Bob Weir

Getting Off on the Rocks

Keller Williams Keeps Us In the Loop

The Dead Zone

With its precise duplications of Grateful Dead bootlegs, the Dark Star Orchestra is the ultimate cosmic cover band.

American Beauty

A new Rhino boxed set catalogues the Grateful Dead's journey down The Golden Road.

The Dead announces Denver date

Touring again for the first time in four years, the Dead will stop at the Pepsi Center May 7. The lineup features original members Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, as well as guitarist Warren Haynes and RatDog keyboardist Jeff Chimenti.A number of other shows were announced thi ... More >>

Drunk of the Week

Sancho's Broken Arrow

Best Place to Get Your Jam On

Dulcinea's 100th Monkey

A Run for the Border

We spend a day on Denver's dividing line: Sheridan Boulevard.

Bob Weir and Ratdog

Friday, December 2, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.

Coming Clean

Concertgoers come together to sober up and jam straight.

The Beats Go On

How a kid from Boulder became an eyewitness to the passing of an era.

Summer of Love

How a kid from Boulder became an eyewitness to the passing of an era.

Music Showcase, Take Three

How a kid from Boulder became an eyewitness to the passing of an era.

Playlist

How a kid from Boulder became an eyewitness to the passing of an era.

Letters

How a kid from Boulder became an eyewitness to the passing of an era.

Westword Music '96 Awards Showcase

1 night, 5 bucks, 7 venues, 39 bands Sunday, September 22 6 P.M.-1A.M. in LoDo

Dead, Schmed

So what's with all these Jewish Deadheads? Doug Gertner has a theory or two.

Feedback

So what's with all these Jewish Deadheads? Doug Gertner has a theory or two.

Thrills for the week

So what's with all these Jewish Deadheads? Doug Gertner has a theory or two.

JERRY'S KIDS

So what's with all these Jewish Deadheads? Doug Gertner has a theory or two.

SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS

JAZZ GENIUS DAVID MURRAY ON ART, COMMERCE AND KENNY G.

Last night: The Dead at the Pepsi Center

Photo: Adam PerryThe DeadThursday, May 7, 2009Pepsi CenterBetter than: a Grateful Dead cover band but at times worse than some of Phil Lesh's bands -- wait, the Dead kind of is a Grateful Dead cover band.Singer/guitarist Bob Weir, always the wild-eyed youngster in the Grateful Dead, was in his late ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Ratdog at Chautauqua

​Bob Weir & Ratdog Sunday, August 30 Chautauqua Auditorium Better Than: Parts of the reunited Dead's performance in Denver a few months ago For those of us who were introduced to the Grateful Dead as elementary school kids in the late-1980s by the San Francisco band's ubiquitous MTV hit "Touc ... More >>

This Just In: Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard, Michael Buble, Nick Jonas shows announced

​While recording songs for Jim Sampas' documentary about Jack Kerouac, Son Volt's Jay Farrar and Death Cab for Cutie's Benjamin Gibbard realized they both shared an affinity for the famed Beat writer. After recording songs for the film, the pair continued to work on songs using words from Kerouac' ... More >>

Backbeat writers weigh in on the year's best national releases

​While recording songs for Jim Sampas' documentary about Jack Kerouac, Son Volt's Jay Farrar and Death Cab for Cutie's Benjamin Gibbard realized they both shared an affinity for the famed Beat writer. After recording songs for the film, the pair continued to work on songs using words from Kerouac' ... More >>

Mile Highs and Lows: Boulder Kind Care

​ As Colorado's medical-marijuana industry grows, marijuana dispensaries of all types and sizes are proliferating around the state. Some resemble swanky bars or sterile dentist offices; others feel like a dope dealer's college dorm room. To help keep them all straight, Westword will be offerin ... More >>

Chris Romer proposes even more eleventh hour amendments to medical marijuana bill

For Chris Romer, change is good.​Yesterday, a last-ditch effort by Republican lawmakers to derail HB 1284, a bill to regulate the medical marijuana industry, by pushing MMJ questions to the November ballot failed. That means the legislation is expected to reach the senate floor this week -- ye ... More >>

Further, Band of Horses, Uproar Festival shows announced

​Phil Lesh & Bob Weir's group Further, who helped kick off things at the 1stBank Center in March, return to the area for a two-night stand at Red Rocks on Friday and Saturday, September 24 and 25. The two Grateful Dead members will be joined by RatDog keyboardist Jeff Chimenti, Benovento-Russo ... More >>

Serj Tankian concert canceled, third Furthur show added

​Due to a scheduling conflict, Serj Tankian's show with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra originally scheduled for July 11 at the Denver Botanic Gardens-Chatfield has been canceled. Refunds are available at the point of purchase. Tickets purchased online or by phone will receive a refund within ... More >>

Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald & Boz Scaggs, Slash, Matt & Kim shows anounced

​Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs, touring this summer and fall as "The Dukes of September Rhythm Revue," visit Red Rocks on Monday, September 27. What will they be playing, you ask? Ah, follow the jump to find out.

Furthur

Friday, September 24, through Sunday, September 26, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 303-830-8497.

Last Night(s): Furthur at Red Rocks 9/24/2010-9/26/2010

​ FURTHUR 9/24/2010 - 9/26/2010 | Red Rocks Amphitheatre In some way or another, the surviving members of the Grateful Dead have kept things alive for the last fifteen years. Bassist Phil Lesh has been the hardest touring, with his ever-evolving lineup of Phil and Friends. Guitarist Bob We ... More >>

On sale this weekend: Furthur, Jeff Tweedy and Sarah McLachlan shows announced

​Nearly a year after helping break in in the remodeled 1STBANK Center last March, Furthur, fronted by Bob Weir and Phil Lesh, is slated to return for another three-night stand on Friday, February 11, through Sunday, February 13. Reserved and general-admission tickets, which range from $55 to $ ... More >>

Jam Cruise gets a little jammed up in Florida

​All right, the next time you think of stereotyping jam band connoisseurs as dirty weed smoking hippies, you might want to reconsider. Just after the first of the year, the Jam Cruise, a six-day musical excursion to the Caribbean, with Boulder's Big Gigantic, Bob Weir, Robert Randolph and Gala ... More >>

Jam Cruise raid followup: One Coloradan's take on the boat bust

​As reported yesterday, several people headed out on Jam Cruise were busted for trying to bring drugs on board the ship. Like this is a surprise. Jambands and mind-expanding drugs go together like... like... look, if I have to explain this, you just ain't gonna get it, man. So we got ahold of ... More >>

Furthur at 1STBANK, 2/12/11

Kate Levy​ FURTHUR 02.12.11 | 1STBANK Center Almost a year after they played the reopening of the remodeled 1STBANK Center and just five months after its three night run at Red Rocks, Furthur, the Grateful Dead spin-off featuring Dead members Bob Weir and Phil Lesh and Jerry Garcia sound-ali ... More >>

Mile Highlights: This week's concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

Here's what's good in the Mile High City this week: In concert news, TV on the Radio is slated to perform two nights at the Ogden in September, Furthur is making its way back to Colorado for three nights at Red Rocks and blink-182 and My Chemical Romance headline KTCL's Big Gig in September. On lo ... More >>

Furthur

Friday-Sunday, September 30-October 2, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 303-830-8497.

Review: Furthur at Red Rocks, 9/30/11 - Night One

Chip KalbackFurthur last night at Red Rocks. More Furthur at Red Rocks photos.​FURTHUR at RED ROCKS | 9/30/11 You know a show at Red Rocks is sold-out when the tow truck drivers are blocking the entrances to the park. Cars, trucks and VW buses lined every road in the park, leaving only a few s ... More >>

Review: Furthur at Red Rocks, 10/01/11, Night Two

Chip KalbackBob Weir of Furthur Friday night at Red Rocks​FURTHUR at RED ROCKS | 10/1/11, NIGHT TWOAfter nearly 50 years of wearing down muscles and tendons in the hands and arms playing the same songs again and again, things have evidently slowed down for the remaining members of the Grateful ... More >>

Reader: Furthur show total disappointment, lacked energy and song selection was weak

Chip KalbackBob Weir of Furthur, this past Friday night at Red Rocks​Over the weekend, we sent Boyd Fletcher up to Red Rocks to check out the first two nights of Furthur, and although he thought the band's musicianship was as solid as ever -- if not even better, in Lesh's case -- he felt like ... More >>