In Memoriam: Founding member Bobby Weir joined the Grateful Dead as a teenager and remained with the band for its entire thirty-year career. As a singer, songwriter, and guitarist, Weir took influences from disparate sources – jazz, classical, and gospel music – and was featured on many of the group’s most rock-oriented songs. His guitar playing highlighted distinctive chord progressions and rhythmic patterns, and his songwriting offered thoughtful lyrics and surprising melodies. Weir never seem