Lesh also developed an early interest in avant-garde music and free jazz, both of which later influenced his unique bass playing in the Grateful Dead. While in college at the University of ...

Phil brought immense joy to everyone around him and leaves behind a legacy of music and love,” the Instagram statement reads in part. FILE - The Grateful Dead, from left, Phil Lesh, Bill ...

Lesh also developed an early interest in avant-garde music and free jazz, both of which later influenced his unique bass ...

He would say in later years that his love of music ... that Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter, upon hearing the instrumental recording, approached him the next day with a lyric sheet.

Phil Lesh performing at a Grateful Dead reunion concert at the Alpine Valley Music Centre in East Troy ... approached him the next day with a lyric sheet. On that sheet, he said, were “some ...

Lesh’s death comes two days after MusiCares named the Grateful Dead its Persons of the Year. MusiCares, which helps music professionals ... next day with a lyric sheet. On that sheet, he said ...

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