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Bob Weir has died

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by driggs

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Particularly relevant to HN is that Bobby's primary writing partner for decades was John Perry Barlow, cofounder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF):

https://www.eff.org/john-perry-barlow

  A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace
  by John Perry Barlow
  
  Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel,
  I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I
  ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You
  have no sovereignty where we gather.
   
  We have no elected government, nor are we likely to have one, so I address
  you with no greater authority than that with which liberty itself always
  speaks. I declare the global social space we are building to be naturally
  independent of the tyrannies you seek to impose on us.

https://www.eff.org/cyberspace-independence#main-content

Many of Bobby Weir's best-known songs had lyrics penned by Barlow. The world is a brighter place because of their partnership, and a little more grey in their absence.

by dnw

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Besides their music, their mail-order ticketing system and the resulting fan envelope art are quite amazing: [Apologies for the scary link]
https://www.gdao.org/fan-art?filters[match]=all&filters[quer...

by toomuchtodo

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Weir
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grateful_Dead
https://bobweir.net/bobby/

by sswaner

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May the four winds blow you safely home.
It was a privilege to see him perform many times.

by zabzonk

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This made me think that, for a band known for its guitarists, what great vocalists the Dead had - Weir, Garcia, Lesh, Pigpen, particularly when doing harmonies.
Anyway, bye-bye Bob, thanks for all the music.

by evanb

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> Winter rain, now tell me why
> Summers fade and roses die
> The answer came, the wind and rain
> [...]
> Circle songs and sands of time
> And seasons will end in tumbled rhyme
> And little change, the wind and rain
Fare thee well, Bob.

by iancmceachern

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As my wife said, Bobby was our Jerry. We never got to see Jerry play, but we saw Bob several times and are so grateful for it.

by adfm

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This is definitely sad news. From I remember, the early Internet seemed to be inhabited mostly by deadheads. When you think of open source, remember the music and the thousands who would tape and share the experience of Bobby playing with the band to millions.

by zebomon

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I saw him perform 26 times in my life, and still those were rookie numbers. Still I thought there would be so many more too. Thanks for all the music, Bobby Weir.

by __mharrison__

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RIP.
I wonder if Mayer will continue to carry the torch, or if the music will stop.

by SoleilAbsolu

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Fare thee well Bob! What a life in music.

by adzm

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End of an era

by shmoe

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Truly a long, strange, trip. RIP.

by user3939382

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Sad. Rest in peace Bob. Thank you for your art.

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