Grateful Dead Channel remembers founding member Bob Weir

Bob Weir, co-founder and legendary guitarist of the Grateful Dead, has passed away. He was 78.

SiriusXM’s Grateful Dead Channel, Phish Radio, and Jam On 309 are celebrating the life and legacy of Bob Weir. Tune in to the channels on car radios and the SiriusXM app during the times listed below to hear live concerts and tributes to the co-founder and legendary guitarist of the Grateful Dead.

Grateful Dead Channel (Ch. 23)

Dead & Company: 8/3/25 San Francisco, CA – Golden Gate Park

Bobby Weir & The Campfire Band: 10/16/16 Port Chester, NY – The Capitol Theatre

Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros Featuring The Wolf Pack, Derek Trucks, Rick Mitarotonda & Sturgill Simpson: 1/12/24 Riviera Maya, MX – Dead Ahead

Bobby Weir & John Mayer: 8/8/22 Livingston, MT – Pine Creek Lodge

Bobby Weir & Phil Lesh Featuring Trey Anastasio: 3/3/18 New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall

Bobby Weir & Friends: 11/17/22 Mill Valley, CA – Sweetwater Music Hall

Musical Tribute To Bobby Weir – Hosted by David Gans & Gary Lambert

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Phish Radio (Ch. 29)

Phish w/ Bobby Weir 10/18/16 Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena

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News of Bob’s passing was announced on social media:

“It is with profound sadness that we share the passing of Bobby Weir. He transitioned peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, after courageously beating cancer as only Bobby could. Unfortunately, he succumbed to underlying lung issues.

For over sixty years, Bobby took to the road. A guitarist, vocalist, storyteller, and founding member of the Grateful Dead. Bobby will forever be a guiding force whose unique artistry reshaped American music. His work did more than fill rooms with music; it was warm sunlight that filled the soul, building a community, a language, and a feeling of family that generations of fans carry with them. Every chord he played, every word he sang was an integral part of the stories he wove. There was an invitation: to feel, to question, to wander, and to belong.

Bobby’s final months reflected the same spirit that defined his life. Diagnosed in July, he began treatment only weeks before returning to his hometown stage for a three-night celebration of 60 years of music at Golden Gate Park. Those performances, emotional, soulful, and full of light, were not farewells, but gifts. Another act of resilience. An artist choosing, even then, to keep going by his own design. As we remember Bobby, it’s hard not to feel the echo of the way he lived. A man driftin’ and dreamin’, never worrying if the road would lead him home. A child of countless trees. A child of boundless seas.

There is no final curtain here, not really. Only the sense of someone setting off again. He often spoke of a three-hundred-year legacy, determined to ensure the songbook would endure long after him. May that dream live on through future generations of Dead Heads. And so we send him off the way he sent so many of us on our way: with a farewell that isn’t an ending, but a blessing. A reward for a life worth livin’.

His loving family, Natascha, Monet, and Chloe, request privacy during this difficult time and offer their gratitude for the outpouring of love, support, and remembrance. May we honour him not only in sorrow, but in how bravely we continue with open hearts, steady steps, and the music leading us home. Hang it up and see what tomorrow brings.”