Thousands of people gathered Saturday at San Francisco’s Civic Center to celebrate the life of the legendary guitarist who died last week at age 78.

Yes, Grateful Dead music would have continued to be played. But Bob and others continued to tour and bring the Grateful Dead experience to millions of old and new fans. Without that additional 30 years of being on the road, I believe the the role of the Grateful Dead in American music would have diminished. It did not.

For the last decade, Oteil Burbridge has been an essential element of Dead & Company, the most recent and most popular offshoot of cultishly adored Bay Area psychedelic rock institution the Grateful Dead.

The Grateful Dead's music reminds us how easy it can be to pause and listen. This Grateful Dead yoga playlist helps you do exactly that.

From Pigpen's "One More Saturday Night" in 1973 to Bob Weir's "Touch of Grey" in 2025, the last onstage moment of every Dead member was captured on tape

Weir was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Grateful Dead in 1994. He was also awarded Kennedy Center Honors as a member of the Grateful Dead in 2024. Weir’s death leaves drummer Bill Kreutzmann as the only surviving original member the Grateful Dead.