“That’s his unique value – he’s an extraordinarily original player in a world full of people who sound like each other. He’s got a style that’s totally unique as far as I know. I don’t know anybody else who plays the guitar the way he does…” – Jerry Garcia
Bob Weir was just 17 years old when he joined the Grateful Dead in 1965. Over the decades, he became one of the band’s leaders, known for his rhythm guitar style, soulful vocals, and offbeat humor.
Whether onstage or off, Bobby brought heart, energy, and a sense of adventure to everything the Dead touched. Share your favorite Bobby facts, memories, or moments in the comments below.
I’m only supporting candidates that billionaires are desperately trying to stop.
Here’s to more grassroots campaigns across the country, powered by working class people and not ultra rich donors. Don’t fall for culture war bullshit, we can have a better world!
VOTE ZOHRAN!!
Congratulations to Brian Aversa (@KlandBaseball ) on his induction in the IHSBCA HoF.
Years in HS Baseball2⃣3⃣
Years as head coach1⃣9⃣
Wins3⃣9⃣9⃣
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Conference7⃣
Regionals7⃣
Sectional1⃣
Supers1⃣
IHSA 🥇 (2011)
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Today we lost a brother. Our hearts and love go out to Jill Lesh, Brian and Grahame. Phil Lesh was irreplaceable. In one note from the Phil Zone, you could hear and feel the world being born. His bass flowed like a river would flow. It went where the muse took it. He was an explorer of inner and outer space who just happened to play bass. He was a circumnavigator of formerly unknown musical worlds. And more.
We can count on the fingers of one hand the people we can say had as profound an influence on our development - in every sense. And there have been even less people who did so continuously over the decades and will continue to for as long as we live. What a gift he was for us. We won’t say he will be missed, as in any given moment, nothing we do will be without the lessons he taught us - and the lessons that are yet to come, as the conversations will go on.
Phil loved the Dead Heads and always kept them in his heart and mind. The thing is… Phil was so much more than a virtuoso bass player, a composer, a family man, a cultural icon...
There will be a lot of tributes, and they will all say important things. But for us, we’ve spent a lifetime making music with Phil Lesh and the music has a way of saying it all. So listen to the Grateful Dead and, in that way, we’ll all take a little bit of Phil with us, forever.
For this is all a dream we dreamed one afternoon, long ago….
- Mickey, Billy and Bobby
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Congrats #BMFS!
@BillyStrings' 'Highway Prayers' enters at No. 1 on Billboard's Bluegrass Albums AND all-genre Top Album Sales charts.
The LP is the first bluegrass release to lead the Top Album Sales chart since 2002 (!!).
Details ...
https://t.co/LptfZ3QXWB
Starting tour w @KaceyMusgraves tmmrw and opened my guitar case to practice and found this. The damage is beyond. How could this happen. PLEASE REPOST. delta needs to know they can’t treat instruments like this.
What an amazing time last night in NYC. I can’t even explain the joy I felt creating music with @christhile and Cory Henry.. their skill is just staggering. It was distilled magic and I’m so grateful for the opportunity to stand on stage and make music with these absolute monsters. I want more!!
The White Sox announced that executive vice president Ken Williams & GM Rick Hahn have been relieved of their responsibilities, effective immediately.