Grateful Dead members Bobby Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, and Phil Lesh had been considering a reunion to celebrate the band’s 60th anniversary in 2025, and even had plans on the books to rehearse. Unfortunately, those plans are now in flux following Lesh’s passing on October 25th.
Weir, Kreutzmann, and Hart spoke with Anthony Mason of CBS This Morning in an interview that took place just five days after Lesh’s death.
“I was hoping that we could play with him again one more time,” Kreutzmann said. “So that, that was my sadness…’Cause I know he wanted to play with us again too.”
“We were kickin’ it around,” Weir added. “In fact, we were gonna, we were gonna get together and, and kick some songs around tomorrow.”
Lesh previously joined Weir, Kreutzmann, and Hart for a series of concerts in 2015 to celebrate Grateful Dead’s 50th anniversary. The quartet had been considering something similar for the band’s 60th, as they told CBS This Morning.
“I was hopin’ that we could do it,” Kreutzmann said. Added Weir, “We were gonna see where it goes. But we were just gonna play the four of us.”
In December, Grateful Dead will be recognized as part of the 2024 Kennedy Center Honors, and early next year, they’ll honored as the 2025 MusiCares Persons of the Year.
Phil Lesh, an original member of @GratefulDead, died suddenly last month at age 84.
Just five days after his death, the surviving original members sat down with @anthonymasoncbs for an interview the bass player was meant to be a part of: “I was hoping that we could play with him… pic.twitter.com/5agD4pOSJ4
— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) November 27, 2024