Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir Says He Never Like Tie-Die

The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir has opened up about the band’s signature style and says that he was never a fan of the tie-dye shirts and dancing bears. Speaking with the Wall Street Journal, Weir admitted that it was never his choice to bring the signature hippy style to the band and recounts its origin. “I don’t much relate to the dancing bears, for instance.”More »

By on May 27, 2015

The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir has opened up about the band’s signature style and says that he was never a fan of the tie-dye shirts and dancing bears. Speaking with the Wall Street Journal, Weir admitted that it was never his choice to bring the signature hippy style to the band and recounts its origin. “I don’t much relate to the dancing bears, for instance. And I’ve never been big into tie-dye, though I’m responsible for bringing it into the scene,” Weir told the Wall Street Journal. He also revealed that the initial idea came from a hitchhiker that crashed on the Dead’s farm when they were rising to fame. “I told him he could if he chopped some wood and helped me load some hay into the barn,” Weir explained. “We let him stick around, and after a couple days, he asked if he could borrow some pots for tie-dying – I didn’t know what that was – and what he made was gorgeous and very different from what you see now.” He added, “Well, guys in the band would come by and see this, and someone had the bright idea of doing our speaker grill cloths with these designs, and by God it stuck. But I quickly tired of it because it’s a little busy for my taste.” Copyright(c) 2015 RTTNews.com. All Rights ReservedLess «