John Mayer Pays Tribute to the Grateful Dead’s Phil Lesh

John Mayer is mourning the lack of the Grateful Useless’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 through Instagram on Saturday, October 26, alongside a photograph of the 2 musicians enjoying collectively as a part of Lesh’s venture, Phil Lesh & Mates, which consisted of many various lineups of musicians moreover 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 overtly to so many musicians,” Mayer’s tribute continued. “He performed bass in a singular method, climbing up and down the preparations to provide 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 on the age of 84 on Friday, October 25. He was a cofounding member of the Grateful Useless alongside Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan and Invoice Kreutzmann, in addition to the band’s lead bassist.

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A press release from Lesh’s staff, launched through 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 just respect the Lesh household’s privateness at the moment.”

Lesh’s passing garnered tributes from many musicians, together with his former bandmates, which Mayer shared through his Instagram Story.

“We’re devastated to be taught of Phil’s passage to the following life,” the household of Garcia, who died in 1995 at age 53, wrote in their very 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 really lived for them with all his being.”

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The Grateful Useless’s remaining members — Weir, Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart — launched a joint assertion on Lesh’s loss of life through the band’s official Instagram account.

“There will probably be a whole lot of tributes, and they’ll 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 method of claiming all of it. So hearken to the Grateful Useless and, in that method, we’ll all take a bit little bit of Phil with us, perpetually.”