The guitarist, singer and songwriter, who died at 78, cut his own path among his elders in the Grateful Dead, and beyond.

Bob Weir, the guitarist who co-founded the Grateful Dead, has died aged 78.

Along ‍with late lead guitarist Jerry Garcia, his ⁠fellow Grateful Dead ​co-founder who was at the centre of the Deadhead universe, Weir was one of the group's two ⁠frontmen and main vocalists for mos...