In 2009, Grateful Dead alumni Bob Weir (guitar, vocals) and Phil Lesh (bass, vocals) formed Furthur to give them a vehicle to perform their former band’s music.
But the group, which were on hiatus during 2014, has just announced that they’re calling it a day.
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“To our loyal Furthur fans and members of the Furthur community at furthur.net, we’d like to thank you for a terrific ride,” they told fans in a message on their soon-to-be-shuttered website. “We’ll be closing up shop at furthur.net, and heading onward. Thanks for making the Furthur community a great place to hang out, and for coming out to the shows. We’ll all be keeping very busy over the foreseeable future, and it’s time to let Furthur take a bow.
“We enjoyed the ride more than we can possibly express. You can keep tabs on Phil’s activities at www.terrapincrossroads.net, Bob’s activities at www.bobweir.net and all Grateful Dead news at www.dead.net.”
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Lesh has indeed been keeping busy — he co-owns Terrapin Crossroads, a restaurant in San Rafael, Calif., where he often performs.
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