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EuterpeThelo

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58. Fare thee well, Bobby.

Sun Jan 11, 2026, 05:13 AM

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Growing up in the Bay Area, I was fortunate enough to see them on their home turf a few times while Jerry was still around. My daughter's first concert at age 4 (and she's been my concert buddy ever since) was at Shoreline with The Black Crowes and the remaining members of the Dead the year after Garcia passed.

I wanted to go to last summer's 60th anniversary show in Golden Gate Park but the ticket prices were OBSCENE (which felt very un-Dead like to me, sadly). So guess I'm left now to cherish those memories of witnessing this very special band perform back in my teens and 20s, when life was happy and much simpler.

Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul...

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We all do. highplainsdem Saturday #8

Rest in the power of music SheltieLover Saturday #3

I feared this day coming. ificandream Saturday #4

Statement of Chloe Weir on Bob Weir's passing. ificandream Saturday #5

Untold thousands of hours of joy. Thank you, Bobby. mahina Saturday #6

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If there is a heaven..... OAITW r.2.0 Saturday #15

This is from an interview Bob did for GQ in 2019: highplainsdem Saturday #16

Makes perfect sense to me SheltieLover Saturday #20

Me, too. highplainsdem Saturday #24

... SheltieLover Saturday #25

Thanks for posting! Oddly, soothing. OAITW r.2.0 Saturday #23

...or maybe it takes concerted focus. SheltieLover Saturday #26

You're welcome! I'm glad it gave you some comfort. And I have no doubt that you did really hear highplainsdem Saturday #29

Bob Weir. While many saw Garcia as the force OAITW r.2.0 Saturday #34

I agree. Plus I thought Bob was cute. Very watchable. More seriously - see what he says in another 2019 highplainsdem Saturday #40

From personal experience, I think most female Deadheads were Bob Weir fans, OAITW r.2.0 Saturday #41

I worked in a bike shop in the early 80s Du916 Yesterday #55

That's very cool, that you met him that way! highplainsdem 16 hrs ago #64

I wonder how Bob liked the video documentation of his life? OAITW r.2.0 Saturday #35

Not sure how he felt about the video documentation, or what aspect of it you meant...but when you wrote that, I was highplainsdem Saturday #42

He wasn't Jerry when it came to holistic attitudes about life. OAITW r.2.0 Saturday #45

He wished Jerry had taken better care of himself. From a Rolling Stone interview last March: highplainsdem Yesterday #49

I get it We all now know that the Grateful Dead were not Dead and Company. OAITW r.2.0 Yesterday #50

"He burned brightly while he was alive." OAITW r.2.0 Yesterday #51

Bob Wier had a similar vision when Neal Cassady died in Mexico Brother Buzz Yesterday #52

Tragic that they didn't listen to her. highplainsdem 16 hrs ago #65

Thank you for all the joy, Bob. ancianita Saturday #12

Your first video features Donna Jean Thatcher Godchaux-MacKay who passed away two months ago Brother Buzz Saturday #14

That is a weird coincidence. Have you talked to your cousins since the memorial service? highplainsdem Saturday #44

No, but my son is holding down their fort in Portland. Brother Buzz Saturday #48

And both succumbed to lung cancer... Pluvious 17 hrs ago #59

Singing backup on Percy Sledge's breakout hit, When a Man Loves a Woman.... Brother Buzz 16 hrs ago #63

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Experienced the GD in 1977. Bob... Clouds Passing Saturday #19

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You were part of the East Coast, NY crew. OAITW r.2.0 Saturday #36

Hampton, RFK, Philly, then Charlotte/Raleigh on the return & Roanoke every couple years underpants Saturday #37

I had forgotten that about Bobby lmao Pluvious 15 hrs ago #66

Thanks for the memories Bobby! EarthFirst Saturday #22

This is a huge loss. IcyPeas Saturday #27

RIP BOBBY Sailingdiver Saturday #28

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Beautiful. Wonder how NY will honor Trump's passing? OAITW r.2.0 Saturday #38

I would think nothing whatsoever... Rver Saturday #43

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Grateful Dead 1968 Newport Pop Footage............my first experience ................ turbinetree Saturday #31

The Eleventh. OAITW r.2.0 Saturday #39

damn.... Talitha Saturday #32

RIP Bob... CaptainTruth Saturday #33

RIP, Bobby. yardwork Saturday #46

He was in great shape. ForgoTheConsequence Saturday #47

I know what Im going to say is going to be unpopular SamuelTheThird Yesterday #54

If you don't have anything good to say Du916 17 hrs ago #60

So we should just ignore he was with many underaged girls? SamuelTheThird 16 hrs ago #61

This message was self-deleted by its author Du916 16 hrs ago #62

Saw the Dead multiple times at the Fillmore in NYC flamingdem Yesterday #56

Bob Weir was one of my all time favorites RIP airplaneman Yesterday #57

Fare thee well, Bobby. EuterpeThelo Yesterday #58

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