In the late 1970s, Bob Weir, a guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead, whose death at 78 was announced on Saturday (Jan 10), first appeared in chopped-to-the-heavens jean shorts. They left an indelible impression.
Into middle age, Weir was still answering for this abbreviated stagewear.
“I have always had a certain aversion to heat. And for me, the name of the game on the stage is ‘beat the heat,’” he said in a 2014 interview with Vanity Fair.
“It’s always July under the lights. And after a while, I got just good and goddamned tired of it.
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