Grateful Dead’s Phil Lesh Dies at 84
The bassist was an original member of the rock band with Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, and Bill Kreutzmann
Phil Lesh of Grateful Dead is dead
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Surprising to learn that he actually played other instruments and started playing the bass much later, and that Garcia invited him to join up despite his lack of experience
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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.
They were all talented people united by a common outlook on life and experimentation with psychedelics. Unlike most other bands they all remained friends for life…they experimented with a lot of instruments and electronics too. Then there is their music…an acquired taste, but once we like it ….
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