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Phil Lesh’s Life in Pictures
Looking back at the career of the Grateful Dead bassist, starting with when the band was clean cut and called the Warlocks.
Phil Lesh Didn’t Hold Songs Down. He Lifted Them Higher.
The Grateful Dead bassist found new melodic byways through every song.
Phil Lesh Made Organ Donation His Personal Cause
For the past 25 years, the founding member of the Grateful Dead made a nightly speech about a topic that helped him stay performing into his 80s.
Phil Lesh, Bassist Who Anchored the Grateful Dead, Dies at 84
One of the first rock bassists whose instrument regularly took a lead role, he also had a hand in writing some of the band’s best-known songs.