After Jerry’s guitar solo, there’s a call and response between a repeated phrase played by the full band and Phil’s bass. These four bass breaks would even make good hip-hop samples, which is not true ...

Lesh agreed, even though he had never played bass guitar. His broad interest in music and his unfamiliarity with the bass ...

Something not looking for applause, yet more essential than any show-stopping riff. It’s the bass guitar of our lives: purpose. The bass guitar is a curious beast, isn’t it? It doesn’t clamor.

Phil Lesh, a founding member of the Grateful Dead whose electric bass playing came to define the psychedelic San Francisco sound, died Oct. 25.

Mohini Dey is a name that resonates with music enthusiasts and professionals worldwide. Known for her extraordinary talent as ...