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A− [3] NME. 5/10 [4] Astronauts & Heretics is the fourth studio album by English new wave / synth-pop musician Thomas Dolby, released in 1992. It was Dolby's last studio album until 2011's A Map of the Floating City and his last album to be released on vinyl. The album was met with some success in the UK. However, according to Dolby, the ...
Early life. Weir was born in San Francisco, California, to John (Jack) Parber (1925–2015), of Italian and German ancestry, and a fellow college student, Phyllis Inskeep (1924–1997), of German, Irish, and English ancestry, who later gave him up for adoption; he was raised by his adoptive parents, Frederic Utter Weir and Eleanor (née Cramer) Weir, in Atherton.
- Neal Cassady served as mentor to a young Bob Weir. Together, Weir and Cassady – a Beat Generation associate and Merry Prankster – shared a room in the Grateful Dead's Victorian at 710 Asbury.
- Weir was influenced by jazz pianists such as McCoy Tyner and Bill Evans. Bored with the limitations of being a rock and roll rhythm guitar player, Weir looked well outside rock.
- Bob met first met his wife-to-be when she was a teen groupie. Natascha was introduced to Weir as a 15-year-old fan, trying to get backstage at a Grateful Dead concert.
- Bob Weir played a complicated role in Jerry Garcia's years of addiction. In the darkest days of Jerry Garcia's struggle with heroin, Bob assumed the role of "bagman" – holding onto Garcia's dope and only doling out what was asked for.
Nov 6, 1992 · Astronauts & Heretics
Astronauts and Heretics. For Astronauts & Heretics (Virgin UK), Dolby expanded even further stylistically, starting the songwriting process at the piano, then again collaborating with a variety of guest musicians. Both Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia played guitar on "The Beauty of a Dream". Eddie Van Halen plays on "Eastern Bloc" and "Close but No Cigar
Nov 21, 2022 · Bob Weir keeps the Grateful Dead alive — and always evolving. Fresh off a run of shows accompanied by the National Symphony Orchestra, the 75-year-old guitarist keeps looking ahead to the next ...
Oct 6, 2016 · On New Year's Eve in 1963, a 16-year-old Bob Weir ran into Jerry Garcia at a music store in Palo Alto. They decided to start a jug band which evolved into the Grateful Dead. They got their first ...
