Known for never performing the same show twice, the group revolutionised fan engagement, as followers – known as \u201cDeadheads\u201d – recorded and swapped bootleg tapes of the concerts in a communal, drug-addled camp environment.<\/p>\n
The rockers disbanded in 1995, a few months after Garcia\u2019s death, but Weir went on to perform in recent years with the group Dead & Company.<\/p>\n
Following Weir\u2019s death, 79-year-old Kreutzmann became the last living member of the Grateful Dead founders.<\/p>\n
Lesh died in October 2024 at the age of 84, while McKernan died aged 27 in 1973.<\/p>\n
Weir was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Hame in 1994 as part of the Grateful Dead, and received Kennedy Center Honours with the group in 2024, in the final year of Joe Biden\u2019s presidency.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs we remember Bobby, it\u2019s hard not to feel the echo of the way he lived,\u201d the family said.<\/p>\n
\u201cA man driftin\u2019 and dreamin\u2019, never worrying if the road would lead him home. A child of countless trees. A child of boundless seas,\u201d the family said, quoting the songs Cassidy and Lost Sailor, written by Weir and the late John Perry Barlow.<\/p>\n
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