Today we lost a brother. Our hearts and love go out to Jill Lesh, Brian and Grahame. Phil Lesh was irreplaceable. In one note from the Phil Zone, you could hear and feel the world being born. His bass flowed like a river would flow. It went where the muse took it. He was an explorer of inner and outer space who just happened to play bass. He was a circumnavigator of formerly unknown musical worlds. And more.
We can count on the fingers of one hand the people we can say had as profound an influence on our development - in every sense. And there have been even less people who did so continuously over the decades and will continue to for as long as we live. What a gift he was for us. We won’t say he will be missed, as in any given moment, nothing we do will be without the lessons he taught us - and the lessons that are yet to come, as the conversations will go on.
Phil loved the Dead Heads and always kept them in his heart and mind. The thing is… Phil was so much more than a virtuoso bass player, a composer, a family man, a cultural icon...
There will be a lot of tributes, and they will all say important things. But for us, we’ve spent a lifetime making music with Phil Lesh and the music has a way of saying it all. So listen to the Grateful Dead and, in that way, we’ll all take a little bit of Phil with us, forever.
For this is all a dream we dreamed one afternoon, long ago….
- Mickey, Billy and Bobby
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Not going to lie.
My heart was jackhammering
Right there with 88 Michigan 87 FSU and 03 Florida
@CanesFootball 39-38
Thanks for listening and Go Canes!
How many ads for FanDuel and DraftKings will run during the MLB playoffs the next few weeks promoting the sport's newfound relationship with gambling? Yet, they couldn't find a way to repair the relationship with the game's all time Hit King so he could take his rightful place in the Hall?
This legend went to the grave being disrespected by MLB. They banded him and held a grudge way too long. These are the same people who have gambling sites advertised all over the broadcasts. Hypocritical SOBs. Just the way I see it! Rest in peace, Charlie hustle!
Why do we even have replay in baseball??? He completely missed Turner and they still called him out. Even the Brewers knew he was safe! Total embarrassment