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.
