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Phil Lesh | |
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 Phil Lesh performing at Terrapin Crossroads December 6, 2013 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Philip Chapman Lesh |
| Born | March 15, 1940 Berkeley, California, U.S. |
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| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
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| Years active | 1961–present |
| Labels | |
| Member of | Phil Lesh and Friends |
| Formerly of | |
| Website | www |
Philip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940)[1] is an American musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career.
After the band's disbanding in 1995, Lesh continued the tradition of Grateful Dead family music with side project Phil Lesh and Friends, which paid homage to the Dead's music by playing their repertoire, as well songs of the members of his own group. Lesh operated a music venue called Terrapin Crossroads. He scaled back his touring regimen in 2014 but continues to perform with Phil Lesh & Friends at select venues. From 2009 to 2014, he performed in Furthur alongside former Grateful Dead bandmate Bob Weir.
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 1464/5. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.