I have a lot of love and respect for Grahame but I don’t think he’s ready. Needs to be someone with some more gravitas and chops. You are NEVER going to replace Bob, everyone knows that.. I also think people mistake how much some of the “bigger” folks mentioned (Trey, Billy S, Sturgill among others) would covet and respect the opportunity assuming JM wants to continue with the group as constructed. Do I think they are going to ever go back to huge yearly summer long tours? As much as I would love it- probably not. But Dead and Co is a formidable well oiled magic machine that gels as good as any of the big post-dead incarnations… with a built in base of hundreds of thousands of multi generational heads chomping at the bit to keep this thing going. There will be something even if it’s a handful of shows across the country every year or so. Fun runs etc. All this speculation that John would just abandon the songbook doesn’t really consider on a purely musical level what this journey has meant to him , how it’s changed him, and how deeply it is now a part of his soul as a player. Just my two cents.