Don Was (bottom left) joined the group Wolf Bros in 2018 at the invitation of Bob Weir (center), who was looking for a more intimate format to perform the music he'd co-created with the Grateful Dead.

Editor's note: Bob Weir, the influential founding member of rock collective The Grateful Dead, has died at 78. In 2022, he spoke with USA TODAY's Melissa Ruggieri for a wide-ranging interview about ...

Over the weekend, Grateful Dead fans the world over mourned the loss of an icon: Bob Weir, guitarist and founding member, had died at 78, leaving listeners and collaborators caught off-guard. Since ...