TheGrateful DeadsBob Weirpaid tribute to his band matePhil Leshfollowingthe death of the bassistFriday.
This happened because Phil turned me on to the Coltrane Quartet, Weir wrote on social media.
Our conversation and interaction will last, at very least, til the end of my days.
Phil Lesh and Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead perform at the Greek Theatre on August 14, 1983 in Berkeley, California.Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images
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.
