Phil Lesh grew up listening to classical and jazz music. Then he reimagined the electric bass and changed rock history. The ...

Phil Lesh, a classically trained violinist and jazz trumpeter who found his true calling reinventing the role of rock bass ...

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.

Especially being in a band, there’s a bit of comradery that comes with that as well. I think us all bonding while learning our instruments, learning the songs that we had to perform, there’s a ...

Daylight may end earlier in November and a winter chill may be in the air, but this series of shows throughout the month ...

Fred Ellwein spent a lifetime in music, including as Army band commander and Rapid City teacher. Now he's a hall of famer.

Armed with a cheap four-string instrument his girlfriend bought him, Lesh sat down for a seven-hour lesson with Garcia, ...

Phil Lesh gave the Grateful Dead permission to be weird. Which basically means, Lesh gave the band permission to be itself.

Bassist Phil Lesh, whose dense, inventive playing powered the Grateful Dead and, following the 1995 death of guitarist Jerry ...

Long before he sold millions of records and toured the globe with Coheed and Cambria, Travis Stever was just a kid who loved music.

Fans and fellow band members recognized Phil Lesh as a critical member of the Grateful Dead and he was known for his ...

They’ve also become a staple on the summer festival circuit and established themselves as a strong opening act for the likes ...