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Bob Weir Shares New Song ‘Only a River’
By Amanda Wicks Bob Weir has been busy touring with Dead & Co this year, but in September fans will get to hear the musician’s first new material in a decade. Weir is set to release Blue Mountain,...
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2016 Americana Music Awards to Honor Bob Weir, Woody Guthrie, Others
By Robyn Collins Bob Weir, Woody Guthrie, Shawn Colvin and other icons of Americana will be honored at the 2016 Americana Music Awards this September, reports The Boot. Related: Lady Gaga Covers the...
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Classic Rock Almanac October 16, 2016
ANNIVERSARIES 2008-Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel co-headline a fundraiser for presidential candidate Barack Obama at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom. 1999-David Bowie is made a Commander of Arts and...
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Members of Grateful Dead & Phish Cover Lady Gaga’s ‘Million Reasons’
By Jon Wiederhorn Add this to the category of things we didn’t expect. Guitarist Trey Anastasio’s band Phish has a long history of covering other artist’s songs from various genres. That being the...
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The Daily Cut: Grateful Dead “Playing in the Band”
Grateful Dead: “Playing in the Band” ALBUM: Grateful Dead (Skull and Roses), Bob Weir’s Ace and Mickey Hart’s Rolling Thunder YEARS: 1971, 1972 and 1972 WRITERS: Bob Weir and Robert Hunter (Mickey Hart...
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LOCKN’ Festival Hopes to Bring Positivity to Charlottesville
By Robyn Collins Organizers of the fifth annual LOCKN’ festival and scheduled performers hope the event will help heal Charlottesville, which has been scarred by the violence of the August 12 alt-right...
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Classic Rock Almanac October 16, 2017
TRIVIA Today’s Question: Grateful Dead singer and guitarist Bob Weir celebrates his 70th birthday today (October 16th). Weir has played in a number of post-Grateful Dead groups with one or more of his...
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The Daily Cut: Grateful Dead “Sugar Magnolia”
Grateful Dead: “Sugar Magnolia” ALBUM: American Beauty YEAR: 1970 WRITERS: Robert Hunter, Bob Weir The studio version wasn’t released as a single. A live version from Europe ’72 was in 1973 and peaked...
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Classic Rock Almanac December 7, 2017
TRIVIA Today’s Question: Greg Lake of ELP, King Crimson and Asia passed away a year ago today (December 7th). Lake was the singer and bassist on the King Crimson classic from 1969 “21st Century...
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Bob Weir, Phil Lesh to Tour Together as a Duo
By Annie Reuter Bob Weir and Phil Lesh have been sharing the stage together for over 40 years and now the two members of the Grateful Dead will embark on a tour as a duo. Related: Kurt Cobain, Jerry...
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