John Mayer has paid tribute to his late Dead & Company bandmate Bob Weir following his death.
The Your Body Is a Wonderland singer, who formed the band with Weir in 2015, posted a black-and-white photo of the musician on Instagram on Sunday and wrote a short but poignant tribute.
“Okay Bob. I’ll do it your way. Fkn’ A… Thanks for letting me ride alongside you. It sure was a pleasure (sic),” he wrote. “If you say it’s not the end, then I’ll believe you. I’ll meet you in the music. Come find me anytime.”
The original line-up of Dead & Company featured former Grateful Dead members Weir, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, as well as Mayer, Oteil Burbridge and Jeff Chimenti. The band, which primarily performed Grateful Dead covers, went on several tours and even embarked on a Las Vegas residency. They last performed in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park to celebrate the Grateful Dead’s 60th anniversary in August 2025, marking Weir’s final live shows.
Mickey Hart, longtime drummer for Grateful Dead and Dead & Company, also paid tribute to Weir, describing him as “a little brother to me for almost sixty years”.
“He was my first friend in the Grateful Dead. We lived together, played together, and made music together that ended up changing the world,” he continued in a Facebook post.
“What was a lifetime of adventure boils down to something simple – we were family and true to the music through it all… Still cannot believe he’s gone. I miss you so much already, dear friend.”
Weir’s family announced his death on 10 January at the age of 78. They explained that although he had “courageously” beaten cancer, which he was diagnosed with in July 2025, he “succumbed to underlying lung issues”.
Hart and Kreutzmann are now the last surviving original members of the Grateful Dead.
