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By MIKE GORDON As told to Alison Weinflash Phil Lesh is one of Mike Gordon’s biggest heroes. Gordon, the bassist for Phish, became aware of the Dead in high school [...]

By DAVID BROWNE Additional reporting by Ethan Millman THE FOUNDATION Lesh onstage in 1966 (© JIM MARSHALL PHOTOGRAPHY LLC) Guitarist Warren Haynes sometimes had his doubts about where things were [...]

Byline: Jordan Hoffman When (https://www.vulture.com/tags/grateful-dead/) Grateful Dead co-founder, bassist, sometime backing vocalist, and eternal experimenter Phil Lesh (https://www.vulture.com/article/phil-lesh-dead-grateful-dead-bassist.html) died on Friday at the age of 84, Deadheads were keen to [...]

Byline: Jennifer Zhan The surviving bandmates of (http://www.vulture.com/article/kennedy-center-honors-grateful-dead-francis-ford-coppola.html) the Grateful Dead have joined others across the industry in honoring founding member Phil Lesh after the bassist (https://www.vulture.com/article/phil-lesh-dead-grateful-dead-bassist.html) died at 84 [...]

The bassist with the Grateful Dead has died of unconfirmed cause, aged 84. Phil Lesh co-founded the legendary US band in the early 60s, who helped define the psychedelic movement, [...]

Just about any Deadhead is familiar with the Phil Lesh bass known as 'Mission Control'. What is hazy are many of the details, as this bass seemed to simply disappear [...]

Just about any Deadhead is familiar with the Phil Lesh bass known as 'Mission Control'. What is hazy are many of the details, as this bass seemed to simply disappear [...]

OTEIL BURBRIDGE IS AS IN-DEMAND to his fan base as he is professionally. There's the muso crowd that laid early claim to him for his jazz and fusion-informed fingerboard feats [...]

The article presents an interview with bass player Mike Gordon. He discusses how for several years he has been the rhythmic engine and foundational center of legendary jam band Phish and his work for the music album "Ogogo." He mentions how much he has been admiring admire bass players like Phil Lesh and how Lesh is able to constantly vary what he's playing. He also mentions memorable parts are the musical explorations that lead to religious experiences in getting lost in the music.

MANY MUSICIANS HAVE had to cope with Covid-19's impact on their career, but J.D. Simo had to deal with its effect on his body as well. The guitarist fully recovered [...]

The article focuses on the rock music group Grateful Dead after their frontman, Jerry Garcia, passed away in 1995. It states Garcia checked himself in at the nonprofit Betty Ford Center to treat his heroin addiction and then at a retreat in Marin County where he was found dead due to a heart attack. It mentions that while the group disbanded after Garcia's death, various original members have come together and held full or partial reunions. It comments that guitarist Bob Weir, bassist Phil Lesh, and drummer Bill Kreutzmann will reunite for five shows celebrating the rock band's 50th anniversary. It talks about efforts by Grateful Dead musicians to make money off their music including concerns about digital downloads of their music and a deal with Rhino Entertainment.

ASK A GRATEFUL DEAD FAN (let's call them Deadheads) when their favorite band came to an end, and odds are they'll tell you it was Aug. 9, 1995, when the [...]

IT'S A QUESTION GENERATIONS OF JAM-MINDED bassists have asked themselves as they bite into a juicy groove: What Would Phil Do? Almost 45 years after the birth of the Grateful [...]

The article presents an interview with Phil Lesh, the bassist from the band Grateful Dead, as of April 2014. He discusses his performances as part of Phil Lesh and Friends at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York, the chemistry and relationships between Lesh and other Grateful Dead members including Jerry Garcia, and the effect of Lesh's work in experimental composition on the band's improvisation of music.

An interview with veteran musicians Phil Lesh, Warren Haynes and John Bell is presented. Bell cites anyone from George Carlin to Van Morrison as his role models when he was still starting his music career. When asked on the influence of numerous festivals in the last decade, Haynes believes that festivals are an important part of the music scene, especially in 2013 when people cannot afford to see every show they want to see.

In this article the author discusses the Grateful Dead, an American rock band. Various topics are discussed in the article including the illegal drug addiction of lead guitarist and singer Jerry Garcia, several analogue soundboard recordings of the band's live performances in the 1970s, and fans of the band, called Deadheads. The article also discusses sound engineer Betty Cantor-Jackson, provides comments from band member Phil Lesh, and the group's touring history.

The article features the career and music of the band Furthur. It relates how Phil Lesh and Bob Weir coped with the passing of Jerry Garcia in August 1995 and formed the band The Other Ones with Grateful Dead alum Mickey Hart and other players. The duo eventually sought new members for a band, and they include RatDog's Jeff Chimenti, drummer Jay Lane, Phil & Friends drummer John Molo, and John Kadlecik. The first song the band played together was "Playing in the Band" and they performed for the first time at the Fox Theater in Oakland, California.

An interview with musician and Grateful Dead founder, Phil Lesh, is presented. When asked about how they are preparing for their tour, he relates that they have been conducting a two to ten day rehearsal in preparation for the band's upcoming tour. He affirms that the band is focusing on releasing classic music since they feel that it would most likely be the thing that people and their fans would want to hear. He also affirms that he will be touring with the four living members of the band.

An interview with Grateful Dead members, Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann and Phil Lesh is presented. When asked to describe how does it feel upon touring with the band again, Lesh states that it is a cool and exciting thing to see that every member is doing his own thing in an improved way. Weir also asserts that they are planning on having a couple of weeks rehearsing for their tour, since they need to focus on how they will work out their appeal to people.

The article reports on the concert tour of Phil Lesh on February 2006 in the U.S. He had a performance at Beacon Theater together with bandmates Barry Sless, Joan Osborne, Rob Baracco, Larry Campbell and Jeff Sipe. Lesh and his bandmates were also joined by Warren Haynes for the second set on February 11 and by Trey Anastasio throughout the night of February 12.

This article presents information on the rock performer The Grateful Dead from North Carolina. Phil Lesh is a member of this band. He mothballed his undergraduate dream of becoming a composer or conductor of avant-garde music. It was also a hint of where Lesh would soon be going and where he would help take American music with the band he joined as bass player in June 1965. Bob Weir, another member of the band, had been expelled from a string of private academies around the Peninsula and ended up in Menlo-Atherton High School, near Palo Alto, in 1964. He liked music, liked playing music, and played guitar really well.