Lesh’s contributions to the Grateful Dead were immeasurable and left behind some of their most unforgettable songs. Here’s a look at four songs Lesh wrote for the band from the late ’60s ...

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

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

Some rock bassists make it their job to hold down the bottom of a song: to hone parts that crisply but unobtrusively stake out a harmonic and rhythmic foundation, that are felt as much as heard. Phil ...

The Grateful Dead disbanded in 1995 after Garcia's death, but Lesh continued to perform into his 80s, often with his son, Grahame Lesh. "I think great songs do that, no matter what the subject ...

Phil Lesh, the Grateful Dead’s founding bassist ... bottled with a white screw-top cap. Maybe those layers — of meaning, not of flavor — helped inspire the song. Lesh wrote the music and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh, a founding member who co-wrote 'Box of Rain' and several other songs, dies at 84. Got a question? Put a reporter on it. Ever think of a question ...

The result was that even well-known Grateful Dead songs like “Truckin’” or “Sugar Magnolia” rarely sounded the same two performances in a row, something that would inspire loyal fans to ...