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Phil Lesh and Friends was an American rock band formed and led by Phil Lesh, former bassist of the Grateful Dead. [ 1 ] Phil & Friends is not a traditional group [ 2 ] in that several different lineups of musicians have played under the name, including groups featuring members of Phish , the Black Crowes , and the Allman Brothers Band .
Philzone.com—Phil Lesh and Friends fan site; Parker, T. Virgil. "Phil Lesh: All in the Music", College Crier; Phil Lesh and Friends at archive.org; Lesh, Phil (2005). Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead. New York: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 0-316-00998-9. Trager, Oliver (1997). The American Book of the Dead. Touchstone.
Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of the Grateful Dead was a series of concerts that were performed by most of the surviving members of the Grateful Dead: Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, joined by Trey Anastasio, Bruce Hornsby and Jeff Chimenti, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Grateful Dead.
That changed last night (Oct. 25) when Phish opened their show in Albany, N.Y., with a first-time cover of the Dead’s “Box of Rain” in honor of its singer and composer, Phil Lesh, who died ...
Lesh was hailed as one of the greatest bassists in modern rock history. Phil Lesh, the prolific bass player and co-founder of the legendary rock band the Grateful Dead, has died at 84.. Lesh's ...
Lesh and Kaukonen each sing lead vocals on about half the songs on the album, and the band's vocal capabilities are enhanced by backup singers Cornwell and Ellis. As usual for Phil Lesh and Friends, the musical emphasis is on jam band style interpretations of Grateful Dead songs, although the album also includes a few numbers from the Airplane ...
A short speech by Phil Lesh was followed by a four-song acoustic second set, featuring more classic Dead songs like "Friend of the Devil" and "Deal". Then the band plugged in again to play an extended third set, including New Orleans classic " Iko Iko " (in honor of Mardi Gras ), and ending with a reprise of the opener, "Playing in the Band ...
It was performed by Lagin and Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh between the second and third sets of the concert. [5] " Seastones" is a loosely structured composition, partially improvised in performance, that is an early example of electronic music , with many of the sounds generated using synthesizers and computers.