Billy Strings also joins the band for "Wharf Rat" on the opening night of the weekend-long Grateful Dead 60th anniversary ...

Phil Lesh, a founding member of the Grateful Dead whose electric bass playing came to define the psychedelic San Francisco sound, died Oct. 25 at age 84.

Phil Lesh, the bass player who co-founded the legendary rock band Grateful Dead, died on Friday. He was 84. Lesh’s death was announced in a statement posted on his official Instagram account.

Phil Lesh performs with Phil Lesh & Friends as part of the Outlaw Music Festival at Summerfest's American Family Insurance Amphitheater on June 27, 2019. Lesh, the longtime bassist with the ...

Phil Lesh, the bassist for the Grateful Dead who propelled many of its wildest musical explorations yet also composed and sang one of its loveliest songs, "Box of Rain," has died. He was 84.

Phil Lesh, bassist for the Grateful Dead, died this morning (October 25), according to a statement on his official social media accounts. A cause of death was not shared, just that he “passed ...

Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh, right, performs with his Dead bandmate Bob Weir in San Rafael in 2013. (James Cacciatore/IJ archive) Phil Lesh, left, plays with his son, Grahame, at Terrapin ...

Hours after the death of Phil Lesh, Phish opened their Albany, New York concert with a cover of "Box of Rain," his most enduring Grateful Dead song.

FILE - Phil Lesh performs with The Dead, at the Forum in the Inglewood section of Los Angeles, on May 9, 2009. Lesh, a founding member of the Grateful Dead, died Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, at age 84.

File photo: Phil Lesh, of The Grateful Dead, performs during a reunion concert in East Troy, Wis. on Aug. 3, 2002. Lesh, a founding member of the Grateful Dead, died Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, at age 84.

Phil Lesh, a classically trained violinist and jazz trumpeter who found his true calling reinventing the role of rock bass guitar as a founding member of the Grateful Dead, died Friday at age 84.

FILE - Phil Lesh, of The Grateful Dead, performs during a reunion concert in East Troy, Wis. on Aug. 3, 2002. Lesh, a founding member of the Grateful Dead, died Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, at age 84.