Susan Tedeschi Reflects on Bob Weir, Winyah Live From Relix
Plus Review on Paul McCartney's The Boys of Dungeon Lane
Relix Daily
June 06, 2026
June 6, 2026
Compiled by Mike Greenhaus
FEATURE
This article appears in our special 132-page Bob Weir edition, which presents rare photography, archival interviews and new conversations that pay tribute to an endearing, enduring artist. We previously shared our Sturgill Simpson feature from the publication.
When Susan Tedeschi was growing up in Norwell, Mass. during the 1980s, she first heard the music of Bob Weir and the Grateful Dead performed live, albeit indirectly.
“As a teenager, I was a fan of this band called Metamorphosis,” she recalls. “They would play the Grateful Dead, along with Marshall Tucker, the Rolling Stones and some others. I wasn’t allowed to go to those kinds of concerts, but I would go see Metamorphosis and they would cover them. Then when I was 14, I was in a band and we played ‘U.S. Blues’ at a party, although I still didn’t fully get the Grateful Dead.”
WATCH
"Mr. Charlie" - Tedeschi Trucks Band (Grateful Dead Cover) | The Capitol Theatre | 10/8/24
FEATURE
Jesse Welles has arrived at his ancestral home, at least musically. It’s a hot, not-quite-muggy early June evening and the 33-year-old, Ozark, Ark.-bred folk singer is standing in New York’s Washington Square Park preparing for a pop-up show, a few days before the release of his most recent album of politically charged songs, Masks Off.
Highlights include a 16-minute "Buster" opener, an entire side devoted to "Opium," the long-awaited return of "Calyphornya" (its first live appearance since 2018), a Grateful Dead "The Other One" with Vinnie Amico on lead vocals, and standout Circle of Giants cuts "Bat Country" and "Four." The set closes with a "Head > Moth > Blue Jeans Pizza" sequence on Side H.
RECAP
The Highwomen reunited for their first full performance in three years on Sunday to cap off Brandi Carlile’s Echoes Through the Canyon festival at The Gorge. As a grand finale to the surprising and star-powered weekend of music, the quartet of venerable singer-songwriters Carlile, Amanda Shires, Maren Morris and Natalie Hemby delivered a 26-track exploration of their shared catalog, alongside solo originals and some reverent covers. In the collaborative spirit of the event, the band bolstered their performance with sit-ins from five special guests.
WATCH
Brandi Carlile | Salt Shed Chicago | 8/22/2024
Topping Charts Nobody Has Tracked Since 1993
Three hours of Taper's Choice, Tom Constanten, Mikaela Davis's harp, Mike Gordon on bass, and a horn section that passed the Dave Test.
Limited pressing, hand-drawn J-card, priced at $19.74 for the heads doing the math.
NEWS
Wilco is going transcontinental. Rather than retracing its steps and marching through familiar international terrain, the band is expanding its global horizons by announcing its first-ever visit to Africa, for Wilco (In Morocco). From March 25-27, 2027, the ensemble led by master lyricist Jeff Tweedy will embark on a musical excursion in partnership with Peter Shapiro’s Dayglo Presents and Pilgrimage of Sound to Marrakech, Morocco, offering a taste of the culture that complements the group’s trio of headlining performances and its no-repeat promise.
WATCH
"This Thing That I've Found" - The Autumn Defense
NEWS
Last January, Relix celebrated its 50-year legacy with a very special show at New York’s Brooklyn Bowl, helmed by Taper’s Choice. The “subversive jamband” supergroup of bassist Alex Bleeker (Real Estate), drummer Chris Tomson (Vampire Weekend), guitarist Dave Harrington (Darkside) and keyboardist Zach Tenorio-Miller (Arc Iris) exemplified the magazine’s core values of collaboration, community, historical reverence and mind-bending innovation with a star-studded cast of “friends and casual acquaintances” who lent their talents to two sets of originals and covers of scene staples. Now, fans can take that unforgettable concert home with a limited edition cassette.
WATCH
"Ophelia" - Taper's Choice ft. Tom Hamilton | Brooklyn Bowl | 1/15/25
REVIEW
On his latest album, Dream Chaser, Willie Nelson leads with the title track, the latest in a series of songs he’s released in recent years about aging and how it has affected him. “Last night a new song came to me faster than I could write it down,” he sings, then muses, “Sometimes I wonder if there’ll be another, then another comes around.” Ultimately, he concludes, “You may not understand it, why we live with the sacrifice/ But it’s worth every mile to get to sing for a while.” Paul McCartney would surely agree. Although nearly a decade Nelson’s junior—McCartney will turn 84 on June 18—he, too, has been taking stock of where he’s been and what it’s all meant.
