Rush icon planned to buy 12 instruments for his own enjoyment – but when his collection reached 250 he decided to justify the ...

"At Garcia’s suggestion, Lesh learned to play the electric bass and joined him in a new group that blended R & B, country, and rock ‘n’ roll with an experimental fervor never before heard ...

Phil Lesh, a classically trained violinist and jazz trumpeter who found his true calling reinventing the role of rock bass guitar as a founding member of The Grateful Dead, died Friday at age 84.