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Bob Weir is voting for Kamala Harris. On Monday, the Grateful Dead founding member shared his endorsement of the Harris-Walz ticket — and a Grateful Dead-inspired T-shirt depicting Democratic presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris and her VP running mate, Tim Walz, as part of the logo. “You can …

The family of Jerry Garcia, the lead guitarist of the Grateful Dead, paid tribute to his fellow co-founder Phil Lesh, who died on Friday at the age of 84. In a statement shared to social media, Garcia’s family said that they were “devastated to learn of Phil’s passage to the …

The moment could arrive anywhere, anytime, but you always knew it was coming. It was the moment, at a Grateful Dead show or on a live recording, when Phil Lesh and his bass would make themselves known. Most bass players in traditional rock & roll bands provide a solid low-end …

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 …

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. …

Hours after the death of Phil Lesh, Phish opened the first night of their three-show Albany, New York run with a poignant rendition of “Box of Rain,” the bassist’s most enduring Grateful Dead song. While the performance marked the first time that Phish has covered “Box of Rain,” guitarist Trey …

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 life. There are only a few people you meet in your lifetime that are special, important, who …

Peter Shapiro, the concert promoter who organized the Grateful Dead‘s 50th anniversary Fare Thee Well shows, spoke to Rolling Stone following the death of the band’s bassist, Phil Lesh. In recent years, Lesh staged annual birthday concerts for himself at the Shapiro-owned Capitol Theatre venue in Port Chester, New York. …

Phish’s Trey Anastasio, who performed alongside Phil Lesh at both the Grateful Dead’s Fare Thee Well shows and Phil and Friends concerts, paid tribute to the bassist Friday following Lesh’s death at the age of 84. “I was deeply saddened to hear that my friend Phil Lesh passed away this …

Phil Lesh, the classically trained musician who co-foundedthe Grateful Dead and whose unconventional bass playing steered the band into some of its most experimental directions, died Friday at the age of 84. Lesh’s death was announced on social media, with a short statement reading: “Phil Lesh, bassist and founding member …