Grateful Dead

I'm playing Box of Rain on my guitar and looking out my window through splintered sunlight because of my tears ...
So long Phil.
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In honor of Phil Lesh, on my morning commute I cranked LIVE/DEAD to 11. In one release our hero's brilliance is on full display...............

Sometimes the bottom, sometimes on top, bobbing and weaving, leading here, following there, daring, innovative, fierce bass playing that was never matched, that challenged us all to pay attention to his stunning musicality............

Sadly, sometimes only in death do our heroes get their due respect. Rest assured, my friend, the music will be forever treasured, the spirit will live on!!

Rock on,

Doc
Six proud walkers on the jingle bell rainbow......

So long, Phil, thanks for the tunes.

Thanks for everything

Reddy Kilowatt rides at dawn!!!!

Phil's bass thundering through the Wall of Sound pushed the very air out of my lungs that afternoon so I had to get on the bus. It has been quite a ride, thanks so much Phil!!!

"It was as if the music was being sung by gigantic dragons on the timescale of plate tectonics,” he wrote. “Each note seemed to take days to develop, every overtone sang its own song, each drumbeat generated a new heaven and a new earth."
- Phil Lesh

"It's all a dream we dreamed
One afternoon, long ago" - Robert Hunter

To me he was the reason the Grateful Dead had a Mystical and Magical feeling at their concerts and their music. He was my favorite band member Saw him on his Birthday this year and shook his hand in 2006

LOVE you Phil

So long, Phil. Please tell Jerry and Keith I said, "Hi!". Crosby too.
And thanks for everything. Wow barely begins to describe.
Anthem of the Sun on full bass tonight. Wow!

Dark Star>St. Stephen>The Eleven>Death Don't Have No Mercy on Two from the Vault is hard to beat Phil.
Best New Potato Caboose I've found.

Been on the bus for 44 yrs, Phil has moved to the cosmic bus now, but wanted to throw a bit of gratitude out to the cosmos for being able to see him & hear his wonderful contributions to this music that accompanies our lives. Rock on Phil!

Can’t count the ways you made our days, or all the memories
But try as I may, Whatta ya say, cept thanks that can’t be measured!!

Took this photo on 4/8/85. I waited and waited and waited, for him to do something interesting, and he knew it, and had great fun teasing me as I patiently waited, and wham, at just “that” moment he turned and looked right at me accompanying one of those lovey bass bombs lol
Unfortunately, the lights changed at the moment also and my inexperience and slow film, it’s not a very good shot, but I’ll always treasure it as a beautiful personal moment among many I was so fortunate to have because of the Dead and especially Phil! May the four winds blow you safely home!
I’m going back to San Anselmo, I do believe I’ve had enough…

Sad news today. The man had a great run and rocked out until the very end. I am proud to have seen him play many many times with Jerry and with so many other very talented musicians. Loved how he encouraged and enriched the new jam band scene by leveraging his fame and persona by playing with so many young new acts. He was dialed in for sure and took the same old songs to new peaks and levels every time he took the stage. I'll miss him. R.I.P. Phil