Phil Lesh

Phil Lesh was the bass player for the Grateful Dead. Since the death of Jerry Garcia he has performed with numerous different artist, and worked on many projects. His two biggest projects are "The Dead" which is the surviving memebers of the Grateful Dead. He also has his band which is known as "Phil Lesh & Friends". Phil Lesh turned 75 on March 15th and "is entering his 15th year of playing with a rotating mix of Friends, both old and new. Phil began playing under the moniker Phil Lesh and Friends in 1998 Read more on Last.fm …read full bio

Phil Lesh was the bass player for the Grateful Dead. Since the death of Jerry Garcia he has performed with numerous different artist, and worked on many projects. His two biggest projects are "The Dead" which is the surviving memebers of the Grateful Dead. He also has his band which is known as "Phil Lesh & Friends". Phil Lesh turned 75 on March 15th and "is entering his 15th year of playing with a rotating mix of Friends, both old and new. Phil began playing under the moniker Phil Lesh and Friends in 1998, after he’d returned to performing following the death of his friend and bandmate Jerry Garcia in 1995. With a varied mixture of some of the best performing musicians in the live music universe, Phil has kept his musical journey fresh by constantly and consistently putting together bands featuring dynamic, exciting musicians and singers working together toward keeping the music of the Grateful Dead moving forward into the future. Musicians who have joined Phil Lesh and Friends over the years include a who’s who of performers: Trey Anastasio and Page McConnell of Phish, Jorma Kaukonen, David Nelson, John Molo, John Scofield, Greg Osby, Ryan Adams, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams, Warren Haynes, Jimmy Herring, Joan Osborne, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Bill Payne and Paul Barrere of Little Feat, Chris Robinson… and the list goes on and on. Phil is continuing the journey with some more recent friends of the past few years: Joe Russo, Jackie Greene, John Kadlecik, Jeff Chimenti and Adam MacDougall. With the opening of Terrapin Crossroads in 2012, Phil has signaled his intent to keep playing with friends old and new for many years to come." Besides the 50th Anniversary concerts in July with The Grateful Dead, on May 14th he will be at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD for Dear Jerry - Celebrating the music of Jerry Garcia with a band called Phil Lesh's Communion. In the fall he has 4 shows with Phil & Friends in Portchester, NY at The Capitol Theater. He also shows up at his venue Terrapin Crossroads periodically. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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