Bob Weir to Release 'Blue Mountain' Deluxe Edition

Prior to that date, a two-LP 180-gram black vinyl edition of the original album will be released on October 16 and sold through Dead.net. In addition to these upcoming physical releases, a Bob Dylan cover recorded by Weir during his 2016 Campfire Tour has also been released.

Weir was accompanied on the Campfire Tour by musicians Bryan Devendorf, Scott Devendorf, Josh Kaufman, Steve Kimock, and Jon Shaw. Kaufman, a member of the group Bonny Light Horseman, also served as co-producer of the Blue Mountain album alongside Weir. Dan Goodwin worked as the sound engineer for the album, with recording sessions taking place on both coasts in the spring of 2015 and the fall of 2015.

When it came out in 2016, Blue Mountain was Weir's first album consisting entirely of original material in more than 30 years. It also marked his first solo studio album since the release of Heaven Help the Fool in 1978. For the music on the album, Weir drew inspiration from traditional cowboy songs that he heard while working on a ranch in Wyoming in his youth.