How the Grateful Dead Can Continue Without Bob Weir
Rolling Stone • • entertainment
Key Points:
- In 2016, Bob Weir experienced a vision of Dead & Company continuing long after the original members retired or passed, a future now approaching with Weir's recent death and Kreutzmann's 2023 retirement.
- Dead & Company faces an uncertain future without Weir, who was a key vocalist and spiritual link; John Mayer, widely accepted by fans, is the most likely to lead the band if it continues.
- If Mayer leaves to focus on his solo career, remaining members might form new groups or continue under different names, maintaining a presence in the jam-band scene but likely without the same prominence.
- Mickey Hart, now the only active original member, could launch a new project to carry on the Grateful
