Bob Weir says he can use some serious beach time. The former Grateful Dead guitarist and vocalist is taking a breather a short while after bounding off stage following a well-received set by his band RatDog at last weekend's Mount Fuji Jazz Festival.
Weir and company arrived in Japan for the last show of a five-week, three-continent tour, just a few days after playing the much-anticipated Grateful Dead reunion concerts at Alpine Valley, Wis., under the moniker of The Other Ones (as the Grateful Dead name was laid to rest with the 1995 passing of guitarist Jerry Garcia).
Even at his "advanced" age (he's 55 years old), Weir looks every bit the fit, energetic firebrand who contributed to 30 years of rhythm and power as the youngest member of the maelstrom that was the Grateful Dead.