{"id":14124,"date":"2026-01-10T10:26:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T17:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=14124"},"modified":"2026-04-27T10:31:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:31:34","slug":"bobby-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2026\/01\/10\/bobby-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobby Gone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/01\/10\/nx-s1-4373822\/bob-weir-grateful-dead-obituary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from NPR<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bob Weir, guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died at 78<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/people\/4607354\/felix-contreras\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Felix Contreras<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/people\/766798576\/isabella-gomez-sarmiento\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Isabella Gomez Sarmiento<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Grateful Dead&#039;s Bob Weir Talks About How He Was Adopted\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rZbMUVMw-HY?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bob Weir, the guitarist and songwriter who was a founding member of the popular and massively influential American rock band the Grateful Dead, has died. According to a statement from his family\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bobweir.net\/bobby\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted on his website<\/a>\u00a0and social media pages, Weir died from underlying lung issues after recently beating cancer. He was 78.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A member of the Dead for its first three decades, and a keeper of the flame of the band&#8217;s legacy for three more, Weir helped to write a new chapter of American popular music that influenced countless other musicians and brought together an enormous and loyal audience. The Grateful Dead&#8217;s touring, bootlegging and merchandising set an example that helped initiate the jam-band scene. Its concerts created a community that brought together generations of followers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Known to fans as &#8220;Bobby,&#8221; he was born in San Francisco as Robert Hall Parber, but was given up for adoption and raised by Frederick and Eleanor Weir. In 1964, when he was still a teenager, Weir joined guitarist Jerry Garcia in a folk music band, Mother Mcree&#8217;s Uptown Jug Band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/01\/10\/nx-s1-4373822\/bob-weir-grateful-dead-obituary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at NPR<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from NPR Bob Weir, guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died at 78 By Felix Contreras, Isabella Gomez Sarmiento Bob Weir, the guitarist and songwriter who was a founding member of the popular and massively influential American rock band the Grateful Dead, has died. 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