Phil Lesh

Phil Lesh

Born: March 15, 1940
in Berkeley, California, USA
Philip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940) is an American musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career.

After the band's disbanding in 1995, Lesh continued the tradition of Grateful Dead family music with side project Phil Lesh and Friends, which paid homage to the Dead's music by playing their originals, common covers, and the songs of the members of his band. Lesh operated a music venue called Terrapin Crossroads. He scaled back his touring regimen in 2014 but continues to perform with Phil Lesh & Friends at select venues. From 2009 to 2014, he performed in Furthur alongside former Grateful Dead bandmate Bob Weir.

Lesh was born in Berkeley, California, United States, and started out as a violin player. While enrolled at Berkeley High School he switched to trumpet and participated in all of the school's music-related extracurricular activities. Studying the instrument under Bob Hansen, conductor of the symphonic Golden Gate Park Band, he developed a keen interest in avant-garde classical music and free jazz. After attending San Francisco State University for a semester, Lesh was unable to secure a favorable position in the school's band or orchestra and determined that he was not ready to pursue a higher education. Upon dropping out, he successfully auditioned for the renowned Sixth Army Band (then stationed at the Presidio of San Francisco) with the assistance of Hansen, but was ultimately determined to be unfit for military service.

Shortly thereafter, he enrolled at the College of San Mateo, where he wrote charts for the community college's well-regarded big band and ascended to the first trumpet chair. (A snippet of tape of Lesh on trumpet at CSM can be heard on "Born Cross-Eyed" from the Grateful Dead's 1968 release Anthem of the Sun.) After transferring with sophomore standing to the University of California, Berkeley in 1961, he befriended future Grateful Dead keyboardist Tom Constanten before dropping out again after less than a semester. At the behest of Constanten, he studied under the Italian modernist Luciano Berio in a graduate-level course at Mills College in the spring of 1962; their classmates included Steve Reich and Stanford University cross-registrant John Chowning.

While volunteering for KPFA as a recording engineer during this period, he met bluegrass banjo player Jerry Garcia. Despite seemingly opposite musical interests, they soon formed a friendship. Following a brief period as a Post Office Department employee and keno marker in Las Vegas (initially rooming with Constanten, who soon departed to study under Berio and other members of the Darmstadt School in Europe); a second stint with the Post Office in San Francisco; and a collaboration with the likes of Reich, Jon Gibson and Constanten upon the latter's return from Europe under the auspices of the San Francisco Mime Troupe, Lesh was talked into becoming the bassist for Garcia's new rock band (then known as The Warlocks) in the fall of 1964. This was a peculiar turn of events, as Lesh had never before played bass. According to Lesh, the first song he rehearsed with the band was "I Know You Rider". He joined them for their third or fourth gig (memories vary) and stayed until the end. ...

Source: Article "Phil Lesh" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Movies for Phil Lesh...

Inside Scofield
Title: Inside Scofield
Released: December 2, 2022
Type: Movie
Inside Scofield is a feature documentary about master guitarist and touring musician John Scofield.
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Grateful Dead Meet-Up 2022
Title: Grateful Dead Meet-Up 2022
Character: Self
Released: November 1, 2022
Type: Movie
This year we're celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the legendary Europe '72 Album, by bringing the previously unreleased Tivoli Concert Hall, 4/17/72 performance to the big screen.
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Bob Dylan & Phil Lesh & Friends – Baltimore Arena 1999
Title: Bob Dylan & Phil Lesh & Friends – Baltimore Arena 1999
Character: Self
Released: September 22, 2020
Type: Movie
Bob Dylan performs an unusually strong concert at the Baltimore Arena in 1999.
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Grateful Dead - Giants Stadium 1991
Title: Grateful Dead - Giants Stadium 1991
Character: Self
Released: August 1, 2019
Type: Movie
The Grateful Dead’s complete concert from June 17, 1991 at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The show is one of only two recorded on 48-track analog tape, providing spectacular and unprecedented audio quality. The 1991 Giants Stadium show features fan favorites such as "Eyes Of The World,""Truckin’,""Uncle John’s Band," along with Grateful Dead rarities including "Saint Of Circumstance," "Might As Well," "New Speedway Boogie," and so much more.
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Title: Basketball: A Love Story
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 18, 2018
Type: TV
'Basketball: A Love Story' is a series of 62 interconnected short stories that creates a vibrant mosaic of the game, featuring 165 exclusive interviews. The cast encompasses basketball's most prominent figures and explores the complex nature of love as it relates to the game.
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Title: Long Strange Trip
Character: Self
Released: June 2, 2017
Type: TV
The long and unique tale of The Grateful Dead.The tale of the Grateful Dead is inspiring, complicated, and downright messy. A tribe of contrarians, they made art out of open-ended chaos and inadvertently achieved success on their own terms. Never-before-seen footage and interviews offer this unprecedented and unvarnished look at the life of the Dead.
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Long Strange Trip
Title: Long Strange Trip
Character: Self
Released: May 25, 2017
Type: Movie
The tale of the Grateful Dead is inspiring, complicated, and downright messy. A tribe of contrarians, they made art out of open-ended chaos and inadvertently achieved success on their own terms. Never-before-seen footage and interviews offer this unprecedented and unvarnished look at the life of the Dead.
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Dear Jerry - Celebrating The Music of Jerry Garcia
Title: Dear Jerry - Celebrating The Music of Jerry Garcia
Character: Self
Released: October 14, 2016
Type: Movie
Dear Jerry: Celebrating The Music Of Jerry Garcia was recorded live at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia Maryland on Thursday, May 14, 2015. This historic one-night concert event honored the music of Jerry Garcia, one of the most influential musicians and cultural icons of our time. The two and half hour concert film and available audio recordings feature over 20 once-in-a-lifetime performances from this momentous event by Phil Lesh & Communion, Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann's Billy & the Kids, Mickey Hart, Eric Church, Jimmy Cliff, The Disco Biscuits, Peter Frampton, David Grisman, Jorma Kaukonen, Los Lobos, Buddy Miller, Moe., O.A.R., Grace Potter, Allen Toussaint, Trampled By Turtles, Widespread Panic, and Yonder Mountain String Band.
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Grateful Dead: Fare Thee Well - 50 Years of Grateful Dead (Santa Clara)
Title: Grateful Dead: Fare Thee Well - 50 Years of Grateful Dead (Santa Clara)
Character: Self - Performer
Released: November 27, 2015
Type: Movie
Ending months of speculation and anticipation surrounding the first Fare Thee Well -Celebrating 50 Years of the Grateful Dead concert, the “core four” remaining Grateful Dead members -drummers Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, bassist Phil Lesh and guitarist Bob Weir -along with Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio and keyboardists Bruce Hornsby and Jeff Chimenti slowly eased into “Truckin’” to begin the show. The biographical lyrics to the song proved to be a fitting choice to start the anniversary celebration, with the famed “What a long strange trip it’s been” verse capturing the moment perfectly. Recorded at Levi's Stadium on June 27th and 28th, 2015.
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Grateful Dead: Fare Thee Well - 50 Years of Grateful Dead (Chicago)
Title: Grateful Dead: Fare Thee Well - 50 Years of Grateful Dead (Chicago)
Character: Self - Performer
Released: November 20, 2015
Type: Movie
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Grateful Dead, the "core four" original members - Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, and Bob Weir - reunited at Chicago's Soldier Field on July 3rd, 4th and 5th for the most anticipated concerts in recent history. Joined by Trey Anastasio, Jeff Chimenti, and Bruce Hornsby. Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years Of Grateful Dead is the original members' last-ever performance together nearly 20 years to the day of the last ever Grateful Dead concert with Jerry Garcia, which took place at the same historic venue.
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Grateful Dead: Fare Thee Well - Rainbows Are Real, Chicago, IL
Title: Grateful Dead: Fare Thee Well - Rainbows Are Real, Chicago, IL
Character: Self
Released: July 5, 2015
Type: Movie
Rainbows Are Real is a documentary included as part of the Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead.
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Grateful Dead: 2015.07.05 - Chicago, IL
Title: Grateful Dead: 2015.07.05 - Chicago, IL
Character: Self
Released: July 5, 2015
Type: Movie
The final of five farewell concerts by the 4 remaining members of the Grateful Dead performed on July 5, 2015 in Chicago, IL. SET 1: China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider, Estimated Prophet, Built to Last, Samson and Delilah, Mountains of the Moon, and Throwing Stones. SET 2: Trucking', Cassidy, Althea, Terrapin Station, Drums-Space, Unbroken Chain, Days Between, and Not Fade Away. ENCORE: Touch of Grey, and Attics of My Life.
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Grateful Dead: 2015.07.04 - Chicago, IL
Title: Grateful Dead: 2015.07.04 - Chicago, IL
Character: Self
Released: July 4, 2015
Type: Movie
The fourth of five farewell concerts by the 4 remaining members of the Grateful Dead performed on July 4, 2015 in Chicago, IL. SET 1: Shakedown Street, Liberty, Standing on the Moon, Me and My Uncle, Tennessee Jed, Cumberland Blues, Little Red Rooster, Friend of the Devil, and Deal. SET 2: Bird Song, The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion), Lost Sailor, Saint of Circumstance, West L.A. Fadeaway, Foolish Heart, Drums-Space, Stella Blue, and One More Saturday Night. ENCORE: U.S. Blues
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Grateful Dead: 2015.07.03 - Chicago, IL
Title: Grateful Dead: 2015.07.03 - Chicago, IL
Character: Self
Released: July 3, 2015
Type: Movie
The third of five farewell concerts by the 4 remaining members of the Grateful Dead performed on July 3, 2015 in Chicago, IL. SET 1: Tuning, Box Of Rain, Jack Straw, Bertha, Passenger, Technical Difficulties/Tuning, The Wheel, Crazy Fingers, and The Music Never Stopped. SET 2: Tuning, Mason's Children, Scarlet Begonias, Fire On The Mountain, Drum Solo, Space, New Potato Caboose, Playin' In The Band, Let It Grow, Help On The Way, Slipknot!, and Franklin's Tower. ENCORE: Thanks/Phil Donor Rap, and *Ripple.
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Grateful Dead: 2015.06.27 - Santa Clara, CA
Title: Grateful Dead: 2015.06.27 - Santa Clara, CA
Character: Self
Released: June 28, 2015
Type: Movie
The first of five farewell concerts by the 4 remaining members of the Grateful Dead performed on June 27, 2015 in Santa Clara, CA. SET 1: Tuning, Trucking', Uncle John's Band, Alligator, Cumberland Blues, Born Cross-Eyed, Cream Puff War, and Viola Lee Blues. SET 2: Tuning, Cryptical, Envelopment, Dark Star, Saint Stephen, The Eleven, Turn On Your Love Light, Drums-Space, What's Become Of The Baby, The Other One, Morning Dew, and Casey Jones.
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Grateful Dead: 2015.06.28 - Santa Clara, CA
Title: Grateful Dead: 2015.06.28 - Santa Clara, CA
Character: Self
Released: June 28, 2015
Type: Movie
The second of five farewell concerts by the 4 remaining members of the Grateful Dead performed on June 28, 2015 in Santa Clara, CA. SET 1: Tuning, Feel Like A Stranger, Inglewood Blues, Brown-Eyed Women, Loose Lucy, Loser, Row Jimmy, Alabama Getaway, Black Peter, and Hell In A Bucket. SET 2: Tuning, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Tdodeloo, Wharf Rat, Eyes Of The World, He's Gone, Drums-Space, I Need A Miracle, Death Don't Have No Mercy, Sugar Magnolia, and Brokedown Palace.
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Move Me Brightly - Celebrating Jerry Garcia's 70th Birthday
Title: Move Me Brightly - Celebrating Jerry Garcia's 70th Birthday
Character: Self
Released: October 29, 2013
Type: Movie
"Move Me Brightly" is a film based around a musical gathering at Bob Weir's TRI Studios in San Rafael, California to mark what would have been Jerry Garcia's 70th birthday on 3rd August, 2012. The revolving line-up of performers included fellow Grateful Dead members along with many guest artists who joined together to celebrate Jerry Garcia's life and work. Grateful Dead bandmates and other musicians who played with or were inspired by him. It is fitting tribute to one of rock music's most creative and imaginative composers and performers. Features contributions from fellow Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart and Donna Jean Godchaux along with Garcia family members and guests including Carlos Santana, Furthur's Joe Russo & Jeff Chimenti, Phish's Mike Gordon, Black Crowes' Adam MacDougall, Vampire Weekend's Chris Tomson, Yellowbirds' Sam Cohen & Josh Kaufman and many more.
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Grateful Dead: Sunshine Daydream
Title: Grateful Dead: Sunshine Daydream
Character: Self
Released: August 1, 2013
Type: Movie
Sunshine Daydream is a concert film starring the Grateful Dead. On a blistering summer day in 1972, the Grateful Dead took the stage on the grounds of the Oregon Country Fair in Veneta, Oregon. for what would become one of the most legendary concerts of the band’s storied history. Considered to be the Merry Pranksters last "Acid Test", the concert offers a snapshot of the band at the peak of its playing prowess. The setlist that day included memorable performance of "Sugaree, " "Deal, " "Black-Throated Wind, " "Greatest Story Ever Told, " "Bird Song" and a mind-melting version of "Dark Star" that stretches over 30 minutes. The show, which was recorded and filmed but never released, has since become the most-requested live show in Grateful Dead history. A digitally remastered and reedited official version of the film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on September 17, 2013.
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Grateful Dead: All The Years Combine - The DVD Collection
Title: Grateful Dead: All The Years Combine - The DVD Collection
Character: Self
Released: March 30, 2012
Type: Movie
Bonus Disc Performances Shoreline Ampitheatre • Mountain View, CA • October 2, 1987 14-1 China Cat Sunflower 14-2 I Know You Rider 14-3 Man Smart, Woman Smarter Sullivan Stadium • Foxboro, MA • July 2, 1989 14-4 Friend Of The Devil The World Ampitheatre • Tinley Park, IL • July 22, 1990 14-5 Hey Pockey Way Soldier Field • Chicago, IL • June 22, 1991 14-6 Shakedown Street 1992 Documentary Backstage Pass, Directed By Justin Kreutzmann 14-7 Backstage Pass New Interview With Grateful Dead Archivist David Lemieux 14-8 New Interview With Archivist David Lemieux
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Magic Trip
Title: Magic Trip
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 5, 2011
Type: Movie
A freewheeling portrait of Ken Kesey and the Merry Prankster’s fabled road trip across America in the legendary Magic Bus. In 1964, Ken Kesey, the famed author of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” set off on a legendary, LSD-fuelled cross-country road trip to the New York World’s Fair. He was joined by “The Merry Band of Pranksters,” a renegade group of counterculture truth-seekers, including Neal Cassady, the American icon immortalized in Kerouac’s “On the Road,” and the driver and painter of the psychedelic Magic Bus.
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Grateful Dead: Crimson, White & Indigo
Title: Grateful Dead: Crimson, White & Indigo
Character: Self
Released: February 2, 2011
Type: Movie
Grateful Dead: Crimson, White & Indigo | Philadelphia July 7, 1989: SET I: 1)Hell In A Bucket, 2. Iko Iko, 3. Little Red Rooster, 4. Ramble On Rose, 5. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again, 6. Loser, 7. Let It Grow, 8. Blow Away | SET II: 1. Box Of Rain, 2. Scarlet Begonias, 3. Fire On The Mountain, 4. Estimated Prophet, 5. Standing On The Moon, 6. Rhythm Devils, 7. Space, 8. The Other One, 9. Wharf Rat, 10. Turn On Your Lovelight, 11. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
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Grateful Dead: Rocking The Cradle
Title: Grateful Dead: Rocking The Cradle
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2008
Type: Movie
Grateful Dead: Rocking The Cradle
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Phil Lesh and Friends: Live at the Warfield
Title: Phil Lesh and Friends: Live at the Warfield
Character: Himself
Released: October 31, 2006
Type: Movie
Bassist Phil Lesh and his band of "friends" -- Joan Osborne, John Scofield, Larry Campbell, Rob Barraco, John Molo and Greg Osby -- settle in for a two-day musical event at San Francisco's Warfield Theater. The selection of tunes includes "All Along the Watchtower," "Uncle John's Band," "Eyes of the World," "The Eleven" and "Slipknot," along with a candid discussion among Lesh, Scofield and Osby about the art of improvisation.
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Tom Snyder's Electric Kool-Aid Talk Show
Title: Tom Snyder's Electric Kool-Aid Talk Show
Character: Self
Released: September 26, 2006
Type: Movie
While recorded in the late 70s and early 80s, the theme to this Tom Snyder release is icons of the 1960s. Features Ken Kesey, the Grateful Dead, Dr. Timothy Leary, and Tom Wolfe as Guests The Dead play a short set of 'On the Road Again,' 'Dire Wolf,' 'Deep Elm Blues' and an abbreviated 'Cassidy.
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Grateful Dead: Bird Song
Title: Grateful Dead: Bird Song
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
Grateful Dead: Bird Song
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Festival Express
Title: Festival Express
Character: Self
Released: September 19, 2003
Type: Movie
The filmed account of a large Canadian rock festival train tour boasting major acts. In the summer of 1970, a chartered train crossed Canada carrying some of the world's greatest rock bands. The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Buddy Guy, and others lived (and partied) together for five days, stopping in major cities along the way to play live concerts. Their journey was filmed.
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Grateful Dead: View from the Vault IV
Title: Grateful Dead: View from the Vault IV
Character: Self
Released: April 8, 2003
Type: Movie
The Grateful Dead perform two live concerts in Oakland and Anaheim in 1987. Featuring the entire sets from both shows, View from the Vault 4 is a must-rent for the legions of Deadheads. Songs include "When Push Comes to Shove," "Funiculi Funicula," "Terrapin Station," "Throwing Stones" and many more.
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Grateful Dead: View from the Vault III
Title: Grateful Dead: View from the Vault III
Character: Self
Released: October 8, 2002
Type: Movie
Grateful Dead - View from the Vault III Shoreline Amphitheater Mountain View CA June 16, 1990 First Set: 1 Let The Good Times Roll 2 Truckin' 3 Touch Of Grey 4 Mama Tried 5 Big River 6 Friend Of The Devil 7 Cassidy 8 Big Boss Man 9 One More Saturday Night Second Set: 10 China Cat Sunflower 11 I Know You Rider 12 We Can Run 13 Estimated Prophet 14 Terrapin Station 15 Jam 16 Space 17 Drums 18 China Doll 19 Sugar Magnolia 20 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue Bonus Footage: Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, CA - October 3, 1987 21 Hey Pocky Way 22 New Minglewood Blues 23 Candyman 24 When I Paint My Masterpiece 25 West L.A. Fadeaway 26 My Brother Esau
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Rising Low
Title: Rising Low
Character: Himself
Released: October 8, 2002
Type: Movie
Based on the life and death of Gov't Mule bassist Allen Woody, and the making of a double-disc tribute album (Gov't Mule's The Deep End , Volumes 1 & 2) featuring a host of legendary bass players. Throughout the film, director Mike Gordon (of Phish, who also plays on the album) interviews Woody's family and bandmates and also discusses the philosophy and technique of bass playing with a number of the instrument's legends, including Chris Squire, Les Claypool, John Entwistle, Flea, Bootsy Collins, Mike Watt, Roger Glover and others.
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The End of the Road
Title: The End of the Road
Character: Self
Released: April 27, 2001
Type: Movie
This documentary explores the Deadhead phenomenon. For thirty years, Jerry Garcia played guitar and sang for the Grateful Dead, and by doing so, inspired a modern cultural phenomenon: the legions of nomadic fans that made a communal way of life out of following Jerry and the Dead, the Deadheads. The End of the Road began shooting three months prior to Garcia's death in 1995, on the road with the wandering family of Deadheads- on what would be the final tour with Jerry and the Grateful Dead. Featuring a soundtrack by Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia, the film celebrates this social, political and cultural movement in its twilight.
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Grateful Dead: View from the Vault
Title: Grateful Dead: View from the Vault
Character: Self
Released: October 10, 2000
Type: Movie
View from the Vault, Volume One, sometimes known simply as View from the Vault, is the first release in a series of DVDs and companion soundtracks by the Grateful Dead known as "View from the Vault". The audio is taken from the soundboard and the video from the video screens at the concerts. The first volume was recorded and filmed at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh on July 8, 1990 with bonus material recorded two days earlier at Cardinal Stadium, Louisville. The set was certified Gold by the RIAA on February 2, 2001.
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Title: Classic Albums
Character: Self
Released: April 14, 1997
Type: TV
A documentary series about pop and rock albums that are considered the best or most distinctive of a well-known band or musician or that exemplify a stage in the history of music.
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Grateful Dead: Anthem to Beauty
Title: Grateful Dead: Anthem to Beauty
Character: Self
Released: February 22, 1997
Type: Movie
This installment of the Classic Albums series follows the making of two Grateful Dead albums, the fiercely experimental Anthem of the Sun and the understated masterwork American Beauty, which spawned melodic gems like "Sugar Magnolia" and "Ripple." Between the archival scenes and contemporary interviews with band members, the DVD shows a band making seismic inroads in pop music--and five young guys coming to terms with artistry, mortality, and, yes, the pursuit of happiness. There is priceless footage of Neal Cassady driving Ken Kesey's bus and of the Dead, surrounded by martini-sipping hipsters, on Playboy After Dark. The best scenes involve band members talking about specific songs (you will never hear Phil Lesh's "Box of Rain" again without thinking of it as a gift to his dying father) or deconstructing a tune by playing each track separately. Intimate and surprisingly cohesive, Anthem to Beauty is a rare glimpse into how the Dead's magic was made.
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Truckin' With The Dead
Title: Truckin' With The Dead
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
The Grateful Dead phenomenon, as told by Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Jerry Garcia. Excellent production values make this an interesting and entertaining video. Mickey and Bobby are both interviewed solely for this VH1 project. The Garcia interview is from MTV in 1987.
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Grateful Dead: View from the Vault II
Title: Grateful Dead: View from the Vault II
Character: Self
Released: June 14, 1991
Type: Movie
Volume two in the Grateful Dead's View From the Vault series of mixed media releases comes from a pair of Washington, D.C., R.F.K. Stadium shows from the summers of 1990 and 1991, respectively. The feature presentation is both sets from June 14, 1991, with copious filler or "bonus" material from July 12, 1990. As well, the DVD includes a previously unissued music video for "Liberty" -- one of the final collaborative efforts between lyricist Robert Hunter and guitarist and vocalist Jerry Garcia.
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Grateful Dead: Live at Foxboro
Title: Grateful Dead: Live at Foxboro
Character: Self
Released: December 1, 1989
Type: Movie
The Dead’s 20-song performance on 7/2/89 saw the band at the height of their late-80s success following the release of In The Dark just two years prior. Songs which made their way into the setlist that night included “Playing in the Band”, “Wang Dang Doodle”, covers of Bob Dylan‘s “Queen Jane Approximately” and “Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)”, “Friend of the Devil”, “Eyes of the World”, “He’s Gone”, “Sugar Magnolia”, and “Dear Mr. Fantasy” just to name a few.
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Grateful Dead: Truckin Up to Buffalo
Title: Grateful Dead: Truckin Up to Buffalo
Character: Self
Released: July 4, 1989
Type: Movie
Grateful Dead live concert footage from July 4, 1989. Set list includes: Set 1: Bertha-> The Greatest Story Ever Told Cold Rain And Snow Walkin' Blues Row Jimmy When I Paint My Masterpiece Stagger Lee Looks Like Rain-> Deal Set 2: Touch Of Grey-> Man Smart Woman Smarter Ship Of Fools-> Playin' In The Band Reprise-> Terrapin Station-> Drums-> I Will Take You Home-> All Along The Watchtower-> Morning Dew-> Not Fade Away Encore: U.S. Blues The Band: Jerry Garcia Mickey Hart Bill Kreutzmann Phil Lesh Brent Mydland Bob Weir
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Grateful Dead: The Making of
Title: Grateful Dead: The Making of "Built to Last"
Character: Self
Released: March 1, 1989
Type: Movie
The Making of "Built to Last" documents a rare behind the scenes look at the Grateful Dead's thirteenth and final studio album, Built to Last. The behind the scenes footage contains members of the band working on three songs for the album: Picasso Moon, Blow Away, & Just a Little Light. The footage was filmed at Club Front Studio in San Rafael, CA on March 1st 1989.
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Grateful Dead: Downhill from Here
Title: Grateful Dead: Downhill from Here
Character: Self - Performer
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
Grateful Dead show on July 17, 1989 at Alpine Valley.
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Grateful Dead: Ticket to New Year's Eve Concert
Title: Grateful Dead: Ticket to New Year's Eve Concert
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1987
Type: Movie
Grateful Dead's New Year's Eve concert 12/31/87 at the Oakland Coliseum Arena.
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View from the Vault IV
Title: View from the Vault IV
Character: Self
Released: September 25, 1987
Type: Movie
View from the Vault, Volume Four (or View from the Vault IV) is the fourth release in the "View from the Vault" series of rock concert recordings by the Grateful Dead. Like the other entries in the series, it was released simultaneously as an album on CD and as a concert performance video on DVD. This volume contains two consecutive complete shows — July 24, 1987, at Oakland Stadium, and July 26, 1987 at Anaheim Stadium. The album was released as a 4 CD set. These concerts were recorded during the "Dylan & the Dead" tour. On this brief tour, each Grateful Dead show was followed by a performance by Bob Dylan, with the Dead providing accompaniment. Songs from those performances are documented on the album Dylan & the Dead.
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Grateful Dead: So Far
Title: Grateful Dead: So Far
Character: Self - Bass
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
So Far is a music documentary video by the Grateful Dead. Directed by Jerry Garcia and Len Dell'Amico, it is intended to give a subjective view of the Grateful Dead experience. The soundtrack includes Dead song performances, largely from 1985. The visuals combine scenes of the band playing the songs, other Dead related material, computer animation, and found footage that has been altered and edited in various ways. So Far was released on VHS videotape and on laserdisc in 1987, and has a running time of 55 minutes.
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Grateful Dead: Live on Rockpalast
Title: Grateful Dead: Live on Rockpalast
Character: Self - Performer
Released: March 27, 1981
Type: Movie
The Grateful Dead performs two sets at Essen's Grugahalle in March of 1981. WDR's Rockpalast captures the magic for German televison -- including a special guest: Pete Townsend of The Who.
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Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead
Title: Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead
Character: Self - Grateful Dead
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
Recorded October 30th and 31st, 1980, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, Dead Ahead showcases the recently reformed Grateful Dead lineup in acoustic and electric splendor.
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Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland
Title: Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1978
Type: Movie
The Closing Of Winterland documents the Grateful Dead's landmark New Year's Eve 1978 concert that marked the end of the famed San Francisco Bay Area venue Winterland Aena. The Dead celebrated the closing as an approximately five-hour-long party (complete with breakfast with the audience at dawn) and invited some guests including guitarist John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service and Ken Kesey as well as actor Dan Aykroyd who provided the midnight countdown.
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The Grateful Dead
Title: The Grateful Dead
Character: Self
Released: June 2, 1977
Type: Movie
The Grateful Dead performs live at Winterland in San Francisco in October 1974.
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Grateful Dead: New Jersey Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo - Live at The Capitol Theater
Title: Grateful Dead: New Jersey Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo - Live at The Capitol Theater
Character: Self - Performer
Released: April 26, 1977
Type: Movie
1977 saw The Grateful Dead at the height of their powers. The new songs were solid, the band was playing better than ever and the bootleg recordings from that year prove it. This video captures the second and third nights of a three-night stand at Passaic, New Jersey's Capitol Theater. Highlights include: "Estimated Prophet", "Eyes Of The World", "Sugar Magnolia", "Promised Land", "Loser" and many more.
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Title: Apostrophes
Character: Self - Grateful Dead
Released: January 10, 1975
Type: TV
Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.
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Gimme Shelter
Title: Gimme Shelter
Character: Self
Released: December 13, 1970
Type: Movie
A detailed chronicle of the famous 1969 tour of the United States by the British rock band The Rolling Stones, which culminated with the disastrous and tragic concert held on December 6 at the Altamont Speedway Free Festival, an event of historical significance, as it marked the end of an era: the generation of peace and love suddenly became the generation of disillusionment.
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San Francisco Rock: A Night at the Family Dog
Title: San Francisco Rock: A Night at the Family Dog
Released: February 13, 1970
Type: Movie
This film is straight-ahead footage of Santana, the Grateful Dead, and the Jefferson Airplane playing at The Family Dog in 1970. Each band does two songs, followed by a jam at the end featuring musicians from all of the bands.
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The Acid Test
Title: The Acid Test
Character: Self
Released: October 5, 1966
Type: Movie
Sound and image captured by the Merry Pranksters in late 1965 and early 1966: the bus on the road, the Grateful Dead playing an Acid Test, Kool-Aid ritual, etc.
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Grateful Dead: Bits And Pieces About...
Title: Grateful Dead: Bits And Pieces About...
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
The film is accompanied by interviews with the band mebers Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, and Phil Lesh, who talk about their band's creation, their career and the influence and importance of their music from the era of flower power and beyond.