Remembering Phil Lesh: Deadheads descend on ‘Grateful Dead House’ in San Francisco following death of bassist

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Deadheads descended on the Haight-Ashbury home Friday that the band referred to as residence within the Sixties, to say goodbye to Grateful Useless founding member Phil Lesh.

“They’ve had a very massive affect on our life. And, so I like to consider the completely happy reminiscences,” mentioned Joan Durbin, who was visiting from Atlanta along with her husband.

“Once we heard the information that Phil had died, we determined we needed to come back down right here and simply pay our respects,” she mentioned. “It is like watching a bunch of your folks become older and all people will get older, and so individuals die that the music goes on,” added Mark Durbin.

And the music was occurring throughout the road in a Volkswagen van.

“It is surreal I imply the useless had been getting previous,” mentioned Johnny Greavu. “I figured today was coming, however not so quickly.”

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The band is image of the counterculture motion of the sixties.

“Should you take a look at that home and you consider the folks that have gone up and down these steps and people particular years, that was a really particular second in time,” mentioned Michael Seiler.

“Deadheads are you understand, it is the place all of the runaways, the outcasts, the addicts,” mentioned Greavu. “It is a complete neighborhood of misfits in a means and it is residence for lots individuals who do not feel they’ve a house.”

The band’s music defining a technology and galvanizing generations of followers to comply with.

“The power from that point remains to be right here, you’re feeling it. We’re sitting in a van, there’s individuals strolling up and down the streets who know this music, it simply by no means stops,” mentioned Seiler.