In February 2015, while Mayer was guest hosting The Late Late Show , he invited Grateful Dead guitar player Bob Weir to join him in a studio performance. A bond developed between the two, and while Weir and the other three surviving core members of the Grateful Dead were preparing for their 50th anniversary shows, dubbed Fare Thee Well , Mayer began practicing the band’s large catalog of songs. That August, Mayer and original Grateful Dead members Weir, Hart, and Kreutzmann formed the band, along with keyboardist Jeff Chimenti ( Furthur , RatDog ) and bassist Oteil Burbridge ( Allman Brothers Band , Aquarium Rescue Unit ). Mayer expressed a particularly strong enthusiasm toward playing with the new band.
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