“ Sadly, I never got to see the Grateful Dead.”
That’s lucky.
Is he still grateful?
Now he is Deadful Grate.
I only attended 33 Grateful Dead concerts and I am crying right now. I love you Phil.
Sad. That guy was dominant w/o minimizing the others in any way.
Saw them many times. RIP.
They have their own Sirius/XM station and I am continually drawn to it. The bass line is what keeps me so alert while driving.
Saw them once and was not happy. The auditorium smelled of pot and I was horrified. Much better to listen to a recording in a clean environment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzFjINO9q8w
10/14/14: Bob Weir and Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead are joined by Giants third-base coach Tim Flannery in singing the national anthem.....
I’m so sorry to hear this. I actually knew him a little bit. I used to work in a café cooking breakfast in San Rafael, California in the late 70s and early 80s and Phil used to come in for breakfast every day he was in town. There was a waitress who also worked there, a friend of mine, very nice and happy girl. Her name was Jill. He asked for her to serve him breakfast every day, and she ended up marrying him and having his children and they have been together to this day.
Great bass player.
RIP Phil.
The Phil Zone. R.I.P.
I and my soon to be wife saw the Grateful Dead in 1976 at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis. We were seated on the floor maybe 100 feet back from the stage.
Saw the at the philmore east a number of times the Central Park band shelland Woodstock in 69. Also saw the at capital theater in rye NY. Some great performances….some not so great. I guess the drugs available to them at the time made the difference
He outlived most rock stars. 84 is respectable by any measure.
Ok, now for a Grateful Dead joke.
Why did deadheads wave their hands in front of their faces during a concert?
To keep the music out of their eyes.
Only saw them once in 1969. Never a big fan but they were around. Especially liked jerry garcia’s unique sound. Phil was an integral part. Amazing he made it to 84. RIP.
Kinda shocked when I heard Lesh was 84. Reminds me I’m getting older too. I think my 1st Dead concert was 1972.
Great bassist. Thanks for the music.
RIP
Sad news. I have no idea how many times I saw them. It was a lot.
No comment.
An early sound engineer, Owsley Stanley, for The Dead became an infamous LSD SF-based chemist noted for his supremely pure drug.
Later, he became the subject of Steely Dan’s “Kid Charlamagne” - a song with the incredibly iconic guitar solo by Larry Carlton.