Phil Lesh
The bass player for the greatest improvisational band in American history tells the full, true story of his life, Jerry Garcia, and the Grateful Dead.
Phil Lesh first met Jerry Garcia in 1959 in the clubs of Palo Alto, California. At Garcia's suggestion, Lesh learned to play the electric bass and joined him in a new group that blended R & B, country, and rock 'n' roll with an experimental fervor never before heard.
In time for the Grateful Dead's fortieth anniversary, Phil Lesh offers the first behind-the-scenes history of the Dead. Lesh chronicles how the Dead's signature sound emerged, flowed, and swelled to reach millions of devoted fans, from their first gigs at Frenchy's Bikini-A-Go-Go for an audience of three, to the legendary Acid Tests, to packed stadiums around the world.
In San Francisco during the Summer of Love, at Woodstock, Altamont, and the Great Pyramids of Giza, the Grateful Dead have been at the center of some of rock's defining moments. Phil Lesh.recounts what it's been like to live at the heart of this whirlwind— impressing Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie, sharing the stage with Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, and the Rolling Stones. Lesh describes what it was like to storm heaven night after night—and the price he and others have paid. Bad management, drug addictions, depression, and insecurities persistently plagued the band members and would culminate with the most tragic blow of all — the death of Jerry Garcia.
Phil Lesh Quotes
1.) When we rehearse, it's fascinating because we do - I don't know if any of you folks know Eurhythmy, but Eurhythmy is a science, an art of movement that is aligned with planetary and cosmic principles.2.) We sing a little song before we eat, a little blessing before we eat, and it's really - we're thanking the Lord and the Earth for the food that we eat, and it really brings you together in a profound kind of way.
3.) There was always so much encouragement, to just really take it and run with it, from Deadheads.
Phil Lesh at a Glance
Phillip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940 in Berkeley, California) is a musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead. Lesh played bass guitar in that group throughout their 30-year career.
Lesh started out as a violin player. In high school, he switched to trumpet, studying under Bob Hansen, and had a keen interest in avant-garde classical music and free jazz; he also studied under the Italian modernist Luciano Berio at Mills College (classmates included minimalist composer Steve Reich, and future Dead keyboardist Tom Constanten). While still a college student he met then-bluegrass banjo...
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Phil Lesh, Organ Donor Recipient
Phil Lesh is still alive because of an organ donor.Every year, more than 70,000 patients await an organ donation. Every day, 60 people on that list are able to receive a donated organ. Every day, 16 people who are waiting on that list die because not enough organs are available.
Phil Lesh was one of the fortunate ones who received a liver from a person who was kind enough to be a organ donor.
Today, Phil Lesh is a major advocate for organ donation programs. At every concert he takes a time out to encourage his fans to sign up to be organ donors.
For more information on Phil Lesh, please visit www.phillesh.net.
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The Grateful Dead Movie
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Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead
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Searching for the SoundSearching for the Sound is a ruthlessly honest look inside one of the greatest American bands. It includes a bonus live recording of Box of Rain performed on March 19, 1990 at the Hartford Civic Center, Hartford Connecticut.
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Phil Lesh & Friends - Live at the Warfield Theater
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