Phil Lesh

Personal Info

Birthday

March 15, 1940

Day of Death

2024-10-25

(84 years old)

Place of Birth

Berkeley, California, USA

Also Known As

The Grateful Dead

Philip Chapman Lesh

Phil Lesh & Friends

Furthur

Phil Lesh and Friends

Phil Lesh

Biography

Philip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940) is 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, common covers, and the songs of the members of his band.

Lesh operated a music venue called Terrapin Crossroads. He scaled back his touring regimen in 2014 but continues to perform with Phil Lesh & Friends at select venues. From 2009 to 2014, he performed in Furthur alongside former Grateful Dead bandmate Bob Weir.

Known For

Filmography

2022
Grateful Dead Meet-Up 2022
as Self
2020
Bob Dylan & Phil Lesh & Friends – Baltimore Arena 1999
as Self
2019
Grateful Dead - Giants Stadium 1991
as Self
2016
Dear Jerry - Celebrating The Music of Jerry Garcia
as Self
2015
Grateful Dead: Fare Thee Well - 50 Years of Grateful Dead (Santa Clara)
as Self - Performer
Grateful Dead: Fare Thee Well - 50 Years of Grateful Dead (Chicago)
as Self - Performer
Grateful Dead: Fare Thee Well - Rainbows Are Real, Chicago, IL
as Self
Grateful Dead: 2015.07.05 - Chicago, IL
as Self
Grateful Dead: 2015.07.04 - Chicago, IL
as Self
Grateful Dead: 2015.07.03 - Chicago, IL
as Self
Grateful Dead: 2015.06.27 - Santa Clara, CA
as Self
Grateful Dead: 2015.06.28 - Santa Clara, CA
as Self
2013
Move Me Brightly - Celebrating Jerry Garcia's 70th Birthday
as Self
Grateful Dead: Sunshine Daydream
as Self
2012
Grateful Dead: All The Years Combine - The DVD Collection
as Self
2011
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
as Self (archive footage)
Grateful Dead: Crimson, White & Indigo
as Self
2008
Grateful Dead: Rocking The Cradle - Egypt 1978
as Self
2006
Phil Lesh and Friends: Live at the Warfield
as Himself
Tom Snyder's Electric Kool-Aid Talk Show
as Self
2005
Grateful Dead: Bird Song
as Self
2003
Festival Express
as Self
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault IV
as Self
2002
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault III
as Self
Rising Low
as Himself
2001
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault II
as Self
The End of the Road
as Self
2000
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault
as Self
1997
Grateful Dead: Anthem to Beauty
as Self
1995
Grateful Dead
as Self
1993
Truckin' With The Dead
as Self
1989
Grateful Dead: Live at Foxboro
as Self
Grateful Dead: Truckin Up to Buffalo
as Self
Grateful Dead: The Making of "Built to Last"
as Self
Grateful Dead: Downhill from Here
as Self - Performer
1987
Grateful Dead: Ticket to New Year's Eve Concert
as Self
Grateful Dead: So Far
as Self - Bass
1981
Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead
as Self - Grateful Dead
1978
Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland
as Self
1977
The Grateful Dead Movie
as Self
Grateful Dead: New Jersey Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo - Live at The Capitol Theater
as Self - Performer
1970
Gimme Shelter
as Self
1966
The Acid Test
as Self