“Longevity was never a major concern of ours,” said Bob Weir, getting a big and somewhat chuckle out of the audience, even though he didn’t deliver it as a laugh line. Weir was accepting an award, along with other members of the Grateful Dead or their family members, as one of MusiCares‘ Persons of the Year at the charity’s annual gala Friday night. And there was attention paid during the speeches both to the improbable fact that an offshoot of the group, Dead & Company, is still out there playing, 60 years after the original group’s formation, even as Weir acknowledged absences at the dais.
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