{"id":402056,"date":"2026-01-12T01:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/402056\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T01:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:07:09","slug":"grateful-dead-archivist-remembers-unabashed-rock-star-bob-weir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/402056\/","title":{"rendered":"Grateful Dead Archivist Remembers ‘Unabashed Rock Star’ Bob Weir"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tGrateful Dead<\/a> archivist David Lemieux remembered Bob Weir<\/a> in a tribute posted on the band\u2019s official social media pages.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBobby Weir, just 17 years old when he co-founded the Warlocks, was one of the very few people who was at every single Grateful Dead show. Joining up with Jerry and Pigpen in 1964, and soon after Billy and Phil, with Mickey soon to follow, the Grateful Dead were defined by each of the unique musicians and voices these guys brought to the stage. And Bobby was as unique as they come,\u201d Lemieux wrote following Weir\u2019s death at the age of 78<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cA guitar player unlike any other, and a songwriter who created some of the most interesting, exciting, and oddly-timed songs in rock history, Bobby was also the unabashed rock star in the Grateful Dead.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFor over a quarter-century, since the death of the Dead\u2019s original archivist Dick Latvala (or Dick\u2019s Picks fame) in 1999, Lemieux has held the reins of the band\u2019s extensive vault and later became the Dead\u2019s legacy manager.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHe never sat still, and was always moving forward, an inspiration to us all. Watching Bobby do anything was always a joy, as he embraced life around him. First and foremost, his family gave him immense happiness. Being on stage and performing for us all showed us a man who loved to bring smiles to our faces. He didn\u2019t do anything halfway, always giving it his all,\u201d Lemieux wrote of Weir.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cFor 60 years, Bobby has been a huge part of the soundtrack to our lives. His kindness, generosity, and musical contributions have made our world a better place.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile Lemieux\u2019s statement was posted on the band\u2019s official social media, the Dead\u2019s surviving members, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, have not yet commented on Weir\u2019s death. However, dozens of artists, celebrities, collaborators and more have shared tributes to the late guitarist<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Grateful Dead archivist David Lemieux remembered Bob Weir in a tribute posted on the band\u2019s official social media…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[40853,88,40240,216],"class_list":["post-402056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-bob-weir","tag-entertainment","tag-grateful-dead","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}