Phil Lesh, the Grateful Dead’s founding bassist who died Oct. 25 at age 84, rarely wrote songs or sang lead. Among his contributions to the band’s oeuvre, though, was one of the most celebrated tunes ...

I got a text from the tour manager; she reached out to the [band] to tell us so we didn’t hear it in the press. My heart stopped. He’s had a lot of health challenges, and I guess in some ways we knew, ...

In the wake of beloved bassist Phil Lesh’s passing on Friday, Oct. 25, an outpouring of tributes has arrived in songs and covers plucked from the Grateful Dead’s cherished songbook. Many artists ...

Phil Lesh, a founding member of the Grateful Dead whose electric bass playing came to define the psychedelic San Francisco sound, died Oct. 25 at age 84. The musician’s death was announced on his ...

When they weren't playing with The Grateful Dead, these musicians were known to sit in for a studio feature or two.

Phil Lesh is one of Mike Gordon’s biggest heroes. Gordon, the bassist for Phish, became aware of the Grateful Dead in high school and soon zoned in on Lesh. The two briefly met at a show in 1993, but ...

Phish returned to Albany, N.Y.’s MVP Arena, for the first time since 2018 this past weekend, continuing a long trend of memorable shows at the venue dating back to 1995. The concerts benefited Trey ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Phil Lesh, a classically trained violinist and jazz trumpeter who found his true calling reinventing the role of rock bass guitar as a founding member of the Grateful Dead, died ...