Phil Lesh grew up listening to classical and jazz music. Then he reimagined the electric bass and changed rock history. The Grateful Dead’s bassist and founding member died on October 25 at age 84.

I was 8 or 9and I was just like, “I want to play the violin!” I didn’t really like classical ... And then that night I went ...

The fragrance of varnish and curing wood drifts by as you enter Side Door Strings, transporting you to an era when objects and the tools that built them were all made by hand. A violin in the raw sits ...

You knew this wasn't any ordinary symphony crowd when the high-pitched sound of chatter easily drowned out the warmups of the bassoons, oboes and violins before it started. It was just as evident when ...

The San José Chamber Orchestra announced a performance titled A TRIP TO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE on November 17, featuring ...

In an unexpected yet thrilling setting, the Carolina Panthers and New York Giants faced off in Munich, Germany, bringing ...

Holdsworth’s tone has both saxophone and violin-like elements ... In the 1980s, Allan was championed by leading rock and metal players such as Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Vai, and Eddie Van Halen ...

Phil Lesh, a founding member of the Grateful Dead whose electric bass playing came to define the psychedelic San Francisco ...

Madden gives the performance of a lifetime as Wilde, holding nothing back – to the point where, as he took his final bows, he broke down in tears. He captures the mercurial, fleet-footed wit and ...

He traded the violin for the trumpet and created sounds ... "At Garcia’s suggestion, Lesh learned to play the electric bass and joined him in a new group that blended R & B, country, and rock ...

Phil Lesh, founding bass player for the Grateful Dead ... he keenly studied avant-garde classical and free jazz music, putting his violin and trumpet skills to work as a composer.