TodayRolling Stonepublisheda lengthy interview with Bobby Weir, the first all-outRolling Stone Interviewthat Weir has ever done.
Here are a few takeaways.
Hes open to the Dead continuing with only its core members.
Bobby Weir at the MusiCares show honoring the Grateful Dead in January 2025.Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images
I wouldnt put anybody in [Leshs] place, so it would be a trio at this point.
Itd be me and two drummers.
I guess well just see what the three of us can pull together.
Weir spoke toPhil Leshnot long before his death last fall.
He called me just simply to congratulate me and us, and that was his entire reason for calling.
And when we were done talking about that, I was spun out, he was spun out.
We tried to make sense of it for a little bit.
And then said, Well, OK, see you there, basically.
(The honors ended up taking place weeks after his death.)
He has a working title for the memoir hes been poking away at for years.
I got a fair bit done, he added about his morning writing routines.
Ive just got to get back to that.
Thats going to be excellent news for my publisher.
But we might have to expect a title change at some point.
As Weir said, Except thats not true anymore.
The new lights that they have, its not always July under the lights.
(Note to Dead & Co. crew: Revert to old-school lighting rigs to inspire him?)
Oh, absolutely, Weir said.
I have no doubt about that.
Unlike most of humanity, he doesnt seem to be remotely scared of dying.
Every day, things change, he says.
Ill say this: I look forward to dying.
I tend to think of death as the last and best reward for a life well-lived.
Ive still got a lot on my plate, and I wont be ready to go for a while.
