Phil Lesh, a classically trained violinist and jazz trumpeter who found his true calling reinventing the role of rock bass guitar as a founding member of The Grateful Dead, died Friday at age 84.
His thundering bass lines provided brilliant counterpoint to lead guitarist Jerry Garcia's soaring solos, anchored band's famous marathon jams ...
Drummer Mickey Hart called him the group's intellectual who brought a classical composer's mindset and skills to a five-chord ...
Phil Lesh, a classically trained violinist and jazz trumpeter who found his true calling reinventing the role of rock bass guitar as a founding ... and skills to a five-chord rock ‘n’ roll ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Phil Lesh, a classically trained violinist and jazz trumpeter who found his true calling reinventing the role of rock bass guitar as ... skills to a five-chord rock ‘n ...
Phil Lesh, a classically trained violinist and jazz trumpeter who found his true calling reinventing the role of rock bass guitar as a founding ... and skills to a five-chord rock 'n' roll band.
LOS ANGELES — Phil Lesh, a classically trained violinist and jazz trumpeter who found his true calling reinventing the role of rock bass guitar as ... skills to a five-chord rock ‘n’ roll ...