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John Mayer is mourning the lack of the Grateful Lifeless’s Phil Lesh.
“Becoming a member of the choir of voices to precise my disappointment within the passing of the nice @phillesh,” Mayer, 47, wrote by way of Instagram on Saturday, October 26, alongside a photograph of the 2 musicians taking part in collectively as a part of Lesh’s mission, Phil Lesh & Mates, which consisted of many various lineups of musicians apart from Mayer, together with Phish and the Allman Brothers Band, amongst others.
“Phil had an open door coverage when it got here to the music, and gave so brazenly to so many musicians,” Mayer’s tribute continued. “He performed bass in a singular manner, climbing up and down the preparations to present the songs and the gamers round him the sensation of flight. My coronary heart aches for Bob, Mickey, Billy, everybody’s households, the numerous musicians and thousands and thousands of lovers of @gratefuldead music. ♥️”
Lesh died at the age of 84 on Friday, October 25. He was a cofounding member of the Grateful Lifeless alongside Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan and Invoice Kreutzmann, in addition to the band’s lead bassist.
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An announcement from Lesh’s group, launched by way of Instagram on Friday, shared that the musician “handed peacefully this morning.”
“He was surrounded by his household and full of affection,” the assertion learn. “Phil introduced immense pleasure to everybody round him and leaves behind a legacy of music and love. We request that you simply respect the Lesh household’s privateness right now.”
Lesh’s passing garnered tributes from many musicians, together with his former bandmates, which Mayer shared by way of his Instagram Story.
“We’re devastated to study of Phil’s passage to the following life,” the household of Garcia, who died in 1995 at age 53, wrote in their own tribute on Friday. “We’ll miss his sharply dry humor, wry smiles and good insights. Our hearts and our love exit to his beloved spouse and household. He actually lived for them with all his being.”
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The Grateful Lifeless’s remaining members — Weir, Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart — launched a joint assertion on Lesh’s loss of life by way of the band’s official Instagram account.
“There can be a whole lot of tributes, and they’re going to all say necessary issues,” the band’s assertion learn. “However for us, we’ve spent a lifetime making music with Phil Lesh and the music has a manner of claiming all of it. So take heed to the Grateful Lifeless and, in that manner, we’ll all take slightly little bit of Phil with us, endlessly.”
