Steve Stevens Picks The Right Guitarist For The Dead And Company

In his recent Twitter post, Steve Stevens, the guitarist for Billy Idol, expressed his thoughts about The Dead And The Company and who he thinks is the best fit as a guitarist. The post included a fan-recorded video of the said member. Mentioning their early member, Jerry Garcia, the post read the following:

“There is no guitarist on the planet better suited to play with Dead And Company than John Mayer. Everything about his approach is paying homage to [Jerry] Garcia. By the way, little known fact, Mickey Hart was my upstairs neighbor for awhile.”

An hour later, he posted a follow-up tweet in response to a comment from one of his followers on his previous tweet. The follower expressed annoyance towards the ‘hype’ that Mayer receives, to which he replied with:

“My post was purely praising John for obviously being a fan of the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia. In the clips that I have seen, he plays in a very different style. He’s playing what is absolutely right for the Dead. That is a skill that many guitarists lack.”

After Garcia’s passing in 1995, the members of Grateful Dead made the decision to disband. However, in 2015, a new band called Dead & Company emerged with former Grateful Dead members, as well as Mayer.

See the posts below.

There is no guitarist on the planet better suited to play with @deadandcompany than @JohnMayer. Everything about his approach is paying homage to Garcia. BTW little known fact, Mickey Hart was my upstairs neighbor for awhilehttps://t.co/M0zPOIPGUh

— Steve Stevens (@Stevestevens) June 26, 2023

My post was purely praising John for obviously being a fan of the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia. In the clips that I have seen, he plays in a very different style. He’s playing what is absolutely right for the Dead. That is a skill that many guitarists lack.

— Steve Stevens (@Stevestevens) June 26, 2023