Bill Kreutzmann Pens Tribute to Bobby Weir, Grahame Lesh & Friends to Bring Unbroken Chain Concerts to San Francisco
Brooklyn Bowl Comes Alive in Memory of Bobby Weir
Relix Daily
January 14, 2026
January 14, 2026
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“Jerry Garcia had already been playing music with Bob Weir in a jug band when he called me up to form a rock band with them. That’s how I first met Bob. We called ourselves the Warlocks, playing our first real shows at a pizza parlor in Menlo Park and, long story short (but with a few steps in between)… we became the Grateful Dead.”
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Grahame Lesh & Friends is taking Unbroken Chain: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Phil Lesh to the West Coast. For three nights, March 20-22, 2026, The Fillmore in San Francisco will come alive with the songs and spirit of the Grateful Dead. During the impending concerts, the hosts and their expansive roster of guests will also honor the late Bobby Weir.
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Last night, Brooklyn-based Grateful Dead cover collective Bushwick’s Dead took the stage at New York’s Brooklyn Bowl for a free celebration of the life and music of Bob Weir. As friends and fans from across the musical spectrum continue to pay their respects to the legendary guitarist, singer, songwriter and Grateful Dead co-founder, Tuesday’s memorial event became a summit of the city’s foremost talents, who stopped in through the sprawling show to bolster 21 treatments of Dead classics.
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The rise of generative artificial intelligence has led to an unmistakable deluge of AI filler on digital music platforms. These uploads have made headlines at their most egregious, including the Velvet Sundown raking in more than 500,000 monthly listeners for algorithmic psychedelia, Breaking Rust’s ascent to the top of Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales chart and King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard’s AI clone, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
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Don Was and his expansive Pan-Detroit Ensemble took the stage at New York’s Blue Note Jazz Club on Monday, Jan. 12, for two shows celebrating the Grateful Dead and the 50th anniversary of their groundbreaking eighth studio album, Blues for Allah. The acclaimed bassist, producer and Blue Note Records president led his band through back-to-back sets that introduced audiences to their 2025 debut album, Groove in the Face of Adversity, alongside a litany of Dead covers. The evening’s tribute took on a greater gravity after the passing of Bob Weir, Was’ longtime collaborator and Wolf Bros bandmate, on Saturday.
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Yonder Mountain String Band took the stage at Denver’s Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom over the weekend for a home state double-header to embark on their Winter Tour. After the legendary guitarist, singer, songwriter and Grateful Dead co-founder Bob Weir passed away on Saturday, the progressive bluegrass ensemble peeled off from their usual repertoire to honor their jam forefather through some reverent covers, featuring support from special guests.
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Telluride Bluegrass Festival has unveiled its 2026 artist lineup. This year’s roster of participants reflects the event’s agenda to highlight globally-renowned pickers over a four-day format, June 18-21. The long-running event, which has endured for more than 50 years, returns to the Colorado mountain town with a full display of talent, featuring top-tier acts Tedeschi Trucks Band, Gregory Alan Isakov, and Larkin Poe.
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Over the weekend, Leftover Salmon checked into The Sirzmark in Girdwood, Alaska, for a two-night stay, as part of their ongoing Winter and Spring Tour. During the Colorado ensemble’s concert on Saturday, Jan. 10, they paid homage to the late Bobby Weir with a complete set of covers, comprised of all Grateful Dead originals and associated songs.
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Pavement have announced a new series of summer tour dates. From July 17-27, the groundbreaking indie-rock outfit will deliver seven performances at high-profile venues in the Pacific Northwest, Midwest and Southeast region. While concise, it’ll mark their first proper headline tour since their 2022 reunion; last year, their sole non-festival date was a standalone engagement at Dallas’ Longhorn Ballroom, where they resurrected “Texas Never Whispers” before their Levitation set, and their only independent date in 2024 was a one-off at New York’s Sony Hall heralding the premiere of Alex Ross Perry’s meta-docu-biopic Pavements.