The Grateful Dead singer and guitarist Bob Weir (75) talked in an interview with Guitar World about stage fright, something that still bothers him and that he said the late Jerry Garcia had. The musician even said that indirectly it was what killed Garcia. Weir will embark in 2023 on the Dead & Company farewell tour, band that has Grateful Dead members and the guitarist and singer John Mayer. Bob Weir talks about stage fright and Jerry Garcia “Oh yeah (I have stage fright). And you could make the case that that’s what killed him, because he used those drugs to dull the stage fright, to dull the pain of it, because it physically hurt. We talked about it a fair bit. We compared notes on how we dealt with stage fright. It wasn’t an ongoing conversation, because there wasn’t much new to add to it after the first six months that I’d known him." “After we realized we were in the same boat, there wasn’t much more to say about it, but we would sometimes give each other looks that said, ‘It’s okay, I got past it. How are you doing?’ People think we can’t wait to get on stage. I want to play, yes, but those last few steps on stage are like walking into a torture chamber every time. It’s not easy.” Bob Weir is on the road performing live since 1965. His ex-bandmate, the guitarist and singer Jerry Garcia died back in 1995 at the age of 53 victim of a heart attack. Dead & Company announce their final tour dates May 19 – Los Angeles, CA at Kia Forum 20 – Los Angeles, CA at Kia Forum 23 – Phoenix, AZ at Ak-Chin Pavilion 26 – Dallas, TX at Dos Equis Pavilion 28 – Atlanta, GA at Lakewood Amphitheatre 30 – Charlotte, NC at PNC Music Pavilion June 1 – Raleigh, NC at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek 3 – Bristow, VA at Jiffy Lube Live 5 – Burgettstown, PA at The Pavilion at Star Lake 7 – St. Louis, MO at Hollywood Casino Amphitheater 9 – Chicago, IL at Wrigley Field 10 – Chicago, IL at Wrigley Field 13 – Cincinnati, OH at Riverbend Music Center 15 – Philadelphia, PA at Citizen’s Bank Park 17 – Saratoga Springs, NY at Saratoga Performing Arts Center 18 – Saratoga Springs, NY at Saratoga Performing Arts Center 21 – New York, NY at Citi Field 22 – New York, NY at Citi Field 25 – Boston, MA at Fenway Park 27 – Noblesville, IN at Ruoff Music Center July 1 – Boulder, CO at Folsom Field 2 – Boulder, CO at Folsom Field 3 – Boulder, CO at Folsom Field 7 – George, WA at The Gorge 8 – George, WA at The Gorge 14 – San Francisco, CA at Oracle Park 15 – San Francisco, CA at Oracle Park https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duEsYAXlJ3w
