#box of rain

[jt1674]

[fromthewitchwood]

“Walk into splintered sunlight Inch your way through dead dreams to another land” ❤️

[tilbageidanmark]

🎸🎸 RIP, PHIL LESH 🎸🎸

[krispyweiss]

Goose Play “Brokedown Palace” for Phil Lesh

- Grateful Dead bassist died Oct. 25 at 84

Noting Phil Lesh’s “immeasurable impact” on its members, Goose performed “Brokedown Palace” in a musical homage to the late Grateful Dead bassist.

The song - perhaps most notable for bassist Trevor Weekz’s purposeful, booming accents - came late in the second set of Goose’s Oct. 25 concert in North Carolina, hours after Lesh’s death was announced.

Fare you well/fare you well/I love you more than words can tell, one-time Friend Rick Mitarotonda sung in wobbly harmony with his bandmates.

The same night, Phish opened its gig with Lesh’s “Box of Rain.”

“Fare thee well, Phil,” Goose said in posting pro-shot video of “Brokedown.”

“Thank you for the immeasurable impact you’ve had on all of us.”

10/27/24

[dzgrizzle]

Rest In Peace, Phil. I’m grateful I got to see him in concert about a dozen times, at Furthur Festivals and with The Other Ones and Phil Lesh & Friends. 

Gift Article: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/arts/music/phil-lesh-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.U04.tjtc.GIRTBL8yjG67&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

[tuesdaynightmusicclub]

Tuesday Night Music Club No. 46 - 'Box of Rain' by The Grateful Dead

[vice-president-galade]

Rest in peace, Phil Lesh (March 15, 1940 – October 25, 2024)

I can't claim to be a huge Deadhead, but my husband is, so I've really grown to love them over the years. Box of Rain is such a gorgeous song that's always spoken to me.

And it's just a box of rain

Or a ribbon for your hair

Such a long, long time to be gone

And a short time to be there

[allthedesiredusernamesaretaken]

... godspeed ...

Phil Lesh, the Grateful Dead's co-founder and legendary bassist, has passed away at age 84.

His soulful playing shaped the Dead’s iconic sound and influenced generations. His legacy of creativity and endless jams will live on.

"Phil brought immense joy to everyone around him and leaves behind a legacy of music and love."

[the-birth-of-art]

First Dead cover since 1998. Thank you Phil.

[poprocklyrics]

Walk into splintered sunlight Inch your way through dead dreams to another land Maybe you're tired and broken Your tongue is twisted with words half spoken And thoughts unclear

Box of Rain, Grateful Dead

[myimaginaryradio]

Box Of Rain - Grateful Dead

[bloodiedrogue]

Yay, thanks for hosting this summertime sleepover!

💿 Anyway, I’m obsessed with all your curated playlists. I would be honored to have you create a playlist for BOX OF RAIN!!

hi friend! yes of course, here is your (hopefully???) beautiful playlist:

also if y'all haven't read box of rain yet definitely follow the link above and give it a read because k is literally such a lovely writer/human and deserves all the support in the world!!

[krispyweiss]

Song Review(s): Phil Lesh & Friends - “Cosmic Charlie,” “They Love Each Other,” “The Promised Land” and “Box of Rain” (Live, March 15, 2024)

For those who love Phil Lesh, the poignancy of the former Grateful Dead bassist singing “Box of Rain” on stage surrounded by relative youngsters on his 84th birthday was obvious.

His atonal baritone now raspy, his movements ginger, Lesh sung a fast-paced rendition of the song written for his dying father flanked by his son, Grahame, and guitarist Daniel Donato, and accompanied by Jason Crosby on keys and John Molo on drums while vocalist Amy Helm awaited her turn off stage. Forever searching, Lesh the elder led the band through a unique instrumental interlude before singing the revised, post-Grateful coda:

Such a long, long time to be gone/and a short time to be …

“Box” was one of four livestream giveaways from Lesh & Friends’ March 15 gig in New York. It began with “Cosmic Charlie,” which shuffled across the stage and overcame with music its vocal shortcomings.

Donato was the man at the mic and in the six-string spotlight on “They Love Each Other” and “The Promised Land,” where he shone on the Grateful Dead number and struggled on Chuck Berry’s track.

But the band provided strong support on the musical front as Lesh continued his tradition of torch passing and lighting the way for a new generation of musical seekers.

Grade card: Phil Lesh & Friends - “Cosmic Charlie,” “They Love Each Other,” “The Promised Land” and “Box of Rain” (Live - 3/15/24) - B+/B/C/B

3/16/24

[thehappyspaceman]

Grateful Dead bassist and founding member Phil Lesh just passed at the age of 84.

Phil had originally been a classically trained trumpet player when he was invited by vocalist/lead guitarist Jerry Garcia to join as a bassist. Having never played bass before, Phil’s free jazz style of trumpet playing influenced the way he played the bass, adopting a dynamic, melodic method to the instrument, employing unique chord phrasing and note choices where previous bassists had only focused on the rhythm and root notes, and giving an additional jazz influence to their psychedelic rock style that made him an integral part to the Grateful Dead’s sound in their live performances from when he joined all the way to their disbanding in 1995.

He also wrote songs for the band, with “Box of Rain” from 1970’s American Beauty being one of my personal favorite album openers of their career, and “Unbroken Chain” and “Pride of Cucamonga” from 1974’s Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel also being solid cuts (all three of which he also sang lead on). He additionally co-wrote songs such as “New Potato Caboose,” “Truckin’,” “Cumberland Blues,” and the instrumental “King Solomon’s Marbles.”

While he himself admitted he did not possess a strong singing voice, he occasionally sang for them. He provided lead vocals on the aforementioned first three songs, and his tenor tone helped their trademark harmonies until 1974, when he stopped singing due to straining his voice with improper technique, although he picked up singing again in the late 1980s.

From 1998 to 2015, he participated in several Grateful Dead reunion tours, including the Other Ones, The Dead, Furthur, and their 2015 Fare Thee Well shows, the last time all four remaining members—Phil, vocalist/rhythm guitarist Bob Weir, and dual drummers Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart—would perform together. Outside of that, he mostly performed with his own group, Phil and Friends, and took time to himself.

I know that Phil has been ill for many years, plus he was the oldest member of the Grateful Dead, but he still lived a good long life and has the legacy of paving the sound of one of the greatest bands in history. R.I.P. 1940–2024.