Most of us know the guitarist and singer-songwriter Bob Weir as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. But Weir is also the founder of Tamalpais Research Institute (TRI), a state-of-the-art performance studio which offers musicians the opportunity to di

Jeff Chimenti, keyboardist for the post-Grateful Dead band Furthur, poses outside Radio City Music Hall in New York March 24, 2011. When Chimenti faced a medical setback affecting his mother, he approached the problem with barebones ingenuity and relentl

CHICAGO (Reuters) - For Jeff Chimenti, a rock keyboardist who plays with offshoots of the Grateful Dead, it has been anything but a "long strange trip" getting his medical product to market. Chimenti's resume includes stints with Furthur -- the band foun

Courtney Love tells DJ Howard Stern to explain why she hasn't appeared in court to face felony drug possession charges. She says, "I didn't show up for court because I didn't have a professional bodyguard& I'm not going to plead guilty to something I did

Adnan's a political prisoner hunger striker against gross Israeli repression and injustice. Two previous articles discussed his case and grave health condition after 55 days without food. Irish republican/British MP Bobby Sands lasted 66 before expiring

Best Lukas Nelson can hope for is to join the list of sons of great singers who have had limited success but never came close to reaching their fathers' stature: Arlo Guthrie Frank Sinatra Jr Hank Williams Jr Julian Lennon Jakob Dylan Seems daughters far