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Following Dead & Company’s epic weekend at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, Mickey Hart shared a poignant reflection of the 60th anniversary shows.

“This weekend was 3 days of coming home and in those final moments of the weekend, it was truly profound,” he wrote on Instagram. “I saw 60,000 people sparking light, in love, entrained big time and coming our way. Different than applause after a song, it sounded more like an ahhhhhh. All the peace and love in proximity generated a collective energy that was shared by all. Very rare stuff indeed.

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Deadheahds made their way to San Francisco over the weekend for Dead & Company’s three sold-out shows. The group celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Grateful Dead with the Golden Gate Park performances, and fans who didn’t get tickets for the concerts or missed the livestreams are in luck: The band’s concert audio is now streaming on Nugs.

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Dead & Company celebrated 60 years of the Grateful Dead with concerts in San Francisco over the weekend — and John Mayer couldn’t be more honored to be part of the festivities. In a sweet Instagram post, the guitarist thanked fans for accepting him as he honored the band’s legacy.

“Night 3 in Golden Gate Park celebrating 60 years of @gratefuldead will be a one we’ll never forget,” he wrote, also thanking Graheme Lesh, son of Grateful Dead’s late bassist, Phil Lesh, for joining the group for all three nights. (Founding...

There was a moment at the end of Dead & Company’s Sunday night performance at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park when you could truly feel gratitude float through the chilly night air. Not from the 60,000 in attendance, but the two men standing with hand to heart on the stage.

Bob Weir and Mickey Hart have taken it upon themselves to continue the legacy started six decades earlier in the very same spot. The Grateful Dead, which they co-founded along with the late Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh, had gone on to tour stadiums and have hit records, but they very much remained a local band — as synonymous with the city as the fog.

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And for that, San Francisco rallied to mark the 60th anniversary in a big way. Flags bearing the Dead’s iconography flew over trolly tracks throughout downtown; “Jerry Day” was declared on...

Dead and Co. wrapped up their three-day celebration of the Grateful Dead’s 60th anniversary Sunday evening at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park with an epic set that included “Shakedown Street,” “Sugar Magnolia,” “Cumberland Blues,” and “Standing on the Moon.”

The Trey Anastasio Band served as the warm-up act, and the Phish frontman came out during the start of Dead and Co’s set to join them on “Scarlet Begonias” and “Fire on the Mountain.” It was a moment of jam band bliss with the two songs stretching out for roughly 15 minutes each.

Dead and Company continued their Grateful Dead 60th anniversary celebration Saturday at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, this time bringing out Sturgill Simpson for a rendition of “Morning Dew.”

Simpson, who — after established himself as a torchbearer of the Dead’s jam aesthetic during his recent tours — served as opener for the second Gd 60 show, led the group through “Morning Dew,” and traded solos with John Mayer over the track’s 12-minute runtime.

Simpson was previously enlisted as part of the Kennedy Center Honors’ tribute to the Grateful Dead earlier this year,...

Dead and Company paid tribute to the late Phil Lesh on the opening night of their Dead 60 anniversary concerts in San Francisco by bringing out Lesh’s son Grahame for “Box of Rain.”

The Bob Weir and John Mayer-fronted band have sparingly performed the Lesh-sung American Beauty classic, one of the bassist’s signature songs, since their inception in 2015; Dead and Company played “Box of Rain” only one other time in the past three years, at their first Sphere weekend since Lesh’s death in October 2024.

Grahame Lesh — who led an all-star band,...

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Deadheads are nothing if not dedicated. The legendary jam band, Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, and Kennedy Center honorees have enjoyed decades of fandom that few bands rival. And just like their decades of musical output, the Grateful Dead are unbeaten when it comes to merch. From the Stealie skull logo to Bertha to the dancing bears, the Grateful Dead have enough iconic images for three separate bands.

The Grateful Dead are celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, from the massive 60-cd box set Enjoying the Ride to a book of rare Jim Marshall photographs. Now, the long, strange trip continues with two separate screenings on IMAX.

Dead & Company — the offshoot that celebrated its 10th anniversary this year with another residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas — will livestream the last of their three shows in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. That live IMAX event takes place on Aug. 3, and features an opening set by the Trey Anastasio Band.

When journalist Brian Anderson acquired a crumbling speaker monitor from the Grateful Dead’s legendary 1974 Wall of Sound via a Sotheby’s auction, it wasn’t just memorabilia he was after. The former science editor at The Atlantic was seeking a portal, both physical and metaphorical, into Grateful Dead history. A way back to a moment when, as bassist Phil Lesh wrote in his 2005 memoir Searching for the Sound, “from the beginning every one of our moves was powered by deep waves in the group unconscious, these mighty currents were moving us in a singular direction toward a musical polar opposite.”

If that sounds a bit out there, that’s because it was. The Grateful Dead charted the musical and psychedelic terrain of the 1960s counterculture. By the early ’70s, they were searching for new ways to innovate and to forge a deeper communion with their audience.

The Wall of Sound...

Grateful Dead fans worldwide are invited to come together to celebrate the 60th Anniversary and the enduring legacy of the legendary band, as Rhino Entertainment and Trafalgar Releasing announce the highly anticipated 2025 edition of “Meet-Up At The Movies.”

This year, the annual theatrical event brings the Dead’s eponymous concert film, The Grateful Dead Movie, to cinemas and IMAX in select territories around the world beginning August 14 for a limited time only.

With the 2025 “Meet-Up,” Dead Heads can anticipate a truly special celebration. Adding an exhilarating new dimension this year, The Grateful Dead Movie will grace IMAX screens in the US and select territories worldwide for the first time. IMAX has meticulously remastered this larger-than-life presentation for stunning sound and picture, creating an immersive and powerful experience that truly makes this a must-see event.

Before the August 14 international release date, advanced previews will be held in 60 IMAX locations across North...

The Mayor of San Francisco is ready to welcome Deadheads to the Grateful Dead’s birthplace: the Bay Area.

On Monday, Mayor Daniel Lurie posted a video of himself in front of Golden Gate Park, announcing that Dead & Company will be performing there for three consecutive shows in August to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Grateful Dead.

“We have some really big news,” Lurie said in the short video. “Dead & Co. Three shows. August 1, 2 and 3. Right here in the city that is the home of the Grateful Dead.”

“What better way to celebrate?...

The Grateful Dead will celebrate their 60th anniversary this year not only with a massive 60-disc live collection but also with a just-announced Best Of compilation.

Fittingly titled Gratest Hits, the LP features nine classics from the Dead’s studio catalog, “Casey Jones” and “Friend of the Devil” to the Phil Lesh standout “Box of Rain” and the band’s biggest hit “Touch of Grey” to the one-two punch of “Scarlet Begonias” and “Fire on the Mountain.”

While there have been dozens of Best Of collections dedicated to the Grateful...

Dead and Company closed out their first weekend back at Las Vegas’ Sphere Saturday by paying tribute to the late Phil Lesh with a rendition of “Box of Rain,” the bassist’s signature Grateful Dead song.

The performance marked the first time the Dead offshoot had played the American Beauty classic since Lesh’s death. As John Mayer led the band on the song, archival photos of the Grateful Dead were shown on the Sphere’s massive screen.

Lesh, who co-founded the Grateful Dead, died in October 2024 at the age...

When Jerry Garcia was alive and the Grateful Dead were constantly touring, the band’s famed singer and guitarist had a vision: A venue of his own he could enjoy when he wasn’t on the road. Now, nearly 30 years after his death, that dream has finally come to fruition.

Garcia’s, a 300-cap concert venue and restaurant in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood, officially opens Friday, six years after the concept was first unveiled back in 2019. The venue is a partnership between Garcia’s estate and longtime concert promoter Peter Shapiro, the owner of Brooklyn Bowl and the Capitol Theatre who promoted the Dead’s famed Fare Thee Well shows back in 2015.

“Chicago has a lot of great venues — the Metro, the Vic, the Riviera, but it doesn’t have this,” Shapiro tells The Hollywood Reporter. “We think it’ll be a new kind of venue in one of...

Today Rolling Stone published a lengthy interview with Bobby Weir, the first all-out Rolling Stone Interview that Weir has ever done. Meeting up with him in Los Angeles, where the Grateful Dead were being honored at the annual MusiCares event, senior writer Angie Martoccio spoke with Weir about a wide variety of topics. Here are a few takeaways.

He’s open to the Dead continuing with only its core members.

Asked about the idea of a possible reunion to mark the Dead’s 60th anniversary this year, Weir said, “When Phil [Lesh] checked out,...

Bobby Weir has been on the road virtually without a break since 1965, but the past few weeks have been crazy even by his standards. In December, he and his band the Grateful Dead were honored at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Now, in late January in Los Angeles, the jam-band legends are being celebrated as MusiCares’ Persons of the Year. In a couple of days, Weir will attend the 67th Grammy Awards, posing for a photo with Taylor Swift that will make Deadheads trip out even more than usual.

When the Grateful Dead celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2015, the band hardly downplayed the moment: The surviving members congregated for a series of Fare Thee Well shows and released a 50-disc box set of previously unreleased live cuts. Phil Lesh’s passing last fall put an end to any possible plans for a 60th-anniversary reunion show this year. But the Dead and its related company, Rhino, are still going big with another, even heftier package to mark six decades since the band (then called the Warlocks) played at Magoo’s Pizza in Menlo Park,...

We lost some entertainment giants in 2024.

Among the big-screen legends who died during the past 12 months were Donald Sutherland, James Earl Jones, Maggie Smith, Carl Weathers, Shelley Duvall, Dabney Coleman, Teri Garr, Louis Gossett Jr., Anouk Aimée, Marisa Paredes and Gena Rowlands.

Related: Saying Goodbye: A Video Tribute To The Hollywood And Media Figures We’ve Lost In 2024

The TV world mourns the likes of Bob Newhart, John Amos, Phil Donahue, Linda Lavin, David Soul, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Martin Mull, Shannen Doherty, Michael Cole, Richard Lewis, Richard Simmons, James B. Sikking, Peter Marshall and Joe Flaherty.

Filmmakers and producers who left us include Norman Jewison, Roger Corman, Al Ruddy, Jon Landau, Lynda Obst, Jim Abrahams, Charles Shyer, Irv Wilson and Paolo Taviani.

The industry also paid tribute to such top executives as Charles Dolan, Paula Weinstein, Jamie Kellner, Richard Parsons, Gerald Levin and Paul Fox.

Broadway’s lights were a...

More than 15 Grammy Week events sponsored by the Recording Academy and many other Grammy-related parties were canceled this year due to January’s devastating Los Angeles fires, with the actual Grammy ceremony, which will still take place on Sunday, Feb. 2, pivoting to focus on raising funds for wildfire relief. But Friday’s MusiCares Persons of the Year Gala, honoring 2007 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipients the Grateful Dead, went on as planned. And the annual charitable event actually felt more celebratory than ever, providing much-needed release and escape on the final night of a particularly rough month.

“Their fans are legendary, and their values — community, resilience, generosity — all align with the MusiCares mission,” Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. said of the beloved psychedelic jam band Friday. “They remind us that music is a force for good. This year, though, honoring them carries extra special community. L.A. is home to an incredible music community,...

What has rainbow grilled cheese platters, giant dancing bear cutouts, and Woody Harrelson wearing a tie dye tie? The MusiCares’ annual Persons of the Year Charity Gala, where the Grateful Dead are the 2025 honorees (with some “Friend of the Devil” food cake to celebrate.)

“It’s an incredible honor and I’m humbled to stand here tonight,” drummer Mickey Hart told the audience, standing on the Los Angeles Convention Center stage on Friday night. “Because not too long ago, they wouldn’t let us into Disneyland. Our hair was too long.

The Grateful Dead will be honoured as MusiCares Persons of the Year 2025, and will be celebrated at a special gala on January 31.

Hosted by Andy Cohen, the event will benefit music professionals in need, including those affected by the greater LA wildfires, and feature performances from artists including Maren Morris, Billy Strings and a special appearance from Dead & Company.

The 2025 MusiCares Persons Of The Year Charity Gala will help raise vital funds to support music professionals in need, including those impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires. Donate to MusiCares’ Greater Los Angeles Fire Relief Effort to make a difference.

With all that the Grateful Dead have given to the music community and beyond, their influence is immeasurable. And on Jan. 31, they’ll be honored in star-studded fashion.

Grammy Award-winning artists Zac Brown, Stewart Copeland, Mick Fleetwood, Sammy Hagar, Bruce Hornsby, Norah Jones, Wynonna Judd, Dave Matthews, John Mayer, Maren Morris,...

MusiCares’ 2025 Persons of the Year benefit gala, in honor of the Grateful Dead, will feature an A-list group of performers. Noah Kahan, John Mayer, Vampire Weekend, and Maren Morris are all on the lineup, along with Dead & Company, Rolling Stone has learned. The event is slated for Jan. 31.

It will also feature Zac Brown, Sierra Ferrell, Mick Fleetwood with Stewart Copeland, Dave Matthews, Sammy Hagar, Bruce Hornsby, Norah Jones, Dave Matthews, My Morning Jacket, Billy Strings, the War on Drugs, the War and Treaty, Wynonna Judd, and Dwight Yoakam, Rs can confirm,...

The MusiCares Persons of the Year benefit gala, one of several official pre-Grammy Awards functions scheduled to take place in Los Angeles ahead of the Feb. 2 show, will go on with its tribute to the Grateful Dead on Jan. 31 and some big names are attached, sources reveal.

The Hollywood Reporter has been tipped to the slated performers on the lineup. They include: Dead & Company, John Mayer, Mick Fleetwood with Stewart Copeland, Norah Jones, Maren Morris, Noah Kahan, Vampire Weekend, Sierra Ferrell and Lukas Nelson, Dwight Yoakam, Billy Strings, My Morning Jacket, the War and Treaty, Sammy Hagar, Zac Brown and the War on Drugs. Previous Grateful Dead collaborator Bruce Hornsby is also expected and friend of the band, and Bravo TV host, Andy Cohen — himself a longtime Deadhead who has hosted Weir on Watch What Happens — will Mc the evening.

An official announcement, released on Jan. 21, also includes Dave Matthews,...

Movie, TV and music fans are remembering notable figures who have died since the start of 2024. “Beverly Hills 90210” star Shannen Doherty, “Bob Newhart Show” star Bob Newhart, “An Officer and a Gentleman” Oscar winner Louis Gossett Jr., “Alice” star Linda Lavin, “Curb Your Enthusiasm” actor Richard Lewis, “Starsky and Hutch” star David Soul and “Honeymooners” star Joyce Randolph, who played Trixie, are among celebrities from the world of television who have died.

In film, cinephiles are remembering actor Donald Sutherland, actor James Earl Jones, “Romeo and Juliet” star Olivia Hussey, producer Roger Corman, “Chinatown” screenwriter Robert Towne, “Moonstruck” director Norman Jewison, “Harry Potter” star Maggie Smith and “The Shining” star Shelley Duvall.

Music stars we lost this year include Quincy Jones, Liam Payne, Kris Kristofferson, Toby Keith, Steve Lawrence and Phil Lesh.

Sturgill Simpson paid tribute to the Grateful Dead for the band’s Kennedy Center Honors, playing a twangy country cover of the band’s classic “Ripple.”

Simpson performed the song in front of Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, and Bill Kreutzmann, the Dead’s three surviving members. He was joined onstage by Don Was as well as the late Phil Lesh’s grandson Grahame to interpret the track off 1970’s American Beauty.

Simpson’s grown more acquainted with the Dead’s music in recent years, particularly as he joined some of...

It’s time once again for the Kennedy Center Honors, this year celebrating its 47th class. And it’s quite the lineup.

Each year, the Kennedy Center Honors “recognizes and celebrates individuals whose unique contributions have shaped the way we see ourselves, each other and our world. Recipients have each had an impact on the rich tapestry of American life and culture through the performing arts. Whether in music, dance, theater, opera, motion pictures or television, each Kennedy Center Honoree has a unique place in the national consciousness and their influence has inspired audiences from all walks of life.”

Here’s everything you need to know about the show this year.

When is the celebration?

The 47th annual Kennedy Center Honors will air on CBS on Sunday, December 22 at 8:30 p.m. Et and at 8 p.m. Pt.

Is it streaming?

Yes, it will be. You can stream it live...

The 47th annual celebration will honor Francis Ford Coppola, Bonnie Raitt, and more.

Welcome the new class of Kennedy Center Honorees! The 47th annual celebration, which honors luminaries across the arts, was held on Dec. 8 in Washington, D.C., but viewers around the country (and the world) will be able to watch the special broadcast live from home this Sunday, Dec. 22. Hosted by Queen Latifah, this year’s ceremony honors Francis Ford Coppola, Bonnie Raitt, the Grateful Dead, and more. The 47th Annual Kennedy Center Honors will be broadcast on Dec. 22 on CBS. We recommend streaming the festivities live with a seven-day free trial to Paramount+ with Showtime.

How to watch The Kennedy Center Honors: When: Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024 at 8:30 p.m. Et/8 p.m. Pt TV: CBS Stream: Watch live with a seven-day free trial of Paramount+ with Showtime. From anywhere: Watch with a subscription to a Vpn. Watch...

The night has arrived for the airing of the 2024 Kennedy Center Honors special and there are so many incredible performers set to take the stage!

Queen Latifah, who was honored at last year’s show, is hosting the event for the first time.

The recipients to be honored at the annual national celebration of the arts are acclaimed director and filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola; the legendary American rock band the Grateful Dead; blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Bonnie Raitt; jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer Arturo Sandoval; and The Apollo, which will receive a special Honors as an iconic American institution.

The event was taped on December 8 at the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington D.C. and President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were both in attendance with their spouses.

CBS is airing the special on Sunday night (December 22) from 8:30pm Et to 11:00pm Et. You...

Joe Biden held his final Kennedy Center Honors last night, paying tribute to the Grateful Dead, Bonnie Raitt, and Francis Ford Coppola, among others. A reception took place at the White House on Sunday and saw Biden celebrating the Dead’s career.

“In the San Francisco Bay at an inflection point in history, the Grateful Dead have long since transcended 1960s counterculture,” Biden said in a speech. “Technical virtuosos fiercely dedicated to their craft, they fused decades and dozens of musical styles to create a whole new American sound. Experimental,...

Dead & Company are headed back to Sphere in Las Vegas next year to celebrate the Grateful Dead spinoff band’s 10-year anniversary. The 18-show run kicks off March 20 and wraps up May 17. Ticket presales begin Dec. 10. Prices start at $145, and they scale up significantly from there.

A press release notes these will be Dead & Company’s “only Sphere shows in 2025,” hinting at the possibility of more concerts elsewhere. The group wrapped up a farewell tour on July 16, 2023, at Oracle Park in San Francisco, but indicated they were open to residencies...

Dead & Company will reconvene in 2025 for a new residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas that coincides with the group’s 10th anniversary.

“Dead Forever 2025” consists of 18 shows kicking off in March 2025 and running through May. According to a press release, these dates will mark the band’s “only Sphere shows in 2025.”

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An artist ticket pre-sale is set for Tuesday, December 10th at 10:00 a.m. Pt (registration is ongoing), with a Live Nation pre-sale following on Thursday, December December 12th at 10:00 a.m. Pt (use code Joy) via Ticketmaster. A public ticket on-sale is set for Friday, December 13th. Travel and VIP packages will also be available starting Thursday, December 5th.

“Dead Forever 2025” marks Dead & Company’s second residency at Las Vegas’ Sphere following their 30-show run in 2024.

Dead & Company’s current lineup consists of former Grateful Dead members Bobby Weir and Mickey Hart along with John Mayer,...

The Grateful Dead were discussing the possibility of a reunion with Phil Lesh before the band’s co-founder and bassist died last month at the age of 84.

The surviving members of the Dead — Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, and Mickey Hart — revealed Lesh’s desire to play with the group again on CBS Mornings. The interview was conducted five days after Lesh’s death, and the bassist was originally set to join them for the chat, which was to mark their upcoming Kennedy Center Honors prize.

“I was hoping that we...

Grateful Dead members Bobby Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, and Phil Lesh had been considering a reunion to celebrate the band’s 60th anniversary in 2025, and even had plans on the books to rehearse. Unfortunately, those plans are now in flux following Lesh’s passing on October 25th.

Weir, Kreutzmann, and Hart spoke with Anthony Mason of CBS This Morning in an interview that took place just five days after Lesh’s death.

“I was hoping that we could play with him again one more time,” Kreutzmann said. “So that, that was my sadness…’Cause I know he wanted to play with us again too.”

“We were kickin’ it around,” Weir added. “In fact, we were gonna, we were gonna get together and, and kick some songs around tomorrow.”

Lesh previously joined Weir, Kreutzmann, and Hart for a series of concerts in 2015 to celebrate Grateful Dead’s 50th anniversary. The...

One year after she herself was celebrated at the Kennedy Center Honors, Queen Latifah is set to host the show for 2024. The 47th Annual Kennedy Center Honors will be taped on Sunday, Dec. 8, and air on CBS and Paramount+ two weeks later on Sunday, Dec. 22, at 8:30pm Eastern and Pacific. The event will be produced by Done+Dusted in association with Rok Productions, executive produced by David Jammy, Elizabeth Kelly, and Jack Sussman, and directed by Alex Rudzinski.

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This year’s honorees are famed filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, the rock band The Grateful Dead, rock singer-songwriter and blues guitarist Bonnie Raitt, jazz musician Arturo Sandoval, and the Apollo Theater, which will receive special recognition as an American institution. They will be seated in the box tier of the Kennedy Center Opera House while their careers and legacies are celebrated...

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 it wasn’t until 1999 that they began a friendship that continued until Lesh’s death in October. Here, in a tribute in his own words that’s set to appear in our December print issue, Gordon talks about what he learned from Lesh, their frequent onstage collaborations, and that heartbreaking version...

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 see your place in the world as something to defend from those who might want to take some or all of it from you — or you can see it as a grand adventure, a place to make dreams come to...

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The late Phil Lesh will always be known for the contributions he brought to the Grateful Dead, but in his 2005 memoir, “Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead,” the songwriter and musician wrote openly about how the band actually contributed to his musical upbringing too.

It’s been well-documented that Lesh grew up playing violin and trumpet — and he writes in the book about his...

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. Lesh’s five shows at the venue this March, marking his 84th birthday, were among his final live performances before his death on Oct. 25.

In a tribute given to Rolling Stone, Shapiro reminisced about meeting Lesh more than 20 years ago,...

Phil Lesh has sadly passed away.

On Friday (October 25), it was announced that the bassist and founding member of the rock band Grateful Dead had passed away at the age of 84.

“Phil Lesh, bassist and founding member of The Grateful Dead, passed peacefully this morning. He was surrounded by his family and full of love,” Phil‘s Instagram account shared.

Keep reading to find out more…“Phil brought immense joy to everyone around him and leaves behind a legacy of music and love,” the message continued. “We request that you respect the Lesh family’s privacy at this time.”

The musician co-founded Grateful Dead in 1965 with Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, and Bill Kreutzmann.

Phil is survived by his wife Jill, and sons Brian and Grahame.

Our thoughts are with Phil Lesh‘s loved ones during this difficult time. Rip.

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 help you grow spiritually as well as musically,” Hart wrote. Like Bob Weir, Hart credited Lesh with exposing the members of the Grateful Dead to music that would inspire the band’s legendary improvisational style.

“He turned me on to the world’s music,...

Warren Haynes is one of many in the music world grieving after Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh died on Friday at the age of 84. The Gov’t Mule guitarist had a special creative bond with Lesh, playing with him for years onstage for Lesh’s projects Phil Lesh and Friends and the Grateful Dead offshoot The Dead.

Hours after the news of Lesh’s death broke, Haynes spoke with Rolling Stone, reminiscing about Lesh’s artistry, his distinct sound and his ability to let the music take over while he was onstage.

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 Anastasio previously played the American Beauty standout alongside Lesh at one of the Grateful Dead’s Fare Thee Well concerts in Chicago in 2015:

Earlier in the day, Anastasio penned a tribute to Lesh, who he’s shared the...

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.

“At the age of seventeen, I listened to the John Coltrane Quartet, focusing on McCoy Tyner’s work, feeding Coltrane harmonic and rhythmic ideas to springboard off of – and I developed an approach to guitar playing based off of it.

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 a river would flow. It went where the muse took it. He was an explorer of inner and outer space who just happened to play bass. He was a circumnavigator of formerly unknown musical worlds. And more,” Bob Weir, Mickey Hart...

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 foundation for what’s around then. Maybe they sing an occasional harmony or are content with a supportive, background role. That was never the case with Lesh. At some point, whether in early jams on “China Cat Sunflower” or “Dark Star...

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 next life.”

“We will miss his sharply dry humor, wry smiles and brilliant insights,” they wrote. “His life’s work is a beacon for all of humanity and will continue to guide countless generations of musicians into the backbone of the beat.

SiriusXM is sad to report that Grateful Dead founding member and bassist Phil Lesh passed away Friday morning. He was 84.

Tune in to Grateful Dead Channel (Ch. 23) in cars and on the SiriusXM app as David Gans, Gary Lambert, and Big Steve Parish pay tribute to Lesh and take phone calls. Later today, listen to a special presentation of Lesh’s 84th birthday concert from earlier this year at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY.

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“Phil Lesh, bassist and founding member of The Grateful Dead, passed peacefully this morning,” according to a post on his official Instagram account. “He was surrounded by his family and full of love. Phil brought immense joy to everyone around him and leaves behind a legacy of music and love. We request that you respect the Lesh family’s privacy at this time.

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 morning,” Anastasio wrote on social media. “Phil was more than a revolutionary, groundbreaking bass player—he transformed how I thought about music as a teenager. I have countless memories of standing in awe, listening to his winding, eloquent...

Phil Lesh’s cause of death has become a topic of discussion following the sad news that the Grateful Dead founding member has passed away.

The longtime bassist for the legendary jam band was 84 years old.

News of Lesh’s passing was revealed on his official Instagram page on Friday afternoon.

Phil Lesh performs onstage at Headcount & Dayglo Present Phil Lesh And Very Special Friends At The Apollo Theater at The Apollo Theater on September 7, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Marc Millman/Getty Images for Dayglo Presents) A Sad Day For Deadheads

“Phil Lesh, bassist and founding member of The Grateful Dead, passed peacefully this morning,” read the statement.

“He was surrounded by his family and full of love. Phil brought immense joy to everyone around him and leaves behind a legacy of music and love. We request that you respect the Lesh family’s privacy at this time.