Playing in the Grateful Dead 'turned out to be life,' said Phil Lesh, founding bassist for the band who died Oct. 25 at the ...

"When we get onstage, what we really want to happen is, we want to be transformed from ordinary players into extraordinary ...

When Phil Lesh had his first rehearsal with the Warlocks just a few months before they changed their name to the Grateful Dead, it was an epiphany ... “This could be art!” he enthused. It wasn’t just ...

Phil Lesh, bassist and founding member of the Grateful Dead, died Friday morning “surrounded by his family and full of love.” ...

For Native American Heritage Night, the Nuggets gave away posters designed by a local Indigenous artist and had a drum circle prepared as the halftime show. Grateful Dead night will have a ...

The Grateful Dead have been named the 2025 MusiCares Persons ... This marks only the third time a band (as opposed to a single artist) has received MusiCares’ annual award, following Fleetwood ...

"I remember saying to the guys, 'You know, this could be art!' And they laughed, because they knew already." Lesh, who also composed jazz and learned the bass guitar to join the Grateful Dead ...

The Grateful Dead join a starry list of artists who have been celebrated by MusiCares including Joni Mitchell, Fleetwood Mac, Dolly Parton, Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson and last year’s ...

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