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Phil Lesh and Friends
Phil Lesh and Friends was an American rock band formed and led by Phil Lesh, former bassist of the Grateful Dead.
Phil Lesh and Friends was not a traditional group in that several different lineups of musicians have played under the name, including groups featuring members of Phish, the Black Crowes, and the Allman Brothers Band.
The Phil & Friends concept took the music of the Grateful Dead (and a number of other influences, including Bob Dylan, Traffic, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Warren Haynes' band Gov't Mule, the Allman Brothers Band, etc.) and explored and interpreted it in new ways. Through the period known as the Quintet years, a Phil & Friends show was often focused on harder, faster rock than that which the Grateful Dead played, thanks in large part to Haynes' and Jimmy Herring's talents at the Southern rock style. Lesh was fond of calling it "Dixieland-style rock". However, all of the incarnations of Phil & Friends followed a trend of updating the Grateful Dead's body of work, and all were adept at the long, exploratory jams that were a trademark of the Grateful Dead. Phil & Friends was acclaimed for giving new life to the Grateful Dead's material.
Phil & Friends continued the Grateful Dead's tradition of allowing fans to record concerts and trade these recordings freely. Phil also used the internet to provide free soundboard recordings of many concerts through his website, and to provide high-resolution CD covers for fans to print. For his Summer 2006 tour, Phil partnered with Instant Live, a company that provided soundboard CDs of a concert immediately upon its completion.[citation needed]
The first use of the Phil Lesh and Friends banner was on September 24, 1994, at the Berkeley Community Theatre. The band was an acoustic version of the Grateful Dead and featured members Phil Lesh, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir and Vince Welnick. Grateful Dead drummers Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart were not part of the band. After this gig the band name was put to rest until Phil formed a new band in 1998.
In 1998, Lesh played with a rotating cast of musicians under the Phil Lesh and Friends name, mostly at San Francisco's The Fillmore. Bob Weir, Steve Kimock, Jeff Chimenti, Dave Ellis, Prairie Prince, Scott Amendola, Stan Franks, Gary Lambert, Bobby Strickland and Vince Welnick were among the musicians who participated in the gigs.
From April 1999 to September 2000, Lesh toured with a regularly rotating lineup of musicians that included Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Jorma Kaukonen, Jimmy Herring, Robben Ford, and members of Phish, Little Feat, The String Cheese Incident and Moe.
The opening concerts on April 15, 16, and 17, 1999 featured Phil along with John Molo on drums, Steve Kimock on guitar, and two members of Phish – Trey Anastasio on guitar and Page McConnell on keys.
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Phil Lesh and Friends
Phil Lesh and Friends was an American rock band formed and led by Phil Lesh, former bassist of the Grateful Dead.
Phil Lesh and Friends was not a traditional group in that several different lineups of musicians have played under the name, including groups featuring members of Phish, the Black Crowes, and the Allman Brothers Band.
The Phil & Friends concept took the music of the Grateful Dead (and a number of other influences, including Bob Dylan, Traffic, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Warren Haynes' band Gov't Mule, the Allman Brothers Band, etc.) and explored and interpreted it in new ways. Through the period known as the Quintet years, a Phil & Friends show was often focused on harder, faster rock than that which the Grateful Dead played, thanks in large part to Haynes' and Jimmy Herring's talents at the Southern rock style. Lesh was fond of calling it "Dixieland-style rock". However, all of the incarnations of Phil & Friends followed a trend of updating the Grateful Dead's body of work, and all were adept at the long, exploratory jams that were a trademark of the Grateful Dead. Phil & Friends was acclaimed for giving new life to the Grateful Dead's material.
Phil & Friends continued the Grateful Dead's tradition of allowing fans to record concerts and trade these recordings freely. Phil also used the internet to provide free soundboard recordings of many concerts through his website, and to provide high-resolution CD covers for fans to print. For his Summer 2006 tour, Phil partnered with Instant Live, a company that provided soundboard CDs of a concert immediately upon its completion.[citation needed]
The first use of the Phil Lesh and Friends banner was on September 24, 1994, at the Berkeley Community Theatre. The band was an acoustic version of the Grateful Dead and featured members Phil Lesh, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir and Vince Welnick. Grateful Dead drummers Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart were not part of the band. After this gig the band name was put to rest until Phil formed a new band in 1998.
In 1998, Lesh played with a rotating cast of musicians under the Phil Lesh and Friends name, mostly at San Francisco's The Fillmore. Bob Weir, Steve Kimock, Jeff Chimenti, Dave Ellis, Prairie Prince, Scott Amendola, Stan Franks, Gary Lambert, Bobby Strickland and Vince Welnick were among the musicians who participated in the gigs.
From April 1999 to September 2000, Lesh toured with a regularly rotating lineup of musicians that included Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Jorma Kaukonen, Jimmy Herring, Robben Ford, and members of Phish, Little Feat, The String Cheese Incident and Moe.
The opening concerts on April 15, 16, and 17, 1999 featured Phil along with John Molo on drums, Steve Kimock on guitar, and two members of Phish – Trey Anastasio on guitar and Page McConnell on keys.