{"id":2231741,"date":"2026-01-12T15:58:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2231741"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:58:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:58:15","slug":"john-mayer-pays-heartfelt-tribute-to-bob-weir-of-the-grateful-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/john-mayer-pays-heartfelt-tribute-to-bob-weir-of-the-grateful-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"John Mayer Pays Heartfelt Tribute to Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/john-mayer\/\" id=\"auto-tag_john-mayer\" data-tag=\"john-mayer\">John Mayer<\/a> paid tribute to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/music\/news\/bob-weir-dead-grateful-dead-1236628170\/\">Bob Weir, Grateful Dead cofounder <\/a>and his bandmate for a decade in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/dead-and-co\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dead-and-co\" data-tag=\"dead-and-co\">Dead and Co.<\/a>, in a short but heartfelt tribute posted late Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cOkay Bob. I\u2019ll do it your way,\u201d Mayer wrote on social media. \u201cFkn\u2019 A\u2026 Thanks for letting me ride alongside you. It sure was a pleasure. If you say it\u2019s not the end, then I\u2019ll believe you. I\u2019ll meet you in the music. Come find me anytime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"pmc-polymarket\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" title=\"pmc-polymarket\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.polymarket.com\/market.html?market=will-one-battle-after-another-win-best-motion-picture-musical-or-comedy-at-the-83rd-golden-globes-986&amp;features=volume&amp;theme=light&amp;width=Infinity&amp;features=volume&amp;theme=light&amp;height=170pxl\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 170px;margin-top: 15px !important; border: 0px;&#10;&#9;padding: 0px;\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWeir\u2019s death, due to underlying lung issues after a battle with cancer, was announced on Saturday. He was 78.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWhile seemingly an unlikely pair of collaborators \u2014 Mayer, while a world-class guitarist, was better known as a pop artist and was 30 years younger than Weir \u2014 the two performed together for a decade. They first united when Mayer was guest-hosting \u201cThe Late Late Show\u201d and invited Weir to join him for a performance on the show. He went on to join Dead and Co., the latest and probably final incarnation of the Grateful Dead following the death of frontman and cofounder Jerry Garcia in 1995, and perform multiple tours with the group, which also featured Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, its founding and longtime drummers, respectively. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDead and Co. finished what was billed a farewell tour in July 2023, but played <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/music\/concert-reviews\/dead-company-sphere-las-vegas-concert-review-1236007631\/\">well-reviewed residencies at the Las Vegas Sphere<\/a> in the following two years. The group\u2019s final public performance with Weir took placed last August with three shows in San Francisco\u2019s Golden Gate Park \u2014 in the neighborhood that spawned the Grateful Dead in 1965 \u2014 to celebrate the group\u2019s 60th anniversary. The group also performed at the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/music\/news\/grateful-dead-musicares-recap-persons-year-gala-1236293669\/\">MusiCares gala celebration during Grammy Week<\/a> last year, where they were honored as Persons of the Year (pictured above). <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source variety.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Mayer paid tribute to Bob Weir, Grateful Dead cofounder and his bandmate for a decade in Dead and Co., in a short but heartfelt tribute posted late Sunday. \u201cOkay Bob. I\u2019ll do it your way,\u201d Mayer wrote on social media. \u201cFkn\u2019 A\u2026 Thanks for letting me ride alongside you. It sure was a pleasure. 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