Tag Archives: Bob Weir

A concert pays tribute to Willie Nelson, plus a reissue of Violent Femmes' debut and a new release from the mysterious Catbells.

The first solo album from the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir reappears with a bonus concert, plus Impressions with Jerry Butler, Orchestra Gold, and Howdy Glenn.

If 'Blue Mountain' represents a new, more prolific era for this music legend, Weir fans of all stripes have a lot to look forward to. Even if he takes another 16 years to complete another album, listeners can take comfort in the rich tones of this mature work. Now more than ever, the world needs the comforting, self-assured songs of Bob Weir.

On the surface, you might think that limiting the songs of a band that thrived on the interplay between various parts – most importantly the lead and rhythm guitars of Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir – wouldn't work, but you’d be mistaken. There is power and subtlety in these reinterpretations that I think Garcia would have admired, as his own personal tastes seemed to range to the more subdued and authentic soul of acoustic performances.

The Dead played their first documented concert at Magoo's Pizza Parlor on May 5, 1965.

This release is a great opportunity to see what all the fuss was about and for fans to revisit the live concert experience.

Another chapter in The Grateful Dead's musical journey is reissued as a three CD set.

It's a "wall of sound" from the Grateful Dead.

The final release in the Dick's Picks series finds the Grateful Dead in fine form.