The Grateful Dead were discussing the possibility of a reunion with Phil Lesh before the band’s co-founder and bassist died last month at the age of 84. The surviving members of the Dead — Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, and Mickey Hart — revealed Lesh’s desire to play with the group again on CBS Mornings. The […]
The surviving members of the Grateful Dead paid tribute to founding bassist Phil Lesh in a statement following his death Friday, “Today we lost a brother.” “Phil Lesh was irreplaceable. In one note from the Phil Zone, you could hear and feel the world being born. His bass flowed like a river would flow. It […]
The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir paid tribute to his band mate Phil Lesh following the death of the bassist Friday. On social media, the guitarist credited Lesh with introducing him to much of the music that would inform his own playing style, as well as influence the Dead’s improvisational music. “At the age of seventeen, […]
Hours after the death of Phil Lesh, Phish opened the first night of their fall tour with a poignant rendition of “Box of Rain,” the bassist’s most enduring Grateful Dead song, at their concert in Albany, New York. While the performance marked the first time that Phish has covered “Box of Rain,” guitarist Trey Anastasio […]
“His sound is indelibly embedded in my mind as is Jerry’s sound… and always will be,” drummer writes of late band mates Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart penned a tribute to his longtime band mate Phil Lesh following the death of the group’s founding bassist Friday at the age of 84. “Phil Lesh changed my […]
