Wish he could have interviewed Tom Petty and Johnny Cash. I'd love to see him interview artists born in the 40's (eg. Neil Diamond) and 50's (eg. Aerosmith) that he's worked with. Rick's going to live another 40-50 years so start with the folks older than he is : )
What is lost on most people, is how wonderful of a guy Bob Weir is.... all of the band members had a unique journey but Bob is just incredibly interesting....adopted, dyslexic, very young when he joined the band, his approach to music, how honest he is to the music. Bob is a class act. I admire the guy so much. Thanks Bob-you really are in inspiration.
Bob weir along with Brent mydland,Phil lesh.....in my opinion created some of the best harmonies the dead ever put forth.........all respect due to all associates of 'grateful dead' machine....when it all,came to fruition......Robert Hunter shines as a cosmic genious of original songwriting... That made the dead alive....immortal immaculate forever .....
@@mojo-hand4539 You’re right about the fact that his guitar is low in the mix. However, alot of the playing that you assume is Jerry is Bob!! It took me a lot of viewing to figure out that Bob plays a lot of crucial leads and notes.
This is such a quiet treasure, this conversation. The insistence in being completely in the moment, improvising was worth the listen alone. But Bobby knocks it over the fence straight away with his description of a song as a living entity... truly a joy to experience...
thanks to all involved in this. What would seem a collision of different worlds, Rick Rubin treats Weir with the respect he deserves. Rubin is obviously not a Dead head, but he asks good questions from the perspective of someone involved in the creation of music. He brings out good answers from Bobby. A satisfying listen!
@@Kickstart500 and for the record Bob is DEFINITELY an alchemist as well. If you don't see it, you owe it to yourself to review his 60 years of music 😉
“A broken angel sings from a guitar “ Bob is more than a super genius Rock icon. More than an a sweetheart human being. He is a hero to me and thousands like me as Jerry was. Not that that would make him feel anything but uncomfortable, but he is. His immense gift in not only creating musical masterpieces that live forever in minds and hearts around the world. But sowed those seeds in performing thousands of shows tens of thousands of songs that just an individual performance of one song that night became a cherished gift or grace that wetted to our hearts. Revealed the truth in that moment as sacred art does living in the backdrop of our minds and hearts. Becoming part of who we are. That’s fucking magic Those musical masterpieces revealed our broken heart, our sense of magic and wonder our unity with our true nature, each other, the planet and the beyond. I saw hundreds of Grateful Dead shows right in the first 20 or so rows. Always on psychedelics always paying intense acute attention always grateful. Sometimes to here the most of the storm of musical mystical wonder in every second, so much that came out of a Grateful Dead live performance, I would just focus on Bobby, his playing, His sense of rhythm and melody so beyond sublime like musical miracles pure unique reflecting the moment. Sometimes between songs just in tears so grateful so musically blown away, I would just say loudly very close “Bobby you are like my big brother. I love you so. Much. “. He honestly Would here me once in a while and look down with humility and grin. I would always describe Bobby, as they say a person “where’s there heart on there sleeve “. He was the heart on the sleeve of the Grateful Dead. Oh Bobby Destroyer of darkness Revealer of light. The GOAT “He never stops at noth’n He’s just play’n in the band “ {♥️}:=}
I started playing Bobby and Dead songs 15 years ago I've been a fan since 74. Since then I have found my own voice through the musings of these embodiment of grand spirits. It has been a pleasure to wade into water. They sound nothing similar but have full immersion. Hurricane Dave and the Storm Chasers. Out soon!
2 of the coolest dudes in music! Weir everywhere ⚡ Thank you so much for this. Every Silver Linings Got A Touch of Grey. We will get by. Stay strong people 💀Be Kind to each other 3 / 17 / 20
Quite anamazing fellow.... So glad to hear you're still writing. He must Miss Jerry slot. I didn't become a grateful Dead appreciate or until I was about 60. Once I found them, I was hooked. Once hooked, I realized that Bob was really an anchor of sorts.; Laying down that solid rhythm. I just want to say thank you Mr. Weir... The grateful Dead would never have been able to do it without you!
I have no idea if this podcast keeps getting new episodes, but every 2 years I get a new episode on my feed and they are very inspiring and insightful.
Greatest rhythm guitarist sround. And to think almost 60 years in the dead. The magic he has seen and helped create. The lives he's lived in his time playing in the band as our estimated prophet 🙏 thank you Bobby❤
I used to not understand how awesome and important bob is was to the deads sound but man bob really is great really great and important rhythm guitar player
@reality check Jerry was undoubtedly at the heart of the band and he for sure could've made music successfully without Bob and Phil; and he did of course. That said, those bands aren't the Grateful Dead -- those are other bands. Phil and Bob both play uniquely and work with Jerry to make the Grateful Dead sound. (Of course other members too.) It's kinda silly to suggest otherwise. And no, Dead and Co does not suck. The music is different than GD, but it's great. I'd say their main sound is more bluesy. It's more of a rolling freight train and less of a sharp-turning psychedelic vehicle like GD often was. Sounds more like Garcia Live vol. 9 for example which is like early JGB, 1974. Dead and Co produces beautiful and powerful music. Go listen to Wrigley '19. Listen to the Other One opener on Friday night and the China -> Rider to open set 2. Listen to Scarlet Begonias -> New Speedway Boogie for set 2 opener on Saturday. Get both full shows if you can find them, incredible.
Several years ago I really got into the jug bands like the Memphis Jug Band and Cannons Jug Stompers and you see where they got so much of their early material.
Bobs playing is the most unique Rythym player to ever play.. his feel and playing is entirely his own. He’s a great player to learn from when writing rhythm parts
it went both ways. they all played differently and because of the way bob played rhythm it greatly changed how jerry was learning to play lead. same thing the other way around
Very cool that Phil Lesh was originally a Trumpet player and turned into a great Bass player, as Flea from the Red Hot Chilli Peppers (Whom Rick produced interestingly) also played Trumpet in his younger years and turned into a legendary Bass player as well.
Can’t wait two years it’ll be the 60th and the two factions will have to come together again for another fare thee well concert ! Hopefully with revolving guest guitarists they got trey because they knew / know that’ll attract everyone from my generation (X) who were old enough to catch the last five years of the gd but would also go see phish because they were young and not so distanced from us anyway I’d love to see Jorma play Steve kimock david Nelson and a couple of others but let’s just hope and 🙏 we all make it ! NFA
HA! I learned China Cat Sunflower in a dream. No Joke! I woke up and thought, "holy shit! I just learned China Cat," picked up my guitar and played it.
In much the same way as Jerry, I could listen to Bob talk about music for hours. Granted, I have spent most of my life that I have memory of eating, sleeping, and breathing music. Even though Jerry and Bob had very different approaches in the way they came to the music, both were/are equally fascinating. And I can attest having seen them somewhere over 50 times back in the 80’s, that never once was a show the same. I can think of no other band who managed to capture random lightening in a bottle with the frequency, musical ability, and awareness that the Grateful Dead could. They are one of very few bands that are truly peerless. You have to admire that. Even if they are not your “thing”. Great interview.
There’s a quote that’s something like “ they’re not the best at what they do theyre the only ones that do “ memories not what it was but it’s close 😆 NFA 📦 🌧️ 👀 🌎 ❤️ 💡
It was said by good old 'Uncle Bobo' aka Bill Graham RIP Weir gave him that name which he disliked! "They may not be the best at what they do..the Grateful Dead are the Only Ones who do what they do" ❤
Love this. Bobby is my birthday twin (and actually, when you add John Mayer into the mix, the three of us all share the same birthday), and I've loved his music for a long time. So excited to listen to this. Also, I've never heard Rick talk before. He's got a great, soft, gentle voice. I love that.
Bobby was a baby when he joined the band I mean just look at the images. I quit taking guitar lessons after about lesson 10 or so when I was a young teen. I eventually found the music of the Grateful Dead and started learning their songs by playing along with their shows that I had on tape. I always thought a lot of the parts I learned I thought were Jerry’s parts but as I began going to their shows I realized many of the parts I was drawn to were Bobby’s parts. I wish I was a healthy as Bobby. ♥️this man. Both of these men. And then of course i love me some Jerry too
I guess after he started to explain about how they got two drummers he really did not want to finish the story because like he said , it's too long and complicated .
Great interview, Rick. Enjoy your understated, yet enthusiastic approach. As a longtime Dead listener, it was interesting to hear Bob's perspective of the band's process and evolution; often different than what I had imagined.
Barlow doesn't get his due. Its kinda criminal that he didn't get inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame with the rest of the band like Hunter rightfully did. A lot of Dead classics came from the Barlow/Weir collaboration. Not that awards matter but they inducted Tom Constantin ffs
We live in Turlock Ca the dead played here at the fairgrounds. I was not there, a few years ago got to see Bob with ratdog, up hills / That was best I have ever seen!!
It was actually Bobby’s part in the jam in GDTRFB from Skull & Roses (I panned the stereo to only his guitar and played it over and over about 20 times one night) that was my conversion. Of course, everyone in the band was smoking in that recording… but to this day (45 years later) Bobby’s rhythm there redefines ‘call & response’ with Jerry’s melodies. A genuine audible anti-depressant!
Lots of guitar parts people think are Jerry is actually Bobby.. and possibly the greatest dead tunes were his Estimated Prophet, the Other One and Trucking. Long Live Bob Weir.
Wow, the black preachers stuff makes so much sense. It literally made Bob the performer he is. The man preaches with so much emotion. It all makes sense now.
Bob Weir - true icon and one of my favorite guitarists. And Rubin draws some great context and anecdotes out of him that I hadn't heard. And I'm very familiar with the lore.
When Bobby talks to someone with just as much experience as himself it’s magic when interviewed by some random news anchor with the same questions those are lamé interviews for sure Rubin’s a legend so is Bobby ! NFA
well done. really nice hearing thoughtful and fairly unique questions being asked of bob. he tends to slip into the same stories over and over when asked the same old questions, so it was great to hear something new and interesting out of bobby. even when he revisits well tread topics he seems to be more engaged in this interview.
i love Bob Weir! Besides all of his obvious talents and uniqueness as a rhythm player, his utilization of izod shirts and cut off shorts in the Reagan era was thoroughly refreshing, if not "ground breaking"
there was a missed opportunity to do studio versions of the 8 new tunes on skull & roses (2) and europe 72 (6) that were only recorded live...as a follow up to american beauty it would have been great and so we'll never know what kind of treatment they would have received...
When Bob and Rick are talking around the 24th minute about the bands Democratic process - About what they would consider and where they were going, this makes me think this is the reason the band defied all odds and stayed together for so long.
First off did Bobby just say he has synesthesia?! Okay also this is irrelevant, but damn. Bobby had to mention the bell tower. I went to school at UT Austin. That's the bell tower he's talking about. Reason the SWAT teams were made as well. It makes sense he used it. It was a major national event that happened in the 60s. In the right age range for events to majorly stick to memory. Anyways. Random comment that no one will read. If you did I'm sorry for wasting your time.
Could anyone tell me which of Ray Charles’ drummers he is on about as Bill Kreutzmanns influence? I have always loved his drumming when it was just him and would love to look further into it
The grateful dead would never have existed if Bob was not a part. He is the number one key person in the forward motion of the band. Time proved that. Even Jerry wouldn't have been as successful without him
The best of podcasting! With all the crap out there I am so glad I found this awesome conversation. This channel will take off. God bless. (Sent in from Korea where we've beed hunkered down for almost 2 months in semi-quarantine )
@@nanchanger Huh? I live in Korea in a city of 1.5 million people. In 7 months we've had a total of two covid deaths (both elderly). We've never been in lockdown and stores and transportation have never closed. Common sense prevails here as well a courtesy and concern for the elderly and the young. Korea approaches Covid as a science and math problem. Living in Korea is the opposite of living in fear. I hope you and yours are well wherever you may be.
@@nanchanger Korea never went into a full quarantine except in Daegu City. (I used the words "semi")... I was extra cautious as I am older and had also vacationed in China at Christmas. My post was 5 months ago in March. It's amazing what Korea accomplished after the initial Covid cases. It was all very simple. I feel terrible for folks in other countries who've suffered medically and financially.
Yo rick lemme mix these podcasts so everytime an ad comes it doesnt blow out my eardrums since my speakers were turned up pretty high in order to follow the conversation, i know the ad has a much higher rms and therefore much higher loudness but they dont give a shit so we gotta adjust, of course i usually use adblock but i wanna support good people so..
There are several Dead albums that were absolutely phenomenal. American Beauty, From the Mars Hotel, Wake of the Flood,and Workingman’s Dead for sure are tremendous albums. They had excellent songs like Casey Jones, Truckin, Sugar Magnolia and Stella Blue among so many others. They could write great songs but they were more artists first and entertainers second. I believe they were in love with music in general more so than their own songs per se. They never wanted to be in the showbiz bag. They wanted to never write setlists but always improvised their sets and the way the songs were played. It was about serendipitous discovery-more than rote delivery. This is why they stayed interested in playing live shows, and the audience did too. They were music geeks from the beginning but that love of music transcended fashion, fads, and the current trends. They were smarter, more compassionate, and more family oriented with their scene, organization, and fans than most any other band going. It also became a huge self-perpetuating monster that swallowed Jerry up, but at least he seemed to always follow his musical bliss. We all can learn from their approach to being in a band and being a musician in general.
Who would you like to hear Rick Rubin interview next?
Broken Record Podcast Matt pike from sleep
Wish he could have interviewed Tom Petty and Johnny Cash. I'd love to see him interview artists born in the 40's (eg. Neil Diamond) and 50's (eg. Aerosmith) that he's worked with. Rick's going to live another 40-50 years so start with the folks older than he is : )
Billy strings
Derek Trucks please. Great interview with Bob Weir. Thank you!
Bill Nershi
What is lost on most people, is how wonderful of a guy Bob Weir is.... all of the band members had a unique journey but Bob is just incredibly interesting....adopted, dyslexic, very young when he joined the band, his approach to music, how honest he is to the music. Bob is a class act. I admire the guy so much. Thanks Bob-you really are in inspiration.
Honest,classy genuine music warrior.
He's a monster
@@ernestmartinez5776 how so?
No doubt,I would really like to see a bob book,autobiography
@@pmbbmpfuck me,bro
I love Bob Weir. He 's like a great example of a life well lived.
That’s exactly it!
Well said.
he sure took advantage of his youth.
He lived it very well ! A gentleman to all his women ! He told me he had about 1000 girlfriends across the world !
@@nikhayes3396 oh pipe down ya nerd
Bob Weir is a warrior. He is the most innovative rhythm guitarist in the world. One of the coolest men alive today.
I like his playing a lot - but it is often really difficult to hear because it's usually so low in the mix - at least in the Grateful Dead context.
Bob weir along with Brent mydland,Phil lesh.....in my opinion created some of the best harmonies the dead ever put forth.........all respect due to all associates of 'grateful dead' machine....when it all,came to fruition......Robert Hunter shines as a cosmic genious of original songwriting... That made the dead alive....immortal immaculate forever .....
@@mojo-hand4539 You’re right about the fact that his guitar is low in the mix. However, alot of the playing that you assume is Jerry is Bob!! It took me a lot of viewing to figure out that Bob plays a lot of crucial leads and notes.
@@mojo-hand4539 check out his recent stuff with the wolf pack. He is the only guitarist and hes right up front in the mix no missing hkm now.
@@danielhubschmitt7897 Thanks for the tip - i'll check it out!
This is such a quiet treasure, this conversation. The insistence in being completely in the moment, improvising was worth the listen alone. But Bobby knocks it over the fence straight away with his description of a song as a living entity... truly a joy to experience...
“Slower than a slug in a trance” - gotta love the Bobby Analogies
"More fun than a frog in a glass of milk"
Brilliant, indeed
@@written12 "The spine becomes electric, you become weightless"
Any line from other one
Thank you Rick for taking us on this journey and allowing Bobby to share some of his stories.
Bob is a gift to us all.
Indeed! NFA
thanks to all involved in this. What would seem a collision of different worlds, Rick Rubin treats Weir with the respect
he deserves. Rubin is obviously not a Dead head, but he asks good questions from the perspective of someone involved
in the creation of music. He brings out good answers from Bobby. A satisfying listen!
I don't know about that not being a Dead Head part...if you love music, really tough to not be one...just saying.
Rubin is an alchemist...
Really they're both just humble folk artists 😉
@@Kickstart500 and for the record Bob is DEFINITELY an alchemist as well. If you don't see it, you owe it to yourself to review his 60 years of music 😉
Jason Lieberman absolutely! And Jerry was the Wizard!❤️
I want to spend an hour alone with Bobby and a couple of acoustics so bad. God what a fuckin legend for humanity.
I love that every live show is such a great experience it means way more to me then any album ever could
Bob weir had so much raw energy on the live album Skull and 🌹 roses. The not fade / going down the road is a great example.
Amazing freakin’ album from high school , 71 !
My favorite breakthrough Weir era. Spring 71.
@@guyinoregon1 I used to try and sing like him. My friends thought I did pretty good ! Good old times , miss them !🇺🇸
the album that got me hooked with a barb gratefully.
@@jackwezesa1081 LOL ! That was one of my high school albums too, but in the mid-80's !
“A broken angel sings from a guitar “
Bob is more than a super genius Rock icon. More than an a sweetheart human being. He is a hero to me and thousands like me as Jerry was. Not that that would make him feel anything but uncomfortable, but he is. His immense gift in not only creating musical masterpieces that live forever in minds and hearts around the world. But sowed those seeds in performing thousands of shows tens of thousands of songs that just an individual performance of one song that night became a cherished gift or grace that wetted to our hearts. Revealed the truth in that moment as sacred art does living in the backdrop of our minds and hearts. Becoming part of who we are. That’s fucking magic
Those musical masterpieces revealed our broken heart, our sense of magic and wonder our unity with our true nature, each other, the planet and the beyond. I saw hundreds of Grateful Dead shows right in the first 20 or so rows. Always on psychedelics always paying intense acute attention always grateful. Sometimes to here the most of the storm of musical mystical wonder in every second, so much that came out of a Grateful Dead live performance, I would just focus on Bobby, his playing, His sense of rhythm and melody so beyond sublime like musical miracles pure unique reflecting the moment. Sometimes between songs just in tears so grateful so musically blown away, I would just say loudly very close “Bobby you are like my big brother. I love you so. Much. “. He honestly Would here me once in a while and look down with humility and grin. I would always describe Bobby, as they say a person “where’s there heart on there sleeve “. He was the heart on the sleeve of the Grateful Dead. Oh Bobby
Destroyer of darkness
Revealer of light.
The GOAT
“He never stops at noth’n
He’s just play’n in the band “
{♥️}:=}
Beautifully written couldn’t of said it better myself! NFA ❤
@@gkgd1519 agreed, all except for "where's there heart on there sleeve".... 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ OH MY! UGH
There was no hearts on the sleeves it was in their heart because they loved us as much as we did !
❤
Oh, please 😂
I love Rick's observations on Bob's unique playing prowess. Great stuff here. Thank you.
Was never a fan of the Dead. But I’ve really grown to appreciate them and appreciate Bob Weir.
😊 Glad the experience was able to find you my friend ❤ (~);}
I started playing Bobby and Dead songs 15 years ago I've been a fan since 74. Since then I have found my own voice through the musings of these embodiment of grand spirits. It has been a pleasure to wade into water. They sound nothing similar but have full immersion. Hurricane Dave and the Storm Chasers. Out soon!
Need a drummer?
Need a triangle player?
2 of the coolest dudes in music! Weir everywhere ⚡ Thank you so much for this. Every Silver Linings Got A Touch of Grey. We will get by. Stay strong people 💀Be Kind to each other 3 / 17 / 20
Certainly Bobby is. Not so much for Rubin IMO.
@@Twayne7 aside from that thing with the Beastie Boys Can you tell me why you say that ?
Rubin Is legend AF too
Love your avatar...the Detroit Tigers & the Grateful Dead! Hopefully our Tigers get back on the right track next year!! (~);-}
@@stephengroskritz3750 Thank you brother ⚡️
Bob Weir is amazing bless him
“The music is where I live, the rest of the world I’m just visiting”
Precisely.
✌💋
Quite anamazing fellow.... So glad to hear you're still writing. He must Miss Jerry slot. I didn't become a grateful Dead appreciate or until I was about 60. Once I found them, I was hooked. Once hooked, I realized that Bob was really an anchor of sorts.; Laying down that solid rhythm. I just want to say thank you Mr. Weir... The grateful Dead would never have been able to do it without you!
Same here Brother!!
In On The Bus!!
This Guy Scored Weed from Neil Cassidy!!
Who Else can say That!!
1 Love
Nor Him without Them!
You're amazing Mr. Weir. Thanks for the interview Bobby and Rick
as peter rowan said..'i've been in a lot of bands but playing in the grateful dead was like working in the engine room of a spaceship'....
The mind of man is just a tool,the songs are stored off line with our original creator,thanks for tapping into the library it's been wonderful. 😊
Bobby is so underrated, he is awesome 😎
I have no idea if this podcast keeps getting new episodes, but every 2 years I get a new episode on my feed and they are very inspiring and insightful.
I could handle another hour of this conversation, easy.
Or a decade 😆 NFA
My Old Friend Jerry Came Too Me In A DREAM☹️🔥🌹🎸♦️♣️☮️🕉️
Greatest rhythm guitarist sround. And to think almost 60 years in the dead. The magic he has seen and helped create. The lives he's lived in his time playing in the band as our estimated prophet 🙏 thank you Bobby❤
Bob is just a legendary example of pure Americana.
I used to not understand how awesome and important bob is was to the deads sound but man bob really is great really great and important rhythm guitar player
@reality check Watch your language, young man !
@reality check Jerry was undoubtedly at the heart of the band and he for sure could've made music successfully without Bob and Phil; and he did of course. That said, those bands aren't the Grateful Dead -- those are other bands. Phil and Bob both play uniquely and work with Jerry to make the Grateful Dead sound. (Of course other members too.) It's kinda silly to suggest otherwise.
And no, Dead and Co does not suck. The music is different than GD, but it's great. I'd say their main sound is more bluesy. It's more of a rolling freight train and less of a sharp-turning psychedelic vehicle like GD often was. Sounds more like Garcia Live vol. 9 for example which is like early JGB, 1974. Dead and Co produces beautiful and powerful music. Go listen to Wrigley '19. Listen to the Other One opener on Friday night and the China -> Rider to open set 2. Listen to Scarlet Begonias -> New Speedway Boogie for set 2 opener on Saturday. Get both full shows if you can find them, incredible.
@reality check I'm guessing you're twelve, because you're pointlessly angry and know nothing about music.
@reality check unbroken chain
@reality check i got a cd of demo out takes for it
Several years ago I really got into the jug bands like the Memphis Jug Band and Cannons Jug Stompers and you see where they got so much of their early material.
Bobs playing is the most unique Rythym player to ever play.. his feel and playing is entirely his own. He’s a great player to learn from when writing rhythm parts
Agreed, but, it was Jerry who opened the door for Bobby to play that way..
Agreed.
it went both ways. they all played differently and because of the way bob played rhythm it greatly changed how jerry was learning to play lead. same thing the other way around
True.
Unusual song writer, too.
Like so many, The Grateful Dead changed my life for the better! I love the ride!
This is deep....makes me want to dig into music and feel my musical roots
Very cool that Phil Lesh was originally a Trumpet player and turned into a great Bass player, as Flea from the Red Hot Chilli Peppers (Whom Rick produced interestingly) also played Trumpet in his younger years and turned into a legendary Bass player as well.
John Entwhistle was another legendary bassist who also played trumpet. Also Jeff Healey played trumpet as well as guitar.
Can’t wait two years it’ll be the 60th and the two factions will have to come together again for another fare thee well concert ! Hopefully with revolving guest guitarists they got trey because they knew / know that’ll attract everyone from my generation (X) who were old enough to catch the last five years of the gd but would also go see phish because they were young and not so distanced from us anyway I’d love to see Jorma play Steve kimock david Nelson and a couple of others but let’s just hope and 🙏 we all make it ! NFA
HA! I learned China Cat Sunflower in a dream. No Joke! I woke up and thought, "holy shit! I just learned China Cat," picked up my guitar and played it.
thatw crazy but I believe it. Music is definitely magic.
Whos parts bobby oe jerrys?
In much the same way as Jerry, I could listen to Bob talk about music for hours. Granted, I have spent most of my life that I have memory of eating, sleeping, and breathing music. Even though Jerry and Bob had very different approaches in the way they came to the music, both were/are equally fascinating.
And I can attest having seen them somewhere over 50 times back in the 80’s, that never once was a show the same. I can think of no other band who managed to capture random lightening in a bottle with the frequency, musical ability, and awareness that the Grateful Dead could. They are one of very few bands that are truly peerless. You have to admire that. Even if they are not your “thing”. Great interview.
There’s a quote that’s something like “ they’re not the best at what they do theyre the only ones that do “ memories not what it was but it’s close 😆 NFA 📦 🌧️ 👀 🌎 ❤️ 💡
It was said by good old 'Uncle Bobo' aka Bill Graham RIP Weir
gave him that name which he disliked! "They may not be the best at what they do..the Grateful Dead are the Only Ones who do what they do" ❤
Love this. Bobby is my birthday twin (and actually, when you add John Mayer into the mix, the three of us all share the same birthday), and I've loved his music for a long time. So excited to listen to this. Also, I've never heard Rick talk before. He's got a great, soft, gentle voice. I love that.
Bobby was a baby when he joined the band I mean just look at the images. I quit taking guitar lessons after about lesson 10 or so when I was a young teen. I eventually found the music of the Grateful Dead and started learning their songs by playing along with their shows that I had on tape. I always thought a lot of the parts I learned I thought were Jerry’s parts but as I began going to their shows I realized many of the parts I was drawn to were Bobby’s parts. I wish I was a healthy as Bobby. ♥️this man. Both of these men. And then of course i love me some Jerry too
I could have listened to them for hours! Awesome conversation
I guess after he started to explain about how they got two drummers he really did not want to finish the story because like he said , it's too long and complicated .
There’s a dark star that runs almost an hour 47 mins 😆 that might only be a couple of songs 😉 NFA
You are so amazing thank you for everything ❤
Thanks Rick & Bobby
Great interview, Rick. Enjoy your understated, yet enthusiastic approach. As a longtime Dead listener, it was interesting to hear Bob's perspective of the band's process and evolution; often different than what I had imagined.
Bobby Weir is a true, national treasure!
One of those guys who was in the right place at the right time... Two of my favorite humans here
RIP John Perry Barlow and Robert Hunter.
Barlow doesn't get his due. Its kinda criminal that he didn't get inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame with the rest of the band like Hunter rightfully did. A lot of Dead classics came from the Barlow/Weir collaboration. Not that awards matter but they inducted Tom Constantin ffs
Right on. Even on the Deads official website Barlow is listed as a member of the band.
And Jerry Brent Vince pigpen Keith and all those we’ve lost along the way ! NFA
I want to listen to days of these two talk.
I love the line that music is where he lives. The rest he’s just visiting. Should be so lucky to find that thing that consumes you.
This is one of the richest interviews you could have done🔥💜✴
I was watching a kill count and got this as an ad, I ended up watching the whole thing. Pretty cool.
This is such a great interview bobby is the man
We live in Turlock Ca the dead played here at the fairgrounds. I was not there, a few years ago got to see Bob with ratdog, up hills / That was best I have ever seen!!
When Weir was introducing Truckin on their Europe 72 tour sometimes he would say "this is our latest single, it went to #1 in Turlock, California."
Learned a lot of rhythm guitar from listening to Bob Weir,and timing also thanx Bobby.
It was actually Bobby’s part in the jam in GDTRFB from Skull & Roses (I panned the stereo to only his guitar and played it over and over about 20 times one night) that was my conversion. Of course, everyone in the band was smoking in that recording… but to this day (45 years later) Bobby’s rhythm there redefines ‘call & response’ with Jerry’s melodies. A genuine audible anti-depressant!
Lots of guitar parts people think are Jerry is actually Bobby.. and possibly the greatest dead tunes were his Estimated Prophet, the Other One and Trucking. Long Live Bob Weir.
Remarkable interview! Thanks Bob ❤️
This is such a great interview, one of my all-time favorite interviews
This is just amazing.
What an amazing interview...not a minute wasted. I am a very pleased & happy camper! Thank U GUYS!
Thank you Bob for teaching me songwriting and structure and learning how to rock out. A mentor to me and he doesn’t even know it!!!
Wow, the black preachers stuff makes so much sense. It literally made Bob the performer he is. The man preaches with so much emotion. It all makes sense now.
Bob’s sayings are top notch “slower than a slug in a trance” 😂 bro
Wonderful! Thank you!!!
Bob Weir - true icon and one of my favorite guitarists. And Rubin draws some great context and anecdotes out of him that I hadn't heard. And I'm very familiar with the lore.
When Bobby talks to someone with just as much experience as himself it’s magic when interviewed by some random news anchor with the same questions those are lamé interviews for sure Rubin’s a legend so is Bobby ! NFA
well done. really nice hearing thoughtful and fairly unique questions being asked of bob. he tends to slip into the same stories over and over when asked the same old questions, so it was great to hear something new and interesting out of bobby. even when he revisits well tread topics he seems to be more engaged in this interview.
Just fabulous. I could listen to more.
Can’t believe this is 3 years old good stuff
thank you for sharing this. love the tune bobby starts playing around 44:00 really dug it! thanks!
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Excellent job with this. Thanks so much.
Wake up to find out that Bob is the voice of the world!
Nailed it
❤thAnk u Rick love u BoBB.e
My first dead show I was 14 years old with my uncle..and wow does bobby look older
Well the last dead show was almost 30 years ago...
@@danielhubschmitt7897 yeh it was. I like what there doing now it's a good idea.
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Man...this musical conversation was a complete joy to listen to. Brilliant and compelling.
i love Bob Weir! Besides all of his obvious talents and uniqueness as a rhythm player, his utilization of izod shirts and cut off shorts in the Reagan era was thoroughly refreshing, if not "ground breaking"
Short 🩳’s 🤣 yep that’s when I realized I was gay ! 😛 NFA 👀 🌎 📦 🌧️ ❤️ 💡
I never really comprehended what an incredibly beautiful human being Rick Rubin is until I heard this.
HOLD ON, BOB WEIR IS WRITING AN OPERA?!?!!???!!???! HOLY SHIT
there was a missed opportunity to do studio versions of the 8 new tunes on skull & roses (2) and europe 72 (6) that were only recorded live...as a follow up to american beauty it would have been great and so we'll never know what kind of treatment they would have received...
Rick looked like he joined the Dead and never left! Rubin looks full Dead!
When Bob and Rick are talking around the 24th minute about the bands Democratic process - About what they would consider and where they were going, this makes me think this is the reason the band defied all odds and stayed together for so long.
"A song is an alien lifeform"
hahaha, Weir I believe it! I've seen Grateful Dead Songs as living creatures infront of me.
Got my popcorn ready
Love Bob! How can’t ya ✊🏼💪🏼🙏🏼
It’s a man’s world - Harper College 5/2/1970 is awesome!
First off did Bobby just say he has synesthesia?!
Okay also this is irrelevant, but damn. Bobby had to mention the bell tower. I went to school at UT Austin.
That's the bell tower he's talking about. Reason the SWAT teams were made as well. It makes sense he used it. It was a major national event that happened in the 60s. In the right age range for events to majorly stick to memory.
Anyways. Random comment that no one will read. If you did I'm sorry for wasting your time.
Saw the movie when I was a kid. Crazy stuff.
I thought Bob Weir said he was dyslexic.
I caught the synesthesia mention immediately, last year I read up on the subject.
This is the coolest one yet
Bob Weir that was remarkable
Great interview. Great questions, stuff I always wanted to know on the workings of the band.
When challenged he really tells it ! Rubin is an equal imho and Bobby will really talk when with another legend NFA ✌️
This is some trippy stuff, in the best possible way
Great interview, enjoyed the new music
Songs stopped visiting me in my late 20's. I'm waiting for them to come back. 43 now so times ticking
@@FAIRWEATHER_MUSIC 😂😂😂
Do you meditate ?
If not , try it because it can help with many things
@@gardensofthegods actually I started taking Prozac and now the words are flowing like water. 🤣
Love to watch the interview
Could anyone tell me which of Ray Charles’ drummers he is on about as Bill Kreutzmanns influence? I have always loved his drumming when it was just him and would love to look further into it
The grateful dead would never have existed if Bob was not a part. He is the number one key person in the forward motion of the band. Time proved that. Even Jerry wouldn't have been as successful without him
Now that’s just plain bullshit.
Love the new material Bob
The best of podcasting! With all the crap out there I am so glad I found this awesome conversation. This channel will take off. God bless. (Sent in from Korea where we've beed hunkered down for almost 2 months in semi-quarantine )
Stop living your life in fear...
@@nanchanger Huh? I live in Korea in a city of 1.5 million people. In 7 months we've had a total of two covid deaths (both elderly). We've never been in lockdown and stores and transportation have never closed. Common sense prevails here as well a courtesy and concern for the elderly and the young. Korea approaches Covid as a science and math problem. Living in Korea is the opposite of living in fear. I hope you and yours are well wherever you may be.
David Edward Tolson you said a 2 month quarantine, what is that?
@@nanchanger Korea never went into a full quarantine except in Daegu City. (I used the words "semi")... I was extra cautious as I am older and had also vacationed in China at Christmas. My post was 5 months ago in March. It's amazing what Korea accomplished after the initial Covid cases. It was all very simple. I feel terrible for folks in other countries who've suffered medically and financially.
David Edward Tolson I feel terrible for anyone living in a city run by Democrats... Is Kim still alive?
Im like bob where i have lots of songs to write but i still havent finished one lol
Incredibly interesting to hear about the writing process!
Bobby is the coolest guy in the world. In my imagination I would have lived his life. He was a child when he started with the dead unbelievable
Great interview
Yo rick lemme mix these podcasts so everytime an ad comes it doesnt blow out my eardrums since my speakers were turned up pretty high in order to follow the conversation, i know the ad has a much higher rms and therefore much higher loudness but they dont give a shit so we gotta adjust, of course i usually use adblock but i wanna support good people so..
The irony that this man can't mix a podcast.
@@andybaldman No ads in podcast, only ones in UA-cam feed. You can't mix them, but you can block them.
There are several Dead albums that were absolutely phenomenal. American Beauty, From the Mars Hotel, Wake of the Flood,and Workingman’s Dead for sure are tremendous albums. They had excellent songs like Casey Jones, Truckin, Sugar Magnolia and Stella Blue among so many others. They could write great songs but they were more artists first and entertainers second. I believe they were in love with music in general more so than their own songs per se. They never wanted to be in the showbiz bag. They wanted to never write setlists but always improvised their sets and the way the songs were played. It was about serendipitous discovery-more than rote delivery. This is why they stayed interested in playing live shows, and the audience did too. They were music geeks from the beginning but that love of music transcended fashion, fads, and the current trends. They were smarter, more compassionate, and more family oriented with their scene, organization, and fans than most any other band going. It also became a huge self-perpetuating monster that swallowed Jerry up, but at least he seemed to always follow his musical bliss. We all can learn from their approach to being in a band and being a musician in general.