Watch Phish’s cover of the Grateful Dead’s “Box of Rain” here. Lesh, a founding member and longtime bassist for the Grateful ...

"He often spoke of music as coming from God, with musicians as conduits. Phil was undoubtedly one of the greatest conduits ...

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

Lesh began his long musical odyssey as a classically trained violinist, starting with lessons in third grade. He took up the ...

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, 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, according to a post on his official Instagram ...

Phish have long been hailed as their generation's successor to jam band godfathers the Grateful Dead, but the Trey ...

Phish marked the passing of Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh with a show-opening cover of "Box of Rain" in Albany.

Surviving band members Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann posted a touching message on Instagram on Oct. 25 ...

The Grateful Dead’s Phil Lesh pushed the band to new psychedelic frontiers – and chose intimacy when his remaining bandmates ...

The bassist was an original member of the rock band with Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, and Bill Kreutzmann ...