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Phil Lesh

Phil Lesh

Acting
15 Mar 1940
25 Oct 2024
Berkeley, California, USA

Biography

Philip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940) 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 originals, common covers, and the songs of the members of his band. Lesh operated a music venue called Terrapin Crossroads. He scale...

Also Known As

The Grateful Dead, Philip Chapman Lesh, Phil Lesh & Friends, Furthur, Phil Lesh and Friends

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