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RIP Phil Lesh

Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,138
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Died today at age 84. So sad.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/phil-lesh-grateful-dead-bassist-founding-member-dies-84-rcna177360

May you all live to 84 and beyond. 

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  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,525
    RIP great human and great bass player! I’m glad I saw the Dead with him & Jerry! This one hits me pretty hard 😪
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • GlowGirlGlowGirl Posts: 10,909
    RIP. I also saw the Dead several times back in the day with him and Jerry. Sad news.
  • pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,529
    RIP.   Box of Rain is one of the most beautiful songs every written in my humble opinion. Love that song.  
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,525
    pjhawks said:
    RIP.   Box of Rain is one of the most beautiful songs every written in my humble opinion. Love that song.  
    🤘👍 indeed 
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,525
    Passed away the same day Jack Bruce died another giant in the Bass world 
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • ilockyerilockyer Posts: 2,271
    pjhawks said:
    RIP.   Box of Rain is one of the most beautiful songs every written in my humble opinion. Love that song.  
    100%. 

    Living for 26 years following a liver transplant, still performing up until March this year too. 
    Currently listening to/watching a show from the Capitol Theater in March courtesy of youtube... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqmPhTrYat0
    The secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits
  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 29,675
    Fare you well, I love your music more than words can tell.  

    I'm not sure why we don't have a Dead thread.  I could go on about them for years.  
  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 29,675
    josevolution said:
    RIP great human and great bass player! I’m glad I saw the Dead with him & Jerry! This one hits me pretty hard 😪
    I saw them a handful of times when I was in my mid-teens, late 80's to early 90's.  While I loved it of course, I didn't have the appreciation for what I was watching, when I watched it.  I was just a stupid kid getting wasted, trying to get laid and enjoying the traveling circus.  Wish I could do that all over again.  
  • onemorshowonemorshow Posts: 443


    Was lucky enough to meet Phil at the Warfield in S.F. on my b-day. Still have his book he signed to me. RIP Phil. 
  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 29,675
    onemorshow said:


    Was lucky enough to meet Phil at the Warfield in S.F. on my b-day. Still have his book he signed to me. RIP Phil. 
    That's awesome.  How is the book?
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,138
    I was lucky. I grew up near Hartford CT and the band came through at least once a year. We went to see the Dead every time they came through the East coast. From Maine to Virginia, we tried to get to every show, even sleeping in cars.

    Play 4/18/82, my first show and Phil's earthquake space is legendary.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdZ8uDsHy6Y

    The same passion applies to Pearl Jam although I do not go to as many shows as I used to. I often say Ed replaced Jerry in my life. One virtuoso to another. RIP Phil.

    Fare you well, fare you well
    I love you more than words can tell
    Listen to the river sing sweet songs
    To rock my soul
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,525
    Get_Right said:
    I was lucky. I grew up near Hartford CT and the band came through at least once a year. We went to see the Dead every time they came through the East coast. From Maine to Virginia, we tried to get to every show, even sleeping in cars.

    Play 4/18/82, my first show and Phil's earthquake space is legendary.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdZ8uDsHy6Y

    The same passion applies to Pearl Jam although I do not go to as many shows as I used to. I often say Ed replaced Jerry in my life. One virtuoso to another. RIP Phil.

    Fare you well, fare you well
    I love you more than words can tell
    Listen to the river sing sweet songs
    To rock my soul
    Yep caught a bunch of those shows myself 
    https://open.spotify.com/track/0QT7prPZzXJKBYMVdWlE1Z?si=6qXwsnTVQPCpdzuLIeZeFw&context=spotify%3Asearch
    this is my favorite Phil tune 
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,138
    edited October 26
    josevolution said:
    Get_Right said:
    I was lucky. I grew up near Hartford CT and the band came through at least once a year. We went to see the Dead every time they came through the East coast. From Maine to Virginia, we tried to get to every show, even sleeping in cars.

    Play 4/18/82, my first show and Phil's earthquake space is legendary.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdZ8uDsHy6Y

    The same passion applies to Pearl Jam although I do not go to as many shows as I used to. I often say Ed replaced Jerry in my life. One virtuoso to another. RIP Phil.

    Fare you well, fare you well
    I love you more than words can tell
    Listen to the river sing sweet songs
    To rock my soul
    Yep caught a bunch of those shows myself 
    https://open.spotify.com/track/0QT7prPZzXJKBYMVdWlE1Z?si=6qXwsnTVQPCpdzuLIeZeFw&context=spotify%3Asearch
    this is my favorite Phil tune 

    I remember the Box of Rain Breakout.........somewhere on tour. "Let Phil sing."  Not unlike let Stone sing. And the St. Stephen breakout in 83.
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,525
    Get_Right said:
    josevolution said:
    Get_Right said:
    I was lucky. I grew up near Hartford CT and the band came through at least once a year. We went to see the Dead every time they came through the East coast. From Maine to Virginia, we tried to get to every show, even sleeping in cars.

    Play 4/18/82, my first show and Phil's earthquake space is legendary.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdZ8uDsHy6Y

    The same passion applies to Pearl Jam although I do not go to as many shows as I used to. I often say Ed replaced Jerry in my life. One virtuoso to another. RIP Phil.

    Fare you well, fare you well
    I love you more than words can tell
    Listen to the river sing sweet songs
    To rock my soul
    Yep caught a bunch of those shows myself 
    https://open.spotify.com/track/0QT7prPZzXJKBYMVdWlE1Z?si=6qXwsnTVQPCpdzuLIeZeFw&context=spotify%3Asearch
    this is my favorite Phil tune 

    I remember the Box of Rain Breakout.........somewhere on tour. "Let Phil sing."  Not unlike let Stone sing. And the St. Stephen breakout in 83.
    My 1st show was New Haven 78 it’s one of Dicks Picks shows I listen to often great memories! 
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,138
    josevolution said:
    Get_Right said:
    josevolution said:
    Get_Right said:
    I was lucky. I grew up near Hartford CT and the band came through at least once a year. We went to see the Dead every time they came through the East coast. From Maine to Virginia, we tried to get to every show, even sleeping in cars.

    Play 4/18/82, my first show and Phil's earthquake space is legendary.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdZ8uDsHy6Y

    The same passion applies to Pearl Jam although I do not go to as many shows as I used to. I often say Ed replaced Jerry in my life. One virtuoso to another. RIP Phil.

    Fare you well, fare you well
    I love you more than words can tell
    Listen to the river sing sweet songs
    To rock my soul
    Yep caught a bunch of those shows myself 
    https://open.spotify.com/track/0QT7prPZzXJKBYMVdWlE1Z?si=6qXwsnTVQPCpdzuLIeZeFw&context=spotify%3Asearch
    this is my favorite Phil tune 

    I remember the Box of Rain Breakout.........somewhere on tour. "Let Phil sing."  Not unlike let Stone sing. And the St. Stephen breakout in 83.
    My 1st show was New Haven 78 it’s one of Dicks Picks shows I listen to often great memories! 
     That was a great room. So underrated. Saw many shows there. Great Rush shows there.
  • GlowGirlGlowGirl Posts: 10,909
    I saw the Dead several times at Merriweather - when all the Deadheads used to camp out in the woods surrounding the venue. The last shows I saw in the early-mid 90s were at RFK stadium. While I was never a Deadhead I always had a good time at these shows. 
  • Glorified KCGlorified KC Posts: 2,672
    RIP Phil 
    I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,027
    Lots of nice words here from true fans. 
    A great player from an iconic band. 
    Thanks for all the great music, Phil Lesh.  R.I.P.
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,355
    I'm late on this but RIP Phil...
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