Remembering Bob Weir

Grateful for the music and memories on Duke’s campus

Grateful Dead posing for the camera in 1978. Bob Weir is wearing a duke t shirt
The Grateful Dead, pictured on the road in 1978, shortly after their performance at Duke, with Bob Weir wearing a Duke sweatshirt. Roger Ressmeyer via Getty Images

Deadheads around the world — current and former — mourned the death this weekend of Bob Weir, the guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead. The legendary rock band known for its perpetual touring performed four times at Cameron Indoor Stadium and once more at Wallace Wade Stadium between 1971 and 1982. 

In 2023, Duke celebrated the 45th anniversary of the Grateful Dead at Duke with a special event at Duke Libraries. The event featured a panel of speakers, including Sanford professor Eric Mlyn, who taught a first-year seminar about the Grateful Dead.

Here watch the Grateful Dead perform “Truckin’” in Cameron Indoor Stadium:

Grateful Dead perform “Truckin’” Live from Cameron Indoor Stadium at Duke on April 12, 1978