Although he was best known as the rhythm guitarist for the Grateful Dead and their later offshoots, Bob Weir had a flourishing career with his own bands (Ratdog and Wolf Brothers) and as a solo artist. In 2016 he released a lovely folk country album called Blue Mountain and toured with a crackerjack band to support it.
This is the Blue Mountain album, one of the best solo albums from any member of the Grateful Dead. The band includes Steve Kimock and members of The National.
To follow it, here's a concert from the Capitol Theatre on October 16, 2016. I watched the webcast at the time and was blown away and I still am. (The date on YouTube is wrong, by the way; it was definitely 2016, not 2017, which I verified on Setlists.fm.)
If you liked that, here's another show from the same tour, on October 10. This one is an audience recording but it's very high quality and I think I prefer it to the webcast.
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