Tag: bob weir
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Late Grateful Dead founding member had ties to Colorado Springs
A founding member of a legendary rock band credited his experiences at a Colorado Springs school, in part, for setting him on the path to music stardom. Bob Weir, a guitarist for The Grateful Dead who died Saturday at age 78, briefly attended Fountain Valley School before being asked to leave in 1963. Weir met…
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Detroit jazz saxophonist to cover Grateful Dead songs during Colorado Springs show
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A mysterious synergy happened to jazz saxophonist Dave McMurray a few years ago. He was sitting in with the band Wolf Bros, an off-shoot of The Grateful Dead that counts Bob Weir as one of its members, and heard some tunes (“Dark Star,” “Eyes of…
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Detroit jazz saxophonist to cover Grateful Dead songs during Colorado Springs show
A mysterious synergy happened to jazz saxophonist Dave McMurray a few years ago. He was sitting in with the band Wolf Bros, an off-shoot of The Grateful Dead that counts Bob Weir as one of its members, and heard some tunes (“Dark Star,” “Eyes of the World”) that fired him up. “I thought, man, this…