Today is a day of deep sorrow and mourning for Deadheads all across the planet.
Grateful Dead bassistPhil Lesh has died at age 84.
[He] passed peacefully this morning, read a statement from his family.
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He was surrounded by his family and full of love.
Phil brought immense joy to everyone around him and leaves behind a legacy of music and love.
We request that you respect the Lesh familys privacy at this time.
But throughout it all, Lesh never stopped playing music.
The latter show wound up being the final concert of Leshs life.
Sam Grisman, son of longtime Jerry Garcia collaborator David Grisman, played bass in his place.
Lesh packed about 18 different lives into his 84 years on this planet.
Hes visibly quite frail in this video from his last show, but his playing remains exquisite.
The group will hopefully continue with Grahame Lesh and Sam Grisman leading the charge.
As we learned after Garcia died in 1995, this music is larger than any one person.
