Bob Weir : Heaven Help the Fool

 Robert Hall Weir

 (October 16, 1947 – January 10, 2026) 

was an 

American

 musician and songwriter

 best known as a 

founding member of

 The Grateful Dead. 

After the group

 disbanded in 1995, 

he performed with

The Other Ones, 

later known as

 the Dead, 

together with

 other former 

members of

 the Grateful Dead. 

Weir also founded 

and played in 

several other bands

 during and after

 his career with

 the Grateful Dead,

 including 

Kingfish, 

the Bob Weir Band, 

Bobby and the Midnites, 

Scaring the Children,

 RatDog, 

and

 Furthur, 

which he

 co-led with former 

Grateful Dead 

bassist 

Phil Lesh. 

In 2015, 

Weir, 

along with former 

Grateful Dead members

 Mickey Hart 

and 

Bill Kreutzmann,

 joined with

 Grammy-winning 

singer/guitarist

 John Mayer, 

bassist 

Oteil Burbridge, 

and keyboardist

 Jeff Chimenti

 to form the band 

Dead & Company.

During his career with

 the Grateful Dead, 

Weir played

 mostly rhythm guitar 

and sang many 

of the band's 

rock & roll 

and

 country & western songs.

 In 1994, 

he was inducted

 into the 

Rock and Roll 

Hall of Fame 

as a member of 

the Grateful Dead. 

In 2024,

 he was awarded

 Kennedy Center Honors 

as a member of 

the Grateful Dead.

Death

In the summer of 2025, 

Weir was diagnosed 

with cancer.

 Despite beating 

the cancer, 

he died from 

underlying 

lung issues on

 January 10, 2026, 

at the age of 78

TRACKLIST

Bombs Away

Easy To Slip

Salt Lake City

Shade Of Grey

Heaven Help The Fool

This Time Forever

I'll Be Doggone

Wrong Way Feelin'

Playing In The Band [*]

Looks Like Rain [*]

One More Saturday Night [*]

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