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Mayer will be playing two hours of Grateful Dead and Dead & Company music on Sundays via his SiriusXM channel<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n\tIn the wake of the death<\/a> of Grateful Dead<\/a> co-founder and guitarist Bob Weir<\/a>, his Dead & Company bandmate John Mayer<\/a> looked to listen to Grateful Dead music to find some comfort. Instead, Mayer said it made him feel more solitary. So, to bring the community together, the singer-guitarist is launching a Grateful Dead Listening Party.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cIn the days after we lost Bobby Weir, I tried listening to Grateful Dead music as a way to be soothed. I found it harder than I\u2019d thought,\u201d he wrote on Instagram on Thursday. \u201cI felt as if I was listening alone, like the mainframe that connects all who listen at any given time had gone offline. (It turns out that a presence like Bobby\u2019s makes for an immeasurable absence.)\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tBut the singer-guitarist who joined Dead & Company in 2015 was not alone. \u201cAfter talking with friends who felt the same, I knew I wanted to start Grateful Dead Listening Party,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n \n\tThe listening party will take place on Sunday nights at 9 p.m. ET via his \u201cLIFE with John Mayer\u201d Sirius XM channel, where he\u2019ll play two hours of his favorite Grateful Dead and Dead & Company recordings \u201cwhile also talking a little about each one,\u201d he wrote. \u201cIt\u2019s a way for those who have felt lost to \u2018meet up\u2019 and listen to the music together. It\u2019s not live, but I\u2019ll be tuning in. Sometimes the least you can do is also the most you can do\u2026 we shall find a way forward.\u201d<\/p>\n