Phil Lesh, Grateful Dead bassist who hosted Passover jam session-Seders, dies at 84
Not himself a Jew, Lesh bonded with the large community of Jewish Deadheads, celebrating holidays with them at the California music venue he operated after the iconic band broke up
Grateful Dead bassist and founding member Phil Lesh has died at 84
Phil Lesh, bassist and founding member of iconic rock band Grateful Dead, has died. He was 84. The news was announced on Lesh’s verified Instagram on Friday, which said he died “peacefully” on Friday morning.
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Phil Lesh, Grateful Dead bassist who hosted musical Passover seders, dies at 84
Jewish Deadheads mourned Lesh, who played with the legendary jam band for three decades. Among the legions of Grateful Dead fans mourning Phil Lesh are a small but devoted cohort of Jewish Deadheads with memories of celebrating Passover with him.
Surviving Grateful Dead members pay tribute to bassist Phil Lesh, who has died aged 84
Lesh didn’t play bass when he joined Jerry Garcia’s new band, leading to an innovative style that brought the instrument to the fore
Grateful Dead’s Phil Lesh Dies at 84
The bassist was an original member of the rock band with Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, and Bill Kreutzmann
Fans gather to mourn Grateful Dead founding bassist Phil Lesh who died at 84
Fans lined up outside a house in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood to pay their respects to Phil Lesh, the founding bassist of the Grateful Dead. According to a post on his official Instagram account, Lesh died Friday morning at 84.
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In one note from the Phil Zone, you could hear and feel the world being born. His bass flowed like a river would flow.”
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