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Bob Weir - Biography Forever

Bob Weir - Biography Forever

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 BOB WEIR Biography Forever chronicles the remarkable life of the Grateful Dead's founding rhythm guitarist from his dyslexic childhood through his death at seventy-eight in January twenty twenty-six. Hosted by music critic Lenny Vaughn, this three-part series explores Bob's chance meeting with Jerry Garcia on New Year's Eve nineteen sixty-three, his revolutionary approach to rhythm guitar that redefined the role, and his songwriting partnership with John Perry Barlow that produced classics like "Sugar Magnolia" and "Playing in the Band." The series examines the challenging eighties, Jerry's devastating death in nineteen ninety-five, and Bob's tireless three-decade effort to keep the music alive through projects like Dead and Company and Wolf Bros, proving that dedication and love can sustain a musical legacy across generations.
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  • Go behind the music with Lenny Vaughn in Bob Weir - Biography Forever.

    Go behind the music with Lenny Vaughn in Bob Weir - Biography Forever.
    Jan 11 2026
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    1 min
  • Bob Weir - Biography Forever - Keeping the Music Alive

    Bob Weir - Biography Forever - Keeping the Music Alive
    Jan 11 2026
    Episode three of BOB WEIR Biography Forever chronicles Bob's final years from the twenty twenties through his death on January tenth, twenty twenty-six at age seventy-eight. The episode explores Bob's continued vitality in his mid-seventies, touring with Dead and Company to sold-out stadiums and evolving Wolf Bros into orchestral collaborations. The narrative details Phil Lesh's death in twenty twenty-four leaving Bob as one of three surviving original Dead members, the emotional twenty twenty-four farewell tour, and Bob's battle with cancer followed by the lung issues that ultimately took his life. The episode examines the global outpouring of grief and tributes, then analyzes Bob's profound legacy: revolutionizing rhythm guitar as active improvisation rather than mere accompaniment, creating the touring and community-building model adopted by jam bands worldwide, and demonstrating three decades of resilience by keeping the Grateful Dead's music alive after Jerry's death. It concludes celebrating Bob's life of dedication to music, generosity to younger musicians, and proof that love and commitment can sustain a legacy across generations.
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    34 mins
  • Bob Weir - Biography Forever - The Kid Who Followed the Banjo

    Bob Weir - Biography Forever - The Kid Who Followed the Banjo
    Jan 11 2026
    Episode two of BOB WEIR Biography Forever covers the most challenging period of Bob's career from the difficult nineteen eighties through the two thousand tens. The episode documents Jerry Garcia's health struggles including his near-fatal diabetic coma in nineteen eighty-six, and Bob's evolution into a bandleader carrying more responsibility as Jerry's condition deteriorated. The narrative centers on the devastating loss of Jerry Garcia on August ninth, nineteen ninety-five, and Bob's determined decision to keep the Grateful Dead's music alive despite grief and criticism. The episode explores Bob's formation of the Other Ones and RatDog, the evolution into The Dead, and the surprising success of Dead and Company starting in twenty fifteen with John Mayer on guitar. It also examines the Wolf Bros acoustic project that stripped the songs to their folk and bluegrass bones, culminating in orchestral collaborations, and concludes with Phil Lesh's death in twenty twenty-four, highlighting Bob's three-decade mission to honor the music through constant evolution and generous collaboration with younger musicians.
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    17 mins
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