This year’s Oregon Country Fair concert lineup honors a late music legend with deep roots at the event, and welcomes an up-and-coming duo of brothers who got their start in Eugene, but who are now based in Brooklyn.
At 4:15 pm July 12 on the Main Stage is the OCF All Star Celebration of Bob Weir, the Grateful Dead singer and guitarist who died in January. The Dead played two OCF benefit concerts, in 1972 and 1982, and are deeply linked to the Fair and to Eugene’s countercultural history. For decades, Deadheads considered the band’s Veneta 1972 recording among the most coveted bootlegs. It got an official release, titled Sunshine Daydream, in 2013.
Guitarist and frequent Weir collaborator Steve Kimock performs at the All Star Celebration, along with several other notable musicians who worked with Weir in projects like RatDog, Dead & Company and Phil Lesh and Friends. For a complete list of musicians involved in the Weir tribute, visit OregonCountryFair.org…