Grateful Dead's Bob Weir says fare thee well to his birth father

Grateful Dead's Bob Weir says fare thee well to his birth father

As the surviving members of the Grateful Dead kick off their series of Fare Thee Well concerts this weekend at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, one esteemed member of the band's family will be there in memory and spirit only. Jack Louis Parber, a retired Air Force colonel who learned late in life that he was the biological father of Grateful Dead singer-guitarist Bob Weir, had been a fixture at his son's concerts ever since the rock 'n roll hall-of-famer contacted him in 1996, beginning what would become a belated, but close, father-son relationship.

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