Bobby Weir: 1947 - 2026

Bobby Weir: 1947 - 2026 (Livestream details below ) 

Gone but definitely not forgotten, a tribute for the Grateful Dead's Bobby Weir will be held on January 17 in San Francisco.

In keeping with tradition here, the connections to Neil Young are few but not insignificant.

Neil Young, Bobby Weir & Rob Wasserman - 1994

In 1994, Neil Young and Bobby Weir collaborated on the album TRIOS by Rob Wasserman with the song "Easy Answers".

TRIOS by Rob Wasserman - 1994

"Promises made in the dark

Dissolve by the light of day (easy answers)

Ain't no telling what will be

Always been that way (easy answers)

Just one thing I know for sure

Someone got to pay (easy answers)

Ain't no easy answers

That's what I got to say (easy answers)"

Here is the song "Easy Answers" with Neil Young and Bobby Weir from the album TRIOS by Rob Wasserman.

Bob Weir, Sturgill Simpson & Margo Price @ Farm Aid 

Noblesville, Indiana - September 23, 2023

And then there was "That Time We Went To Farm Aid" and everything happened suddenly all at once.

That 2023 day was already shaping up to be one of our all time best Farm Aid concerts ever -- what with Bob Weir, Lukas Nelson, Margo Price, Dave Matthews, Neil, and Willie along with so many other incredible artists. Certainly right up there near the top of lifetime concert experiences.  Then A Bob Dylan & The HeartBreakers Concert Broke Out ... but that's another story.

In 1991, nearly 500,000 fans came to pay their respects to promoter Bill Graham at the memorial concert held in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. The concert featured many of the acts Graham had promoted and nourished over the years including Jackson Browne, Santana, CSNY, the Grateful Dead, and many others. Certainly Neil Young and Bobby Weir crossed paths on that memorable tribute day.

As Neil Young sang that day in dedication to Bill Graham and probably would to Bobby Weir: "Long May You Run."

(Thanks Dionys, Richie C and others for input!)

---

---

Grateful Dead w/ Neil Young - Forever Young - 11/03/91 - Golden Gate Park (OFFICIAL)

Santa Clara, California
via consequenceofsound.net

As well noted everywhere, The Grateful Dead reunion of sorts runs until July 6.

Apparently the concert was so wondrous, a rainbow materialized as the 1st set ended.

So, in celebration of the semi-reunion concerts, video of Neil Young playing "Forever Young" (w/ Grateful Dead) in memory of Bill Graham. Recorded Live: 11/3/1991 - Golden Gate Park (San Francisco, CA) 

 

---

---