My neighbor mentioned, once again, what a great band is assembling up in heaven. So I reminded him that heaven is also assembling a great baseball team. And I'm not even a sports guy.
There's a foundation for modern composers funded by the Dead at Phil's suggestion. I recall a quote from him - "I was working out to the Turangalila (sp?) symphony..."
The bass player is usually called "The Bottom" and that may remind you of Canned Heat, but what would the dead live shows be without Phil, when you could feel the thunder of his bass course through the ground. steVe
I've been awash in tributes and reminiscences passed among friends. I think that any time you listen to a "Dark Star," "The Other One," "Truckin'" or "Help/Slip/Franklin" (to name but a few) you're paying respects to what Phil Lesh contributed to music. I know it doesn't float everyone's boat... I've just done a shift sending texts to voters, while listening to a "Road Trips" album from the summer of 1971 (Yale Bowl, and Auditorium Theater, in Chicago). Prime stuff! D in California
Oh God. RIP Phil. One of the very greatest!
ReplyDeletePhil will be missed.
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He will be missed, but now he has found "peace at last", and is truly one with the universe.
DeleteMy neighbor mentioned, once again, what a great band is assembling up in heaven. So I reminded him that heaven is also assembling a great baseball team. And I'm not even a sports guy.
DeleteThe most highly trained musician in the band and one of the great creators of intricate bass charts for rock.
ReplyDeleteA highlight of many a Dead show was what we deadheads refer to as "Phil Bombs"
DeleteThere's a foundation for modern composers funded by the Dead at Phil's suggestion. I recall a quote from him - "I was working out to the Turangalila (sp?) symphony..."
ReplyDeleteThe bass player is usually called "The Bottom" and that may remind you of Canned Heat, but what would the dead live shows be without Phil, when you could feel the thunder of his bass course through the ground.
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I've been awash in tributes and reminiscences passed among friends. I think that any time you listen to a "Dark Star," "The Other One," "Truckin'" or "Help/Slip/Franklin" (to name but a few) you're paying respects to what Phil Lesh contributed to music. I know it doesn't float everyone's boat...
ReplyDeleteI've just done a shift sending texts to voters, while listening to a "Road Trips" album from the summer of 1971 (Yale Bowl, and Auditorium Theater, in Chicago). Prime stuff!
D in California