Bob Weir performs onstage with Dead & Company show in Las Vegas, on July 5, 2024. Weir, a guitarist and songwriter who was a founding member of the Grateful Dead, which rose from jug band origins to become the kings of psychedelic rock, selling millions of records and inspiring a small nation of loyal fans, has died. He was 78. (The New York Times) By BEN SISARIO and MARK WALKER Bob Weir, a guitarist and songwriter who was a founding member of the Grateful Dead, which rose from jug band...