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...Weir and Lesh both turn in amazingly good performances, although the Dead have mixed Lesh too low again. Weir's vocals have also improved amazingly in the last two years...
...gospel choir. And in a way, they are. They got started around two years ago when the Dead, in their infinite rock-wisdom, began to "get into" country rock. The band introduced a new concert format: instead of five hours of Electric Dead. Bill Kreutzmann (drums), Phil Lesh (bass), Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir (acoustic guitars and vocals) would play "country Dead" for an hour. The songs were those later to comprise Workingman's Dead and American Beauty, along with other country and spiritual tunes. When they sang "Swing Low Sweet Chariot," a little fellow, not much more than five...
...FLORENCE LESH New Brighton, Minn...
...After their last song. Nelson and Marmaduke left the stage quickly; the Dead's bass and rhythm guitarists, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir, wandered on stage and began to tune up by their microphones: the band's two drummers, Bob Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, were in place and Ron McKernon (" Pigpen ") nosed around at the back of the stage. The Grateful Dead were finally ready, and they moved into " Casey Jones, " from Working-man's Dead...
...Dead, bass-player Phil Lesh is the most musically experienced. He started out as a violinist, played trumpet in the San Mateo College Jazz Band, composed electronic music, and one day picked up the electric-bass under Garcia's instruction; two weeks later he played his first concert with the Dead. On stage, he moves to and fro from stage-front to his amplifier at the back, looking cheerful, at times excited by the music. On his left, Bob Weir-tall, serious-looking-looks down at his rhythm guitar, occasionally peering across the stage from under his eyebrows...