What a week it's been for both "Landman" Tommy Norris and the actor who portrays the tough-talking oil man on the Paramount+ series, Billy Bob Thornton. Oscar-winner Thornton, 70, calls the basis for ...

Bob Weir, the founding member of and guitarist for the Grateful Dead, was a pioneer in how rhythm guitar is played in rock music. He died earlier this month. Alan Paul, music journalist and author of ...

As founding guitarist of quintessential jam band the Grateful Dead, Bob Weir had a front row seat to music history—a history that he and his bandmates helped to shape. Known for their legendary live ...

Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann has written a heartfelt tribute to his late bandmate Bob Weir. In a lengthy statement posted on social media, Kreutzmann wrote about meeting Weir back in the ...

Weir's family said the legendary guitarist suffered from underlying lung issues. Bob Weir, one of the founding members of the Grateful Dead, died Saturday at the age of 78. The legendary guitarist ...

The word “short” wasn’t in Bob Weir’s vocabulary. A founding member and co-leader of the Grateful Dead, and the band’s rhythm guitarist who sang lead on many of its songs, Mr. Weir died on Saturday at ...

Bob Weir, 78, successfully battled cancer six months before he died from lung issues. The late Grateful Dead founder and guitarist’s death was announced by his family in a statement shared via his ...

Bob Weir, the influential rhythm guitarist, vocalist, and co-founder of the Grateful Dead, has died at the age of 78, according to a statement posted to his official website on Saturday. "It is with ...

The long strange trip that is the Grateful Dead and its primary offshoot, Dead & Company, has truly faded into grey with the passing of Bob Weir. Although Jerry Garcia cast the longest shadow across ...

On New Year’s Eve 1963, a 16-year-old Bob Weir heard the plucking of a banjo off in the distance. The teenager followed the sound down a Palo Alto street to a music shop where Jerry Garcia was playing ...

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 ...