Bassist Phil Lesh, a founding member of the Grateful Dead, passed away recently at the age of 84. Phil was one of the ...

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Something not looking for applause, yet more essential than any show-stopping riff. It’s the bass guitar of our lives: purpose. The bass guitar is a curious beast, isn’t it? It doesn’t clamor.

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Grateful Dead founding member Phil Lesh has died at age 84. Lesh was a classically trained violinist and jazz trumpeter who found his true calling reinventing the role of rock ...