Why Phil Lesh is my favorite member of the Grateful Dead: A Tribute

[@NorthForkRugged]

I love Phil. And I am sad. But I am also happy. What a life to have lived. God speed, Phil. You are the personification of the remainders reality. We can only aspire to live the life you did. and we all hope to honor it.

[@nicholasalvesesilva5056]

AVAA. The scene in the Grateful Dead movie where Phil is very excited and giggling like a child because he realized that the camera was causing his bass to make some very unusual noises is a personal favorite Dead moment for me!

[@jackstraw4129]

I recounted that story to some friends yesterday. Cheers.

[@Bodhidrop]

Top tier Phil moment "Yeah, the camera! Bring it here, bring it here! Then the pan up to his face from the myriad controls through a sun like white bulb of light. Blew my mind (as the band would often do when I was younger ) when I first saw that.

[@hubertsumlin9697]

Bearded Phil! That is a great scene.

[@PaulFormentos]

@@hubertsumlin9697 Love Phil with the beard, inspired me to grow one

[@Ashishsinhaofficial]

I am a 52 year old musician writing from Kathmandu Nepal. Greatful Dead was a staple here in Kathmandu, when the Hippies came. Freakstreet was a famous hangout area back then. We still have remnants of those areas, and some hippies decided not to go back. The music back then continues to inspire third world musicians like us. 25 years back, me and my band got to open for Donovan Leitch (Mr. Mellow Yellow) - it was wonderful to see all the remaining Hippies come for that. They were old, wiser, more grounded :) Thank you for doing this. Best wishes.

[@james-k2r]

Was in Nepal in 1991. Spent 3 months there. Good Charas. Left from Calcutta on a overnight train to Patna and then bus to the border of Raxual/Birganj and then a bus to Kathmandu. Went to Pokhara and then trekked a bit and went to Mahendranagar and into India again. Good times. Loved Nepal! I have some good photos of that time.

[@elijahwilson1422]

@@Ashishsinhaofficial I am in America and I am a homegrower and also make my own Black Hash. I salute you

[@aaronbrooks7132]

I met my woman through the dead scene and have 3 sons from that connection, im positive, without Phil I wouldn't have met this girl. It's all connected, brother. Unbroken Chain.

[@atravelerofbothtimespace4172]

❤

[@Stonecrow25]

Same

[@Noodleboy56]

Phil sang all of the high harmonies in the early days. Mostly in the 70's. And he sang them well. Listen to Europe 72 for instance. But he sang himself out and was unable to sing later in life. And BTW he was the recipient of a liver transplant in 1998(thank you Cody for keeping Phil alive for 25+ years)

[@bpar73]

I saw Phil sing a Tom Thumb's at RFK in 93 where he sang "I'm going down to Foggy Bottom, I do believe I've had enough"

[@professorskye]

Really? That is awesome.

[@johnhayes8520]

NYC

[@joergie6008]

Good times I was there .. first show was 92 RFK 💀✌️🌹

[@goodcitizen6193]

I was there!

[@joergie6008]

@@goodcitizen6193 train horn was pretty cool for my first show

[@peterlee4856]

I love the graceful duck T shirt.

[@starcat17]

He's gone...😰 Thank you, Phil - we've loved you more than words can tell.💔 Float like a feather... and enjoy your time now with Jerry 💙🌉🌹🎤🎸🎶🪶🌠✨

[@jeffreyhotchkiss9451]

LOL my last Dead concert was in 1978. Would have been memorable if my brains hadn't been blasted out in Winterland. But I totally get the "hating hippies" part. And I did remember Phil's bass. He turned the stage into a black hole, around which I spun. My friend Ed, long-haired Italian hippie, and my roommate Peter, a British punk, took the bus to downtown one day. Peter got off the bus on Market St. Ed stuck his head out the window and yelled "fuckin' punk!". Peter yelled back from the street: "fuckin' hippie!". Other passengers minded their own business.

[@ZionForman]

dude I saw the Dead in the 70s , Phil was the intellect of the band and arguably the best overall musician, I was at that Hershey Park show and remember it well , thanks

[@Stonecrow25]

While we resume our signing in the rain

[@hedleykerr3564]

I enjoyed his singing on Unbroken Chain in Philly at the Spectrum in March I believe 1995! Enjoyed your segment on Phil! Thanks

[@c11p]

AVAA My last Dead show was in the summer of '91 at Giants Stadium and I was fortunate enough to be at all three Phil & Phriends shows in April of '99 (birthday gift). Those memories will always be top-tier ones for me. Phil was my favorite, as well, and became even more so as I dove deep into his incredible style of playing in the early-00s. Add his ubiquitous "Donor Rap" at the end of every Phil show to the story (several instances of organ donations saving lives of my loved ones), his willingness to play with more and more people as he aged right up to the end, and his resolve to always stand up for what he believed in, and you've got a man who left an indelible impression of this world, and this man. Fare Thee Well, Phil, a cornerstone of the Unbroken Chain of what's good in this world.

[@ChrisByrne-dr4gu]

I spent years at Terrapin Crossroads it was Phil's musical living room and gift to all us deadheads he gave us all he had, gonna miss him terribly, 💔 He was joyous Thunder⚡️

[@Stonecrow25]

Good times. Loved that place

[@patrickrobinson6765]

This is a perfect example of why the internet is a human garbage dump. Phil was beyond the garbage

[@Krix6426]

Well stated and shared. Phil had a great life that he made millions of people happier with. RIP. The Dead are all amazing. All members come from different genres. They were able to flex around each other's jams with little ego interference. They are unique and immortal.

[@jackstraw4129]

LET PHIL SING LET PHIL SING is something we used to chant. :) My first tape was 4/28/71. I wrote Greatful Dead lol. At 1/58 all the tapes in your left hand are legendary especially 2/13/70 and 2/15/73. The 2/13 show(s) were on Fri. 13th I think. Famous horror actor introduces the band(Jerry loved Frankenstein). The Allman Brothers Band opened up those shows. Two bands four drummers. Acoustic set opener for the Dead. Dane Co. Darkstar>Eyes>China just an exquisite stretch of music. We all should have bought stock in Maxell. RIP Phil. The Music Hasn't Stopped. 💔🙏😓🤡Are you a Bozo or a Bolo? That is the true question. Search YT GD A Beautiful Jam (2/18/71). Then search Phil reacts to ABJ. It's truly touching. Only played once. 2/18/71 famous for 6 debut songs I believe. Cheers Beautiful People.

[@susiefairfield7218]

🤘🏼🎶💓

[@jackstraw4129]

@@susiefairfield7218 Highya Susie. We go wherever the tributes are. 💚🤗 Give Mr. Cotton my best. 😎

[@joergie6008]

Phillin it up since I got on the bus 🚌 ⛽️

[@jackstraw4129]

@@joergie6008 The bus came by that's where it all began...

[@janisjackson7322]

There were many different types of "hippies".in the 60's. Don't pigeon hole them. Some were politically aware, some did drugs, some were beautiful some were tragic. They all loved the music which was deeply woven into the very heart and fabric of our lives, something that seems missing in the scene today. Bands that all played real instruments and had their own distinctive sound. I never considered myself a deadhead, but fell in love with the band the first time I heard Workingman's Dead on the turntable at a party. Loved Jerry, once he was gone things were not totally the same for me . Sad for the loss.

[@Stonecrow25]

And some got six months, some got one solid. Me & my buddy got a lifetime here ❤

[@aaronbrooks7132]

I'm 49 Southern CA. used to go see them in Vegas as a youngster similar to you the end of it all it was over before we were ready. Sad losing Phil dude was Phenomenal

[@jtsrecordroom3963]

10/10/80 Warfield Theatre San Francisco 2nd Electric Set is tight ! Jack Straw Scarlet> Fire is my favorite ! Phil was great doing Tom Thumb's Blues.. Thanks again for some thoughtful and personal views.

[@kennethquinones3907]

I'm 58 and a Deadhead AND a Hippie!! How you could be so full of hate for a predominant group of fans and love a band who's overall theme was kindness and their motto was "ain't no time to hate" is beyond me. So, that's where you lost me. Your appreciation for the man and the music is lost if you had an attitude of "better than" the whole time, sorry.

[@theshrubberer]

right on. Phil probably would respond "Hmm, ok man, whatever"😂

[@stephenvitelli5116]

I hear what you're saying. I'm 70 and I remember getting beat up and ridiculed for having long hair. Because the majority of citizens in 1969 were shocked by the social change that was happening so fast. It's too bad that this guy has the attitude he has about the "hippies." But I get it because the "hippies" were explosively controversial, and irritating to the vast square society. And I remember the backlash very well, and then I also remember the resentment and boredom of subsequent generations, gen X etc., towards the "hippies." But what this guy fails to understand is that the "hippies" were not some homogenous group that a whole generation of people fit into neatly, far from it. I wasn't sure I was a hippie. Some people were half hippie and half cog in the machine like everybody else. Some hippies liked drugs, some didn't. Some of us were political others just flower children, on and on there is no one single profile of what a "real" hippie even is. His reaction to "hippies" was more a rebellion against the rebels and based on a stereotype. that is only half real.

[@MrBustanutization]

Absolute legend! The music never stops.

[@Jonesnaltitude]

RIP Phil

[@tompoynton]

I’m 46 and in the UK and grew up with a Deadhead dad, house full of the same tapes as yours, but never saw them live. First time I went to the States in 1999 to stay with my Deadhead uncle in SF, I saw Phil & Friends over 2 nights (7/2 & 7/3) at the Warfield (with Bill Kreutzmann on drums too, his first time playing since Jerry had passed), still one of the most memorable shows of my entire life. I’m a huge ‘77 head too, and was just listening to 5/9 earlier today!

[@jackstraw4129]

5/9 has the Help>Slip>Franklin and the haunting China Doll. Those Phil and Phriends(the ones with Trey) are some of the jammiest shows ever. Cheers.

[@tompoynton]

@@jackstraw4129 Love those shows! Check out the two shows I went to (7/2 & 7/3 1999), they’re both on YT - Billy K on the drums, Kimock, Dave Nelson, Barry Sless and Mookie Siegel.. liquid

[@jackstraw4129]

@@tompoynton I don't normally do this but I have a friend with a channel. Nognuisagoodgnu. Not monetized. Just for music and our "family". Several people from the UK, India and Scotland. He has all the shows but one from 4/99 which he will premiere soon. "Jerry Church" every Sunday 10am EST. The operator is a very khind hooman. Weir everywhere. Cheers.

[@jtsrecordroom3963]

Nice tribute for Phil ! I'm west coast.. so I know what you're speaking of. My run was 1981- 93 with a bunch of shows after Jerry passed. I did a little 6 minute tribute as well. Thanks for your honest take on The Dead... And Phil ! 👍

[@jeffbrown-hill7739]

Wonderful video! Right at 16:22 I stopped and said, "that is so f@#$ing cool!". What a thoughtful guy Phil must have been.

[@0987-t4f]

You cant have a favorite, they where one

[@BaconWars211]

AVAA. Phil was my mom's favorite member as well, he was a major reason I switched from drums to bass.

[@bpeters2062]

Loved listening to this Skye!!!

[@SkelatorRevisited]

Only a 100 tapes and 20 shows. Lightweight

[@counterconformity]

Seriously such a great and valuable insight into a great man and musician. On behalf of the Deadheads, Thank u so much for ur time and service to be able to post this :)

[@lgindoffchannel]

I was at Hershey 1985 and taped it and loved the Heineken line. Great show in the pouring rain.

[@susiefairfield7218]

🙏💓Rest In Peace Phil

[@joergie6008]

Heyyy .. I know youuuu 🤪

[@Grd583]

A fantastic story about Phil Lesh and even your Grateful dead experience. Image is from 1988 Monterey 29/07. 😂👍🇸🇪 From Stockholm Sweden

[@RUMBLEGO1]

That was awesome!! Thanks so much for sharing that!!

[@32563razbaz]

I had an encounter with Phil Lesh that involves Just Like tom Thumb Blues and occurred on the evening of 9/11/01, that's too long to go into here but i'd be happy to share it with you in some manner. I shared this link with my father as I believe you voiced very well my experiences as a deadhead which he seems to be fascinated with as he is a voracious reader and read Garcia's bio, bravo!

[@TheK7aloha]

OMG OMG OMG THOSE TAPES! I still have mine too! 1st show Philly Spring ‘86! I remember!!! I was at U of Delaware!!

[@giovannito858]

I was lucky. Saw my first show in 88 and saw them over 40 times with Jerry. I've probably seen Dead & Co. about 25 times, and have seen other "reunions" and side-projects/solo of Phil and Bob. I loved Phil also. They were all important to the sound, but Phil's bass is ridiculously amazing.

[@UncleWayon]

Good stuff, thanks for sharing!

[@PabloHernandez-rr1or]

AVAA, my condolences to all, i was not familiar with the grateful dead but i understand the sadness

[@noelstafford7266]

3:42 i came to hear about Phil, and instead I get your therapy session? Wtf. I'm 52, grew up in Rochester, and there were tons of hippies around. I was one of them. Hey, we were all neglected back then. Quit blaming your parents for being chill. We weren't all so lucky. Oh, and rest in peace, Phil ♥️

[@theshrubberer]

yeah I had the same reaction...a bit too self serving ....god forbid the boomers are/were not perfect .

[@hubertsumlin9697]

Good call

[@Joe-ny2up]

I initially had the same reaction, but the fact is he does not know Phil personally, so sharing how he impacted his life kinda makes sense. But yes, at times felt like a bad wedding toast where the best man only talks about himself.

[@johnnytoobad7785]

I'm almost 70 and saw my first Dead concert at the Capitol Theater in Port Chestet NY in 1971. The Dead and Phil put my hometown of Port Chester on the rock &roll map. The Capitol Theater hosted the Dead and just about every incarnation of Phil's later bands. Also hosted many other fine concerts.

[@professorskye]

Love that tape!

[@elijahwilson1422]

You mention Rochester, while I sit here AND DRINK a Genesee Ice. I can't hate hippies, I used to hang out at Rainbow Family Gatherings.

[@Stonecrow25]

Nice! Used to hit gatherings. Last one i went to was the national gathering in Ithaca after doing all summer tour in 90. I got lice 😂 also Rochester guy here, though live in NC now. I miss it

[@elijahwilson1422]

@Stonecrow25 I was at Pennsylvania in 1999 and only went to two others before it. As well as some council events, nothing like taking two hours to put out a campfire. That was ONLY ONE hit of red windowpane and that Summer shall live forever in my mind. ALSO, it's where I started running into large numbers of Deadheads

[@edbstrung]

My first show was the Jerry Garcia Band at the Warfield in SF somewhere around ‘89 to ‘90. I was immediately hooked, yet mostly a loner going to shows. My first Grateful Dead show was soon after. Phil added whole other dimensions inside the Oakland Coliseum walls. He was the most relaxed, unconventional artist of them all. Bass in most music follows a predictable pattern, not Phil. Still, it made soo much sense. How can something soo chaotic make soo much sense? It was like he was channeling the creative forces of the Universe. Thanks for sharing. We’re about the same age and caught them about the same years. ~Eddie

[@DavidCorway]

Dude. Watching and loving your content on here for years. This is one of your finest vids. #LMMP

[@chrisgould7606]

Perfect explanation Faint is spot on 200 shows for me Starting in 81

[@ktvelde]

Great tribute! However, I always thought of the Dead having four members upfront…Jerry, Bobby, Phil & Brent/Vince (from my live era).

[@stevenbell8208]

Bass Great, Lesh Philling..

[@LudiCrust.]

That autograph is priceless. That joke taps into everything that is the Grateful Dead. My mom’s best friend was John Parry Barlow’s 1st wife so I got to know some of them a little bit. She moved home to the Midwest in 1980 to get away & start a family but we’d see them when they were in Indiana & occasionally Chicago which was every year from 89-95. All of them were really nice guys if not a little weird.

[@klenmcrock5265]

I remember Phil popping up on the jumbotron at Giants Stadium telling everybody to be chill throughout the show and safe. My last show was Albany in 95 summer tour. Pretty good set lists.

[@billyray4147]

You can't dance with a broken leg.

[@Ned88Man]

You were one of the last generations of people that saw the Dead live...people born in the late 70's were coming of age during the last hurrah.

[@tracyhill6166]

I was born in 70 and discovered the Dead at age 17. I sit here with my best friend I met because of the Grateful Dead on a vacation, my current tour buddy, and it's all due to a shared love of the Dead and a dog that ran away. Life is all connected. Phil is a star seed now. ❤ NFA.

[@TheK7aloha]

Because Phil is a BAD ASS Musician! Classically trained!

[@ThatBoyBent]

My first show was like 2000 in Boston and I just followed them around in school buses and stuff after that for many years

[@johncordes7885]

Great tribute

[@carlmccumber]

Hersey park is awesome. tom thumbs blues.

[@Bodhidrop]

Jerry Hat trick to close the first set!

[@benjaminmortensen2194]

I remember hearing TTB after only hearing Hershey park in my early deadhead life from the radio, dead hour, I was confused why there were different words to start out. PA issues. Same age as you. Jealous of your show number but I still got to see Jerry a couple times and one happened to be on one of THOSE nights. Best night of my life

[@direwolf6234]

dead in the 90s ?? .. best era was 1970-74 .. 10 albums .. classic iconic tunes .. small venues .. youthful energy .. mellower drugs ...

[@Bodhidrop]

I'll add in late 67 though 70 as well, I start losing a bit of interest at 72s end, but 73/74 are still great. Maybe 8 different bands though that era. Then late 70s, another couple. Whole other beast. Not usually my thing, but more solid tight playing and excellent vocals. 80s are more more the acolyte/suspension of disbelief, but still many gems along the way. But yeah, youthful energy + growth as players 70-74. Phil was a beast then. Kreutzman too.

[@klenmcrock5265]

Trust me, we tail enders wish we were born sooner.

[@johnr3587]

When Jerry died the best tributes were in small publications because they were personal. Well done.

[@eastab]

July 88 Laguna Seca. I was there. My first Westcoast shows

[@scooter2163]

i went to one of those!

[@markaseka]

Dude - I was at that 11/7/85 War Memorial Show that you flashed on screen - I had to stop the vid and check out the set list to confirm - that was the show where they dropped the 20 Years So Far banner behind the band on the "We will survive" change at the end of Touch of Grey - the audience lost their shit! So cool!

[@gratefulfredly8643]

Its all about the stories. Been watching as the day goes by. People at the house at Haight, fellow musicians, fans, I got 116 shows and, still not enough. Phil was the anchor. Went to Terrapin Crossroads remember talking to the staff about just what a kind guy he was. Got to watch his court dates with Jerrys wives. Lawyer asked him do you want to be here, No! Tell me about Jerry, " Pretty cool dude" LMAO Thanks for your stories, tell us more, later....

[@noturnleftunstoned72]

Great stuff! I've seen Phil with the Dead a little under a 100 times and he never ever "let us down" musically. If you concentrated and followed Phil intently, he would take on beautiful journeys. Often times seaming to play a completely different tune. Also, Phil was a true psychedelic astronaut until the end. Big Steve Parish, the lead roadie as well as a few others that were with him daily for 25+ years, have stated that he took acid almost every show right through 1995 and Further. Yes, I know that sounds like a silly and unreal side story but it is indeed true. There are places you can hear Big Steve say as much on many of his podcasts. That's a huge reason he always sounded great, to stay on the beat as well as improvise. {{ Fare You Well }} great video and comments Skye! peace.

[@paulferranti8536]

Hey ! That’s me yelling on the Dicks Pick Rochester 77 ! I yelled Jack Straw and they played it…I was also yelling “ Yeah “ during Phil’s solo.before and after “Eyes”…so what ? You may say ..I say this is the season of what now ?

[@steviegenoski9977]

55y/o GDT 89-95 Same opinion on post JG Dead. Ghost of what was. Fare thee well Phil.

[@raygunner2437]

Well that was different but interesting. Phil recites The Raven at a show in Baltimore 1982. Check it out. 1985 was touring hard, saw every show outside California except Rochester 🤯 The final tour was winding down and being in Worcester and on the road all year decide to blow off that long ride across I90 and head back home to NJ where the final shows were. Many year later sitting in a hotel on The Genesee River with a view of the arena couldn't help but have some regret. Anyway were in town for a Phil and Levon Helm show in the park. What a great time, big barbeque festival going on and town was very welcoming. Furthur was the end of the line for me. Played incredible places like Red Rocks and Barton Hall. Small theaters.... Phil and Bobby but you knew who was in charge...lol

[@ollielindsay]

The Audience made it rad

[@joergie6008]

Lesh is More indeed 💀👌🌹..hippies & Deadheads are like 2 fun cousins .. same same but very different

[@hubertsumlin9697]

I never understood the John Meyer collaboration. He just leaves me cold, period. I don't know why Bob plays with the guy.

[@RATTLEY67]

R.I.P Brother

[@rogerwaters413]

I love Phil. I’m really love The Dead post Jerry and I really wish the four played more. Phil and Friends was definitely the best in my opinion.

[@framemartgallery4619]

Well said and expressed. (I really dislike hippies & Boomers, too.) 53. 33 shows 400 tapes. 1988-1995. All seems like yesterday. (Yes! So good to see that sturdy Maxell XLII used and appreciated )

[@jerryakbar6147]

Enjoy your Amazon.

[@jamule777]

I’m in Western Massachusetts and would love to talk to you more. Phil was the most important part of the sound of the dead

[@zacharybruneau]

Where in Western Ma? I’m in Westfield! Phil Side Forever

[@gratefuldawgs2738]

Hey Man⚡️ l Can Relate Brother 😂 crazy how it works out. I’m 51 next month and Dads 75 going on 105 😊 The Music is The Magick that glued Us Together. Love Ya Phill, l know l lost hearing at Deere Creek in The Zone Lolo Thanks for your Story 💀🥀⚡️

[@dpfeiferjr]

thank you for this video -- holy sh*t

[@cosmonaut9942]

So much in this video to like, especially the story about your friend meeting Phil. No need to disparage hippies. What don't you like about peace and love? Phil surely didn't hate hippies. He was one until the day he died. I'm 70 and an old hippie who knew Phil and the other band members. It hurts my feelings when I hear people rip on hippies. I hope that I was not that much of an agist when I was younger. I'm a musician and all of the Dead (and their extended family) have been neighbors of mine at different times. Mickey Hart lives about a mile from my home. I also knew Phil due to his love of dogs, particularly the Leonberger breed. We both raised Leonbergers. So, thanks for the video. You are obviously an intelligent guy. No need to hate on hippies. I live in a town of almost exclusively hippies and it's a wonderful place to live. I'm sorry if you conflate and associate hippies with some mistreatment you suffered in your life. Ain't no time to hate.

[@professorskye]

Yeah, I was saying “hate” a bit tongue in cheek. I was more trying to illustrate how I mediated my difficulty with my parents through the music. I don’t actually hate hippies. I’m only truly angry with people who Deny the personhood of others. That is not hippies!

[@cosmonaut9942]

@@professorskye I understand. I had a real battle with my quasi abusive mother growing up and the Grateful Dead, and a crap load of acid, set me on a more peaceful and loving path, both with my mother and the rest of the world.

[@melvinroebuck1160]

He did live in San Anselmo! ( later on for sure, not sure about in the 80s)

[@rogerwaters413]

2003 The Dead- Phil sings Like a Rolling Stone. 2006- Camden Phil and Friends- best show of the tour. 2005- the entire Atlantic City run 2007- Mountain Jam

[@josephgrumet]

20 shows great Me? 300 many incarnations the 90’s wow especially 87-90 especially 89-90 wow

[@ArynAyalaWolf]

Scarlet Begonias & Estimated Prophet ~ Cornell 5-8-77 are my fav! Phil and his heavenly bass lines I play on repeat in those tunes. I thoroughly enjoyed your video, thank you :) Cheers to Phil! 💜

[@PaulFormentos]

That Morning Dew aint half bad, Phil bombs baby

[@jessetoews2446]

Wait he sings all the time, harmony backups. (Great vid!)

[@ozzy-o8215]

it is probably fair to say that Phil and Mickey Hart were the intellectual wing of the band - along with Robert Hunter - but to offer a metaphor from cycling, both were hors categorie with wide ranging interests through and beyond music. Phil’s casual reference to the esoterica of french literature exemplifies this. He had a brain the size of a house. your post is one of the most interesting I have read in the aftermath of the end of Phil’s long and well-lived life.

[@Joe-ny2up]

I have met Mickey Hart a few times. He came across as a jerk. He's also very hard of hearing. The first time I met him was around '99 or '00. My interactions with him totally humanized the Dead for me. They are just people and trust me there are many people in your life more impressive than Mickey Hart. I promise. 😉

[@robertgrosek1124]

He sang a lot as backup in the late 60s and early 70’s

[@johnhayes8520]

The show I listened to on the morning of his passing, before I knew. Full on Phil.. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/np-uiXWOe5x6pNU

[@Joe-ny2up]

The songs had structure through Garcia and Kreutzman, but they were Grateful Dead songs with Phil and Bob in the mix. Bob is all over the place and often hard to take seriously when he opines. On the other hand Phil and Jerry were the adults and ultimately it was their band. As such, in short, I appreciate Phil for his unorthodox approach, and being a "grown-up" and not worshipping Jerry, not being a sell-out, having integrity, being all about the music. The Grateful Dead can reverberate on and on, but the ORIGINAL physical form is now gone. My suggestion for anyone interested in hearing the Dead gel, where you can hear all the instruments, would be their cover of Marty Robbins' El Paso on Steal Your Face, recorded, I believe, on that final pre-hiatus run at Winterland in '74. ✌️

[@davidmccaffery7356]

Bobby’s sound was integral for much of their sound -

[@Joe-ny2up]

​@@davidmccaffery7356as stated in the first sentence.

[@Davesrecordtree]

How is it that this man is from Rochester (my birthplace) and looks like the actor bill Pullman? He’s a professor explains how he won’t slow down he’s a good talker I’m holding on to every word

[@richf2751]

You sir are an anal pore

[@LudiCrust.]

Phil became a severe alcoholic when Jerry became a junkie in 1975 during their hiatus. Thats why the Dead view 65-74 as their heyday.

[@edwardgeorge8025]

Many have this experience of Jah Shaka Sound System Tapes included.

[@littermonks]

This was so refreshing. The Dead & Co is just a cover band. I love the GD from 79' to 1990 and I can't stand hippies/deadheads (some of the most closed minded, muscially greedy people I have ever met). My era was 83-85. I do not worship at the feet at any of these sad, fallible men especially Jerry Garcia. I do not yearn for the past. I have to say that Phil's occasional gigundo burst prior to The Other One was a massive fav. I think Phil was totally under rated and also was the most vibrantly experimental member with the Lagin stuff and beyond. He was not the typical "folk-rock" and flowers lennon glasses guy. Phil was also more honest about his experience than most other members of the band. He was also older and apppeared "wiser". lol. Something obviously happened where Phil attempted to isolate himself from the remaining members or he was shunned?

[@seantrandall10]

Check out the Race is On from 5/4/90 Cal State. Love Phil!!

[@JPatrickT12]

Let me tell you about this guy “Professor Skye”. I was from the generation before him, so I know his type well. There were plenty of these guys over the years. He’s not a Head; he’s a mutant wanna-be. They showed up in the parking lot after work with their neat little haircuts and polos, and they looked down somewhat aggressively on all the “hippies”. They traded tapes with an arrogant exclusivity and puffed themselves up spouting statistics. There were no women in their cliques because, ya know, they hate hippie chicks. Their girlfriends were at home doing their nails rolling their eyes that “the boys are at their concert tonight”. So, those who were there know EXACTLY who I’m talking about, and others of you, just recognize these guys were part of the scene, but they were never really “us”.

[@direwolf6234]

once it became a 'competition' it changed everything ...

[@jebstewart666]

interesting. i thought they were us, just a different us. an us that needed to be loved and included too. the music made me feel that way actually. and i thank the band for helping me into that realization. but i do remember them. thanks for making me remember.

[@kperry1969]

My favorite is and will always be Brent, but Phil was amazing and already missed

[@eastab]

Wow! Heavy.

[@eastab]

My sisters' friend got Jerry's signature the same way on a receipt .

[@gerrytopper8663]

In the 90’s you saw a faint faint faint faint faint shell of Garcia. Cool story tho. Hippies doth annoy for sure.

[@darickbonebrake6774]

Bass great Lesh Philling

[@rafedanos3995]

I had no idea you were a head as well!

[@carlos_herrera]

Hey I never heard of your channel before and I'm very appreciative of this remembrance, so you have a new follower. I'm a bass player who mostly plays guitar now, so at first Lesh was my favorite member of the band, but now it's Garcia.

[@bashar1965]

😂😂 Yea, bro. Phil Lesh was awesome. They were all awesome. We're all awesome.

[@fidel1o]

AVAA. that autograph story is awesome! had no idea you were a deadhead until you mentioned them in The New Sound video. do you like Phish too?

[@mcdaniels6188]

Don't hate hippies. You might be broken down on the side of the road and they come help you in their micro-bus. RIP Phil. I don't have a favorite member of the Grateful Dead, I worship the triumverate that was Garcia, Lesh, and Kreutzman.

[@davidr1676]

With ya until you said worship the guys. I was at different points and overlapping a metal head, military, and most of all Deadhead. Sure, wanting peace but also not always, kicked the angry metal/punk mentality first. Psychedelics were a pretty major thing in the scene and not anything that most folks will knock, nor Cannabis. Other drugs can be debated. The shows mentioned were big ones in my 80s part of my collection. I did buy CDs, but mostly the live stuff though picked them up at first and gradually, Vinyl and cassette before that. Working Man's Dead and Bear's Choice were first 2 albums. "Hippies" were the best part of the audience, different flavored sub-types at that. I wouldn't trust anyone who wouldn't drop for a long time, unless I already knew you from childhood. Still a strong way to filter trash out.

[@davidr1676]

XLIIS was for SBDs, XLII AUD or SBD if XLIIS were out.

[@mattjohn4731]

I had to search to make sure John Mayer didn't actually name his band after Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Haha I don't think Mayer is gritty enough to know who that is. (Spoiler, they're not a blues band)

[@JasonKavetis]

Was thinking the same thing.