Goodbye Phil…

[donutlynx]

Darn. Amazing life. Grateful for what he left us All.

And it's just a box of rain
Or a ribbon for your hair
Such a long long time to be gone
And a short time to be there

[bodywhomper]

[schindlerpiste]

Last photo that I snapped of Phil at Egyptian Theatre in Park City with his son Graham and Amy Helm (Levon's daughter). Circa April 2022

[stealurface831]

Fuck


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[altacoup]

https://youtu.be/McpLIMjDufM?si=FalA2WzxpNFM8sXs

So bummed about this. He certainly lived a good life and made the most of his second chance.


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[Jax]

Tears.

Thank you Phil.

[Peruvian]

Phish paying their respects.

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/xjZ...ibextid=UalRPS

[bodywhomper]

Phish paying their respects.

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/xjZ...ibextid=UalRPS

https://www.youtube.com/live/PofMFlw...MJmqm8GjzxJ7Wb

[MyNameIsAugustWest]

You were there? Nice. Me too. My regret is not asking some guy hanging out by the Natty Boh tent if he had change for a nickel. Turns out it was most likely tipster.

Yep. The following Monday was my first day at my new job in South Burlington. We were pre-gaming by the parking garage with Heady Toppers (back when they were hard to get).

[Peruvian]

Bill is definitely wondering how Phil just dosed him.



#nevertrustaprankster

[jackstraw]

This quote made me laugh -

In a letter lamenting the cost overages during the recording of their second album, 1968’s “Anthem of the Sun,” Joe Smith of Warner Bros. singled him out as the catalyst for chaos within the band: “It’s apparent that nobody in your organization has enough influence over Phil Lesh to evoke anything resembling normal behavior.”

[halliday]

https://www.youtube.com/live/PofMFlw...MJmqm8GjzxJ7Wb

nice!!

[Hopeless Sinner]

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/a...smid=url-share


Phil's life in pictures.

[Woodsy]

Thanks for all the Biscuits...

Lesh Great,
More Philing!

[bodywhomper]

Friend recommended this Phil and friends show, specifically the first dark star sandwich: https://archive.org/details/1999-04-...97.sbeok.flacf

[BmillsSkier]

Damn, I did not expect that. RIP

May the four winds blow you home again.

[The Reverend Floater]

Ah fuck. Always my favorite.

The boom slide in 77 was beyond cosmic.

RIP Phil, and thank you.


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[singlecross]

The boom slide in 77 was beyond cosmic.

[The Reverend Floater]

Thanks for posting. Basically confirms what I think we’ve always known because when going from one show to another, there was always a lot of connective tissue.

Phil and Jerry were obviously having one in Spring of 77 and the way the soundboard (and tapes) brought Phil out certainly didn’t hurt the cause!

But when Phil sang…that was joy.


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[jm2e]

Sad passing.

[Aldo]

“ some kind of genre-busting rainbow polka-dot hybrid mutation”

That’s just about exactly perfect.
Thanks for showing us the way Phil. Gonna listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul, forever.

[The Reverend Floater]

Classic

https://x.com/expandingdan/status/18...361097311?s=46


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[The Reverend Floater]

And beautiful

https://youtu.be/s_8obCnsw4c?si=S2G2AxsGG_qLPIbf


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[Peruvian]

[emoji638]][emoji640][emoji639]][emoji637][emoji640][emoji639][emoji638][emoji639][emoji[emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]][emoji640][emoji639]]]And beautiful

https://youtu.be/s_[emoji[emoji6[emo...8]AxsGG_qLPIbf

But then again



It goes back decades. There is a vid of Phil, Jerry & Bob in practice and Phil has to scold Bob for fucking up. Likely around the time the early [emoji[emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]][emoji640][emoji639]][emoji[emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]][emoji640][emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]]]s when Bob almost got kicked out of the band. I’ll try and locate it.

[Tele 'til You're Smelly]

I like the end of Bobby's tribute to Phil:

Meanwhile, given that death is the last and best reward for a life *well and fully lived*, I rejoice in his liberation...”
Bob Weir

here's the whole thing:

“At the age of seventeen, I listened to the John Coltrane Quartet, focusing on McCoy Tyner’s work, feeding Coltrane harmonic and rhythmic ideas to springboard off of - and I developed an approach to guitar playing based off of it. This happened because Phil turned me on to the Coltrane Quartet.
Early on, he also introduced me (and us) to the wonders of modern classical music, with its textures and developments, which we soon tried our hands at incorporating into what we had to offer. This was all new to peoples’ ears. Igor Stravinsky’s work wasn’t news to me at that point, but what he did and how he did it were ongoing topics of discussion for Phil and I - and boy, did I ever grow.
Concurrent with all this was the ongoing conversation about the things (ideas) we present outside of music, and the effect it would have in shaping the world around us - let’s just say Phil wasn’t particularly averse to ruffling a few feathers. We had our differences, of course, but it’s not platitudinous to say that that only made our work together more meaningful.
Our conversation and interaction will last, at very least, ‘til the end of my days.
The Muse gives us the people and tools to work with. Where we go with that work emerges from somewhere between our intuition and her inspiration. It’s a process always cloaked deep in Mystery, and at its best, the Mystery is forever lasting after its rendering. *Look out of any window…* has that ring to it.
Meanwhile, given that death is the last and best reward for a life *well and fully lived*, I rejoice in his liberation...”
Bob Weir