Phil Lesh, a classically trained violinist and jazz trumpeter who found his true calling reinventing the role of rock bass guitar as a founding member of the Grateful Dead, died Friday at age 84.

JUST THINKING BACK ON ALL THE TIMES I SAW THE GRATEFUL DEAD. PHIL LESH WAS A WONDERFUL PLAYER, VERY CENTRAL TO THEIR SOUND AND TO THEIR IMPROVIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. PEOPLE LIKE JESSE HAVE ...

rekindling memories of the multiple chapters of Lesh’s Telluride legend and recalling the impact the ground-breaking bassist and the eldest founding member of the Grateful Dead made in some 60 ...

The live version of this psychedelic tune goes on for well ... Grateful Dead songs of all time. “Viola Lee Blues” is a standout song on the band’s self-titled 1967 album.

When Phil Lesh had his first rehearsal with the Warlocks just a few months before they changed their name to the Grateful Dead ... Recorded for the Dead’s 1974 album, “From the Mars Hotel ...

Errico saw “well over 100” Grateful Dead shows, following the band and “selling things” to pay his way. “I got to meet him (at Blues and Brews) and thank him for touring so hard over the years through ...

The Grateful Dead’s second album Anthem of the Sun features Lesh’s co-written “That’s It for the Other One,” “New Potato Caboose,” “Alligator,” and “Caution (Do Not Stop on ...

Among the legions of Grateful Dead fans mourning Phil Lesh are a small ... who ran the deadheadland website as well as the Facebook group Jews for Jerry, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in ...

Meanwhile, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead—a band whose DNA is deeply tied to the Grateful Dead—honored Lesh with an emotional return of “Box of Rain” at Oakland’s Fox Theater, marking the ...

Phil Lesh, the Grateful Dead’s singularly iconic and beloved bassist, died last week at age 84. He was a beautiful musician, a wonderful man, a sweet soul. He also – through his identifiably ...

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The surviving members of the Grateful Dead, as well as other musicians and fans ... "I remember saying to the guys, 'You know, this could be art!' And they laughed, because they knew already." ...