"In a crowd filled with tie dye and flowers, thousands gathered Saturday under the bright blue Bay Area sky clapping, playing tambourine and chanting you know my love will not fade away to honor the late Grateful Dead guitarist and vocalist Bob Weir. The memorial event, dubbed Homecoming, brought together fans, friends, family members and dignitaries to honor the artist, and highlight his legacy as a musician who built community with his art and hoped to make the world a better place."
"It's about love. You could see people from all walks of life a cowboy, a hippy and whatever all getting along. There's this sense of peace and tranquility and we need more of that, said Eric Hoffner of Los Gatos, 66, who said he had been following the band around the country since 1976. It's not the end of an era, it's another step in the road."
"Weir, a founding member of the Grateful Dead and one of the defining figures of psychedelic rock and the jam-band movement, died on Jan. 10 of lung issues after battling cancer, according to a statement from his family. He was 78. Weir co-founded the Grateful Dead in 1965 in Palo Alto. Over the years, the band built the most famously devoted fanbase in rock history known as the Deadheads."
Thousands gathered under the Bay Area sky for Homecoming to honor Grateful Dead guitarist and vocalist Bob Weir. Fans, friends, family and dignitaries celebrated Weir's role as a musician who built community and sought to make the world better. Attendees wore tie dye and flowers, clapped, played tambourines and chanted you know my love will not fade away. Supporters described a sense of peace, tranquility and unity across generations. Weir died Jan. 10 at 78 of lung issues after battling cancer. He co-founded the Grateful Dead in 1965 and helped cultivate the devoted Deadheads through touring and varied setlists.
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