Phil Lesh, the Grateful Dead's bass guitarist, dies at 84 Phil Lesh, a founding member of the Grateful Dead whose electric bass playing came to define the psychedelic San Francisco sound, died at age 84. The surviving members of the Grateful Dead, as well as other musicians and fans, are... read full story
"At first, I thought, Okay, we'll make it five years and then take the money and run. … It turned out to be life,"
