New Weir interview

If there's a complaint these days about Weir's music, it's that he favors playing the Dead repertoire too slowly for some fans' tastes. One Internet wag recently suggested listening to Dead & Company recordings at 1.5-times speed.

“I'm looking for the most possible harmonic content from the string,” Weir says. “To get that, you have to be able to hang a note and let it change colors for you, because it will if you let it.… I love to listen to the sound of my fucking instrument. I don't play the guitar for no reason. There's so many things you can do with it. But you can't do them quickly. At least I haven't been able to figure out how to.”

There is a 70% chance he used the "Phoenix rising from the ashes" somewhere in the interview

Interesting read, thanks for posting, but all this did was reinforce why I have zero interest in Bob these days. 

He has a guy that spends 5-6 hours putting together the evenings set list from a spreadsheet?  Really?

And his excuse for playing slow...."But you can't do them quickly. At least I haven't been able to figure out how to.”"

1977 Bob.  1977.

Nice writeup.  Thanks for sharing.

Cool Dude.

Copenhagen?

The GQ writeup was written by Brett Martin.  He wrote a few notes and shared some quotes that didn't make the story, on his twitter.

- “I learned a lot from Phil. Some I’m trying to unlearn. Phil has great difficulty repeating himself. And sometimes repetition is in order.

I’m trying to get past my urge to always reinvent what I’m playing, which I did for years, more or less to please Phil. To keep him amused." - Bob

"Copenhagen?"

Yea, that too.

"Phil has great difficulty repeating himself."

I'm not going to argue with a guy who played with Phil for 50 years, but I would suggest that this is one of Phil's strengths. 

"I’m trying to get past my urge to always reinvent what I’m playing"

Which (for me) is why your playing is not as interesting as it once was.  I quite literally can not recall the last time I was surprised by anything Bob played, but Phil surprises me every time I see him.

^ "re-arranging the deck chairs"

https://www.gq.com/story/bob-weir-grateful-dead-outfits-interview

At least his kids have a twisted sense of humor like their dad.