Truckin' like the Doo Dah man... often to Bob's song.

RIP buddy.

#4 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-11 12:09 PM

Thinking about briwo (RIP) right now.

#5 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-11 12:10 PM

When I was a younger man, forty years ago, as a student at UofMichigan I went to a total of eleven Grateful Dead shows. Traveling around to different States with a group of friends. FUN times. I was more into the whole scene than I was much of the music. A lot of drugs. No responsibilities. It was a different era and a different Moder8. And then I woke up one afternoon as a 21 year old Peace Corps volunteer in the poorest rural area in Paraguay with no electricity, running water, flush toilets or telephone and zero other Americans anywhere near me.

For this is all a dream we dreamed one afternoon long ago.

RIP

#6 | Posted by moder8 at 2026-01-11 02:59 PM

RIP.

I ushered for a few Dead shows in Atlanta in the late 70s / early 80s, so needed to be at the venue early.

One time, for a sound check, they played "Let It Be." Jerry and Donna Godchaux on vocals.

I know people who've listened to their obligatory thousands of hours of Dead tapes, and I've been told they never played that song.

Beg to differ.

Weir's Ace is a fine album.

#7 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-01-11 03:29 PM

To the headline creator:
The man's name is Bob Weir.
#3 | POSTED BY ANGRYDAD

I wrote the original headline, which most assuredly included Bob Weir's name.
As written now, it sounds like "One of the Muppets Ddied."
Weir deserved better.

#8 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-01-12 06:57 AM

34 Dead shows under my belt between '74 and '88, between Red Rocks and Nashville, geographically. More at Red Rocks than home in KC.
I know I enjoyed myself.
One exceptionally odd show at Manor Downs, in which Bob handled most of the vocals and lead guitar parts the day after Jerry's 41st b-day, obvious, over celebration.

#9 | Posted by morris at 2026-01-12 12:36 PM

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