Lesh was the oldest and one of the longest-surviving members of the band that came to define the acid rock sound emanating ...

She was highly regarded as a folk, blues and jazz singer. She was also ardently left-wing and prioritized social change over commercial success.

Lesh took violin lessons in third grade, then learned the trumpet, becoming second chair in the Oakland Symphony while still in his teens. But he was driving a mail truck and working as a sound ...

Lesh joined the Grateful Dead in 1965 after meeting fellow founding member ... After the Grateful Dead disbanded in 1995, ...