The last of the front line of the Grateful Dead has shuffled off from this earthly realm. Bob Weir, was a singularly lateral thinker, both in terms of musical phrasing and ideas. In tandem with John Perry Barlow, he essentially developed one half of the fascinating Dead song book. His tunes are hooky and angular at the same time and their topics and arrangements are the perfect foil for those of his main man Jerry Garcia. Deadheads will surely think of him often, especially whenever they see a Picasso moon.
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