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Phil Lesh
Sign in to saveAlso known as Phil Chapman Lesh, Phil C. Lesh, Philip Chapman Lesh, Philip C. Lesh, Philip Lesh
American musician (1940–2024)
Film & TV
Berkeley, California, USA
Philip Chapman Lesh (March 15, 1940 – October 25, 2024) was an American musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career. After the band's disbanding in 1995, Lesh continued the tradition of Grateful Dead family music with side project Phil Lesh and Friends, which paid homage to the Dead's music by playing their originals,…
Known for
- Grateful Dead: Tivoli Concert Hall, 4/17/72 — Self2022
- Inside Scofield2022
- Bob Dylan & Phil Lesh & Friends – Baltimore Arena 1999 — Self2020
- Grateful Dead: Giants Stadium 1991 — Self2019
- Basketball: A Love Story — Self (archive footage)2018
- Long Strange Trip — Self2017
- Long Strange Trip — Self2017
- Dear Jerry - Celebrating The Music of Jerry Garcia — Self2016
- Grateful Dead: 2015.06.27 - Santa Clara, CA — Self2015
- Grateful Dead: 2015.07.03 - Chicago, IL — Self2015
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Philip
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- United States
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- lyricist
- Educated at
- College of San Mateo
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Student of
- Luciano Berio
- Field of work
- lyrics
- Genre
- psychedelic rock
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Warner Records Inc.
- Official website
- www.phillesh.net
- Image
- Phil lesh 12-06-2013.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1940-03-15
- Commons category
- Phil Lesh
- birth name
- Philip Chapman Lesh
- start of work period
- 1961-00-00
- name in native language
- Phil Lesh
- date of death
- 2024-10-25
- end of work period
- 2024-00-00
- medical condition
- bladder cancer
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