The guitarist, singer and songwriter, who died at 78, cut his own path among his elders in the Grateful Dead, and beyond.

Rest in peace, Bob Weir. Read on for the list… “Looks Like Rain” is one of a few songs on this list that was originally released on Bob Weir’s 1972 debut solo album Ace, which is really a Grateful Dead album in all but name (Jerry Garcia,

As we grieve the loss of this pillar of the jam scene, we're looking back at the last show Bob Weir ever played.

A look at 10 essential musical moments from the late Bob Weir, with the Grateful Dead or in his solo or extracurricular outings.

Now, with Weir gone, the quiet feels louder than expected. In the long fade-out of a song that refuses to end cleanly. He leaves behind something more durable than hype or myth, but with a reminder that art does not need to be perfect to be sacred, and community can form anywhere the music is loud enough.

Weir understood, perhaps better than anyone else in the band, that rock ’n’ roll is a public art. It requires shape. It benefits from a little swagger. Onstage, he embodied that understanding.

One of Bob Weir‘s best songs — for any of his musical concerns — was “The Music Never Stopped” from the Grateful Dead‘s Blues for Allah album. But back in 2009, Weir — who died this weekend at the age of 78,