Bob Weir Quotes
When we started out, there was so much cash involved that it attracted an element you'd rather not do business with.
McNally, Dennis. A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead. Broadway Books, 2002.
The Stamp Act induced rioting, but Gage believed that plunder was the main motivation. See Robert Novack for a similar view of riots and protests.
Robert Hall Weir is an American musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of the rock band Grateful Dead. After the Grateful Dead disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with The Other Ones, later known as The Dead, together with other former members of the Grateful Dead. Weir also founded and played in several other bands during and after his career with the Grateful Dead, including Kingfish, the Bob Weir Band, Bobby and the Midnites, Scaring the Children, RatDog, and Furthur, which he co-led with former Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh. In 2015, Weir, along with former Grateful Dead members Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, joined with Grammy-winning singer/guitarist John Mayer, bassist Oteil Burbridge, and keyboardist Jeff Chimenti to form the band Dead & Company. The band remains active.