# RIP Phil Lesh (Grateful Dead bassist) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death, music\ **Created:** [October 25, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-lesh-grateful-dead-bassist/1009219 "2024-10-25T19:38:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lurking\_Quahog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lurking_quahog/32/21274_2.png) [@Lurking\_Quahog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lurking_Quahog)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-lesh-grateful-dead-bassist/1009219/21 "2024-10-26T21:24:38Z")
And then there were three. Sigh…. RIP Phil. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-lesh-grateful-dead-bassist/1009219/22 "2024-10-26T21:26:42Z")
I’m heading out soon to see JRAD at the LA Greek. It will be an emotional night. I am going to have a lot of friends there. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-lesh-grateful-dead-bassist/1009219/23 "2024-10-26T21:35:42Z")
The 60th Anniversary of the founding of the band is in 2025 and there were talks of a couple of weekends of shows at the Rose Bowl. So close… ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-lesh-grateful-dead-bassist/1009219/24 "2024-10-26T22:26:29Z")
Phish opened with “Box of Rain” last night though the first youtube vid I saw ID’d it as the 24th. I reckon it’s not unusual for that band to play the Dead and, like the Dead, also like playing Beatle songs so hoping their bass player is okay. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-lesh-grateful-dead-bassist/1009219/25 "2024-10-27T08:01:09Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > I reckon it’s not unusual for that band to play the Dead It’s very unusual. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-lesh-grateful-dead-bassist/1009219/26 "2024-10-27T22:51:49Z")
Spent the day You Tubeing my way through Sweet Magnolia Daydreams. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-lesh-grateful-dead-bassist/1009219/27 "2024-10-30T17:39:40Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > BTW, Bob Weir is playing at the String Cheese Incident’s Hulaween festival this weekend. I presume they will do some kind of tribute to Phil. [Bobby Weir Incident - Box Of Rain (for Phil Lesh) - Hulaween 10/27/24](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fswDinx2Yo) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-lesh-grateful-dead-bassist/1009219.md?page=1)