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Bob Weir 'Unable to Perform in Any Capacity,' Furthur Band Cancels Show

Billy Dukes — Wed, 01 May 2013 16:09:18 +0000

The two incidents may be unrelated, but five days after Bob Weir collapsed onstage during his band Furthur's set in Port Chester, N.Y., the group has canceled its headlining set at the BottleRock Napa Valley Festival in Napa, Calif. They were set to perform on May 9.

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Bob Weir Collapses Onstage

Dave Lifton — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:43:34 +0000

Late in Furthur's performance at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, N.Y. last night (April 25), former Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir collapsed onstage. The video is embedded above.

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Bob Weir Storms Off Stage During Acoustic Performance in California

Billy Dukes — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 02:51:32 +0000

(video contains swearing)

Monday night's (March 4) acoustic performance by Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead was cut short when Weir stood up and abruptly left the stage, mid-song. He was growing irritated with several chatty audience members, before leaving during Bob Dylan's 'A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall.'

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Hagar, Weir, Grateful Jam

Crash — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 22:24:29 +0000

Sammy Hagar joined Grateful Dead singer-guitarist Bob Weir at Weir's TRI Studios in San Rafael, California for a jam session that also included Talking Heads keyboardist and guitarist Jerry Harrison and Lukas Nelson, the son of Willie Nelson.

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Bob Weir Mixing It Up On The Road

Pulse of Radio — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:32:33 +0000

Grateful Dead co-founder Bob Weir has a string of dates on the books for February and March. Weir will be performing four Colorado shows with Furthur -- his band with Dead bassist Phil Lesh -- one in Denver and three in Broomfield

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Dead Releasing '73 UCLA Gig

Pulse of Radio — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:37:24 +0000

Available for pre-order starting February 1st is the latest Grateful Dead vault release.

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Grateful Dead: Phil & Bob Pick Their Sportsman

Crash — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:54:49 +0000

Phil Lesh and Bob Weir of The Grateful Dead have nominated San Francisco Giants third base coach Tim Flannery as Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year.

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Walsh, Weir + More Helping Brooklyn

Crash — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 17:01:28 +0000

A bunch of A-list artists are donating songs or other items to a Sandy benefit for a hard-hit area of Brooklyn, New York.

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Rock Report: Bob Weir Set For Solo Acoustic Run

Crash — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:21:31 +0000

Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir is hitting the road solo next month for a west coast sting of acoustic shows.

The 65-year old left home almost 50 years ago to become a musician. Weir says it was the most natural; thing he could have done

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