With lead guitarist Garcia and rhythm guitarist Bob Weir, Lesh was the bottom layer in an unpredictable rush of sound. Add in ...

October’s music losses include Grateful Dead co-founder Phil Lesh, Cissy Houston, One Direction’s Liam Payne, Iron Maiden's ...

An untraditional bass player who was enamored of John Coltrane, Lesh gave the band a unique twist on rock ’n’ roll ...

The Grateful Dead have found themselves back at No. 1, but this time as a top Amazon bestseller for an official book on the ...

Bassist Phil Lesh, renowned for his intricate and innovative playing style that energized the Grateful Dead, passed away on ...

Playing in the Grateful Dead 'turned out to be life,' said Phil Lesh, founding bassist for the band who died Oct. 25 at the ...

Phil Lesh, bassist and founding member of iconic rock band Grateful Dead, has died. He was 84. The news was announced on Lesh ...

Found on the Dead’s 1974 album “Mars Hotel,” “Pride of Cucamonga” is a wry tribute to a cheap wine of that name produced by ...

Phil Lesh, a founding member of the Grateful Dead whose electric bass playing came to define the psychedelic San Francisco ...

Phil Lesh, founding bassist for the Grateful Dead, died Friday morning at 84 ... He also co-wrote some of the band’s most ...

Bassist Phil Lesh, whose dense, inventive playing powered the Grateful Dead and, following the 1995 death of guitarist Jerry ...

One of the first rock bassists whose instrument regularly took a lead role, he also had a hand in writing some of the band’s best-known songs.