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Mickey Hart Pens Tribute to Phil Lesh: ‘He Was Singular, an Original, Nobody Sounded Like Him’


Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart penned a tribute to his longtime band mate Phil Lesh following the death of the group’s founding bassist Friday.

Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart penned a tribute to his longtime band mate Phil Lesh following the death of the group’s founding bassist Friday at the age of 84. Like Bob Weir, Hart credited Lesh with exposing the members of the Grateful Dead to music that would inspire the band’s legendary improvisational style. The surviving members of the Grateful Dead — Hart, Weir, and Bill Kreutzmann — also issued a joint statement honoring Lesh.

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