Dead & Company Bristow Tickets Concert Tour

Dead & Company is a jam band slash super group. It consists of three members of The Grateful Dead and three other famous musicians.

From the Dead come guitarist Bob Weir and drummers Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann. They are joined by bassist Oteil Burbridge (from the Allman Brothers Band), keyboardist Jeff Chimenti (best known for his work in Ratdog), and guitarist John Mayer.

See Dead & Company in Boulder this year!

Yes, it’s that John Mayer.

How Good is John Mayer in Dead & Company?

Not since Ben Affleck was cast as Batman has there been such a controversial choice in personnel. Mayer’s pop sensibilities and his salacious celebrity status was all Dead Heads could focus on.

Fans and pundits were worried that Mayer would turn what’s left of The Dead into some sort of pop outfit. Instead of jamming they’d sing cute little renditions of "Your Body Is a Wonderland” and "Bigger Than My Body."

Dead & Company’s first concert occurred Oct. 31, 2015. Mayer hit it out of the park both on the guitar and on the mic. He took the gig very seriously and won over fans long before the encore.

One critic responded: "I was wrong, I take it back."

Pundits noticed how Mayer took cues from Bob Weir. It was as if Weir was the teacher and Mayer the pupil. That only endeared Mayer more to the Dead Heads.

Dead & Company played Grateful Dead material: “Casey Jones,” “Friend of the Devil,” “Uncle John’s Band” and the like. Mayer apparently spent months learning the... Read more