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Contacting The Dead: Bob Weir talks about going Furthur with Phil Lesh

Contacting The Dead: Bob Weir talks about going Furthur with Phil Lesh:
"Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia’s 1995 death not only brought an end to the band, but threatened the friendship of original members guitarist Bob Weir and bassist Phil Lesh as they wrangled over their future.

But getting together for another tour as The Dead last year, the two now have formed Furthur — the spelling is from the destination on 1960s LSD guru Ken Kesey’s bus – with member of Weir’s band Ratdog and the singer from a Dead tribute band...Weir spoke about the group in a recent telephone call from his bus in Asheville, N.C..."

Read the interview here.

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