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Grateful Dead Bassist Phil Lesh Dies At Age 84

Renowned Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh passes away at 84, leaving behind a cherished musical legacy. Our thoughts are with his family and fans during thi...

Top News · Oct 25, 2024

Phil Lesh, bassist for the Grateful Dead, dies at 84

The musician was a founding member of the influential band and died ‘surrounded by his family and full of love’

The Guardian - US · Oct 25, 2024

Grateful Dead founding member Phil Lesh dies aged 84

He was best known for the song Unbroken Chain, about the counterculture band’s connection with its audience.

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2024

“We’re trying to uphold a delicate state of anarchy. Anarchy in Egypt”: The incredible story of The Grateful Dead’s legendary gigs at the Pyramids Of Giza

In 1978, The Grateful Dead and their entourage landed in Egypt for three gigs at the Pyramids of Giza. This is what happened

Louder · Oct 13, 2024

“The nut is carved from 10,000 year-old-Siberian mammoth-tusk ivory”: Is this the world’s most expensive bass guitar?

The Flora Aurum – created in 2007 to mark Ritter Basses’ tenth anniversary – was priced at $100,000

Guitar World · Jun 2, 2024

"It’s a common misconception among the unconverted that the Grateful Dead’s music was characterised by aimless noodling, rather than by deftly deployed fretboard know-how": 5 songs guitarists need to hear by the Grateful Dead

Newcomers can dig in for a long strange trip here

MusicRadar · Mar 21, 2024

“Christine had been killed. The studio was somewhere I could go where I’d feel something other than lost”: how David Crosby turned grief into hazy magic on his solo masterpiece If I Could Only Remember My Name

“Christine had been killed. The studio was somewhere I could go where I’d feel something other than lost”: how David Crosby turned grief into hazy magic on his solo masterpiece If I Could Only Remember My Name

Louder · Dec 2, 2023

Part party, part call to action: A look at pot holiday 4/20

It’s 4/20, the high holiday for marijuana enthusiasts, and it’s falling this year as the U.S. government reviews its cannabis policy and as more states have legalized the drug

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2023

Wilco guitar ace Nels Cline shines with band and on his own: 'I'm not sure I have a style,' he says

Wilco guitarist Nels Cline has long been hailed for his skill and stylistic diversity, as befits a six-string master who has collaborated with such varied artists as Rickie Lee Jones, Phil Lesh, Mike Watt, Anthony Braxton, Yoko Ono, Rufus Wainwright and Wadada Leo Smith.

Tribune News Service · Sep 19, 2022

Sacred Rose: Chicago’s newest music festival is a ‘choose your own’ affair

Not since the one-year Dave Matthews Band Caravan in 2011 has there been a jam band event of this scale in the area, with dedicated stages for fans of Americana, psych rock and other experimental styles.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 23, 2022