"When tours would end, you would come home, dump out on your couch, and sleep for two days straight. I would do the same. I could feel the connection we shared together, all of us tired and weary, our hearts so full of music and memories, waiting on the next bit of chatter that it could all happen again. When we played multiple nights in the same city, the afternoons in between felt as if we were suspended in a dream,"
"When we played multiple nights in the same city, the afternoons in between felt as if we were suspended in a dream, waiting to become reanimated as soon as the first note of the next show would play. You might have gone to work and your colleagues wouldn't understand why you were only half there; it's because the other half of you was still at the venue, ready to become whole again by the music. I felt the same."
John Mayer mourned Bob Weir at Weir's San Francisco memorial, crediting Weir for taking a chance on him, staking his reputation on Mayer joining a band, and giving him musical community. Mayer described the Dead community's exhausted, dreamlike bond after tours, when fans would return home half-present at work while the other half remained at the venue, waiting for the next show. Thousands gathered at San Francisco's Civic Center. Joan Baez performed "Ripple" with Mayer, the Weir family, and Mickey Hart. Mayer acknowledged numerous musicians who shared stages with Weir and expressed shared sadness at Weir's passing.
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