Bob Weir
Bob Weir
Robert Hall "Bob" Weiris an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the Grateful Dead disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with The Other Ones, later known as The Dead, together with other former members of the Grateful Dead. Weir also founded and played in several other bands during and after his career with the Grateful Dead, including Kingfish, the Bob Weir Band, Bobby and the Midnites, Scaring the Children, RatDog and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth16 October 1947
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
They're protecting an archaic industry. They should turn their attention to new models.
The Grateful Dead played for three hours on a given night, plus sound check.
I was gifted with a life that was full of adventure. I've always believed, if you're gifted, that it's incumbent not to think about giving something back.
Songs go through cycles for me. And sometimes I lose my passion for some of them.
I don't know if I discovered I had any talent. It was dogged persistence. I had to have the music.
I have always had a certain aversion to heat. And for me, the name of the game on the stage is 'beat the heat.' It's always July under the lights.
Looking back, I guess I've lived an unusual life.
I'm looking forward to some more solo acoustic dates. That's a lot of fun for me, because I get to be alone with the song. And I get to hear every little nuance; if my instrument does something that I wasn't expecting, I get to chase that. Chase that down a little bit.
Obviously I believe in reincarnation and all that kind of stuff - I don't think anyone's going to be surprised to hear that.
We wanted to establish a new fan base over here. And second, we wanted to challenge ourselves. We wanted to bring what is ostensibly new music to fresh ears and see what lights them up.
I have not made many conscious efforts to "re-imagine" songs. I just let them happen the way they're going to happen.
I still retain a bit of a child's focus on things, so we [with my sister] figure if we're going to write books, our best shot is to write children's books, because we relate pretty readily on that level.
I think if people value democracy, they had damn well better get out and exercise their right to vote while their vote still means something.
I think it's real important that people understand where the music comes from. If you can see where the music comes from, you can also see the future. It gives you a trajectory.