Bob Weir Released Final Album "Blue Mountain" 10 Years Ago Today

Bob Weir Released Final Album "Blue Mountain" 10 Years Ago Today

10 years ago today, Bob Weir released final album Blue Mountain. Co-written by Josh Ritter and featuring three-fifths of the National. Read our Q&A with the Grateful Dead guitarist from that year:

Ten Years Later: Bob Weir’s 'Blue Mountain Stands' As His Final Masterpiece - Glide Magazine

The late Bob Weir could not have foreseen the now decade-old Blue Mountain (released 9/30/16) being the effective end of his recording career. But even if he had, it’s doubtful he could have crafted an album more true to his roots and the evolution thereof over the previous half-century. After a rocky period in the final days of his tenure co-leading Furthur with Phil Lesh, Weir kept a fairly low profile in the weeks leading up to 2015’s Fare Th…