"He taught me, among many other things, to trust in the moment, and I'd like to think I taught him a little bit to rely on a plan, not as a substitute for the divine moments, but as a way to lure them in a little closer. I guess maybe what I was really doing was showing him he could rely on me. Bob took a chance on me. He staked his entire reputation on my joining a band with him."
"but I would remind you, as I have tried to remind myself this past week, of just how many nights we all lived so fully in each second, hanging on to every word of Bobby's, following the music around twists and turns through forests and over majestic vistas, taking in the magnificent interviews and wondering how we all got so lucky to have been found by this music and invited into this dream together."
John Mayer delivered an emotional eulogy at a public memorial in San Francisco and performed the Grateful Dead classic "Ripple." He fought back tears while reflecting on Bob Weir's profound impact and mentorship over a decade. Mayer described mutual trust, saying Weir taught him to trust the moment while Mayer encouraged relying on a plan to invite those moments. Mayer said Weir staked his reputation on bringing him into the band and gave him musical community and a songbook. Mayer acknowledged collective loss while recalling nights lived fully and closed by paraphrasing a lyric imagining Weir's response.
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