“I’ll never step out of Jerry’s shadow nor he out of mine. People don’t really understand the dynamic we worked in, and perhaps when I get a chance to write a book, I can elucidate on that a bit. We worked together. We worked at mending our efforts.”

Bob Weir til Rolling Stone

Of for os, der fulgte Grateful Dead gennem mange år, er der da heller ikke nogen tvivl om, at Grateful Dead, der planlægger nogle afskedskoncerter for tiden, aldrig vil blive det samme uden Jerry Garcia, og at Garcia og Weir udgjorde bandets svar på Rolling Stones’ Glimmer Twins – to musikalske brødre i ånden.