So the Bob Weir saga gets jucier as time the hours go by.
First was his crabby attitude back in early March during a show at his bar the Sweetwater when he stormed off stage during a performance of Dylan's, A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall. Seems the audience pissed him off by talking to much so he left. He returned for the second set with his Ratdog Quartet, and passive aggresively told the audience, "Don't worry we're not gonna try anything to delicate."
They made it through the set, but during the Dylan's, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, encore, Bob again got annoyed with the loud crowd and yelled out, "SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Ohhhhh Bobby, you are performing in a small venue with people who chat, even if they shouldn't. The smaller the venue, the louder the chatter boxes are. It's just part of the deal man!!!
Then we fast forward to April 25th, when a clearly drugged and out of it Bob Weir struggled to make it through a performance until he fell over on stage, finished the song and then was done for the night while Phil Lesh and the rest of the band finished the show.
Two days later, Bob was back on stage and seemed fine. So I guess Phil Lesh's shoulder injury claim and the rumors that Weir took Ambien instead of 12 Vicodin, weren't true!! (tongue in cheek)
Weir's "shoulder injury" made Garcia's worst moments on stage not seem all that bad, fueling speculation that Bob was struggling with alcohol, pain killers, or god forbid Heroin.
And what a shame if Bob is struggling with Heroin at the age of 65, 18 years after the drug played a part in his friend and band mates death. Jerry's 15 year decline should have been enough to keep Weir from that sinister drug.
But I digress, no one knows nothing. Weir's demeanor on stage at the Capitol Theater would indicate inhebriation; but from what?????
He was definitely, not on this planet mentally.
So now Weir is off to rehab to deal with EXHAUSTION, which is code in the celebrity world for DRUG ADDICTION.
It's a shame. But I guess we will never know the true story, just the spun one.
Maybe after Weir dies, someone will write a book, but I am not going to wait around. I know that he's a hard worker, and an amazing musician. I just hope he doesn't spend what few years he has left tarnishing that reputation by going down the road feelin' bad.....
