The surviving members of the Grateful Dead paid tribute to founding bassist Phil Lesh in a statement following his death, "Today we lost a brother." ...
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.
Lesh was the oldest and one of the longest surviving members of the band that came to define the acid rock sound emanating from San Francisco in the 1960s.
Over the past few months, Julien Baker has been playing solo shows and debuting new songs. She’s also been helping out on other people’s tracks. She appeared on Touché Amoré’s song “Goodbye For Now.” ...