Yes, Bob Weir's Last-Ever Live Performance Was That Golden Gate Park Dead and Company Show In SF

"The eyes of the world were welled with tears all weekend over the news that Grateful Dead co-founder Bob Weir had died. Weir was a central driving force behind the Grateful Dead and their style of music that further cemented San Francisco as a counterculture haven, and Weir helped invent the notion of a band so great that people would simply follow them around on tour in complete perpetuity. He was 78."

"You'll recall that Bobby and much of the gang played those magnificent Dead and Company shows in Golden Gate Park this past summer to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Grateful Dead. If you saw any of them, be aware you saw Bobby's last stand. As the publication New Music Express reminds us, those SF Golden Gate Park performances were the final public performances he would ever give."

Bobby Weir died at 78 after a long career that shaped the Grateful Dead and Bay Area music culture. His last public performances were the Dead and Company shows in Golden Gate Park on August 1–3, which doubled as the Grateful Dead's 60th anniversary celebration. Weir reportedly knew about his cancer prognosis during those shows. He pioneered free Golden Gate Park concerts during the Summer of Love and helped redefine touring by inspiring devoted, traveling fan communities. He continued to make surprise appearances at Bay Area festivals, including joining Paul Simon at Outside Lands 2019 and cameoing at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass.

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