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Phil Lesh

Phil Lesh

Actor · Born 1940-03-15 · Berkeley, California, USA

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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. Lesh was born in Berkeley, California, United States, and started out as a violin player. While enrolled at Berkeley High School he switched to trumpet and participated in all of the school's music-related extracurricular activities. Studying the instrument under Bob Hansen, conductor of the symphonic Golden Gate Park Band, he developed a keen interest in avant-garde classical music and free jazz. After attending San Francisco State University for a semester, Lesh was unable to secure a favorable p…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Gimme Shelter (1970) — Self
  2. Nash Bridges (1996) — Phil Lesh
  3. Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place (2011) — Self (archive footage)
  4. The Grateful Dead Movie (1977) — Self
  5. Festival Express (2003) — Self
  6. Long Strange Trip (2017) — Self
  7. Grateful Dead: Anthem to Beauty (1997) — Self
  8. Classic Albums (1997) — Self
  9. The Kennedy Center Honors (1978) — Self - Honoree
  10. Grateful Dead: View from the Vault (2000) — Self
  11. Long Strange Trip (2017) — Self
  12. Apostrophes (1975) — Self - Grateful Dead
  13. Grateful Dead: Truckin Up to Buffalo (1989) — Self
  14. Rising Low (2002) — Self
  15. Grateful Dead: Downhill from Here (1989) — Self - Performer
  16. Basketball: A Love Story (2018) — Self (archive footage)
  17. The End of the Road (2001) — Self
  18. Grateful Dead: Ticket to New Year's Eve Concert (1987) — Self
  19. Move Me Brightly - Celebrating Jerry Garcia's 70th Birthday (2013) — Self
  20. Grateful Dead: Sunshine Daydream (2013) — Self
  21. Grateful Dead: Fare Thee Well - 50 Years of Grateful Dead (Chicago) (2015) — Self - Performer
  22. Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead (1981) — Self - Grateful Dead
  23. Grateful Dead: View from the Vault II (2001) — Self
  24. Grateful Dead: So Far (1987) — Self - Bass
  25. Grateful Dead: View from the Vault III (2002) — Self
  26. San Francisco Rock: A Night at the Family Dog (1970)
  27. Grateful Dead: View from the Vault IV (2003) — Self
  28. Grateful Dead: 2015.07.05 - Chicago, IL (2015) — Self
  29. Dear Jerry - Celebrating The Music of Jerry Garcia (2016) — Self
  30. Tom Snyder's Electric Kool-Aid Talk Show (2006) — Self
  31. Grateful Dead: Rocking The Cradle - Egypt 1978 (2008) — Self
  32. The Acid Test (1966) — Self
  33. Grateful Dead (1995) — Self
  34. Grateful Dead: Bits And Pieces About...
  35. Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland (1978) — Self
  36. Grateful Dead Meet-Up 2022 (2022) — Self
  37. Grateful Dead: 2015.06.27 - Santa Clara, CA (2015) — Self
  38. Grateful Dead: 2015.07.03 - Chicago, IL (2015) — Self
  39. Grateful Dead: 2015.07.04 - Chicago, IL (2015) — Self
  40. Grateful Dead: 2015.06.28 - Santa Clara, CA (2015) — Self