When Lesh joined the Dead in 1965 (they were still the Warlocks at that point), he was pretty different from the rest of the gang. As he told me, he “detested” rock when he first heard it in ...

Phil Lesh, bassist and founding member of countercultural rock band The Grateful Dead, has died. He was 84 years old. His family posted the news on Lesh’s official Instagram page. Born in ...

Tickets for the group’s Grateful Dead 60th Anniversary shows sold out quickly following their general sale date. For now, Deadheads will have to either join a waitlist for the chance to get ...

The Dead’s late mastermind, Jerry Garcia, was represented by his daughter Trixie; Bill Kreutzmann, the band’s founding drummer, sent a video message along with his son Justin.

Grateful Dead, the revolutionary San Francisco-birthed band, was 2025’s MusiCares Persons of the Year, and famous Deadheads came out to celebrate.

Phil Lesh, bassist and founding member of The Grateful Dead, died Friday, a producer who worked with him, Peter Shapiro, confirmed to CBS News. Lesh was 84 years old.