Phil Lesh

To celebrate the 4th of July in 1989, the Grateful Dead decided to heed the advice of their song "Truckin'" and return to Buffalo. By now, it was near tradition for the band to celebrate our nation's independence with summer tour shows in…

NYS Music would like to wish a healthy and happy birthday to guitarist Al Schnier who turns 53 years old today. Al, a husband and father of two, first sat in with a band named moe. in 1991 and hasn't looked back since. A true New…

LOCKN’ Festival is officially being postponed to October 1-3, 2021 due to COVID-19. The festival had originally planned to take place in June 19-21 of 2020, was delayed to October 2-4 of 2020 in hopes the virus would subside, but was…

Brooklyn Bowl in Williamsburg is celebrating their 11th Anniversary on FANS, this Friday, July 10. The livestream, fueled by Lagunitas, is set to feature 11+ hours of music with artists who’ve become Brooklyn Bowl family over the…

The third and final time the Grateful Dead performed at the Carrier Dome was on October 20, 1984 and featured one of the most blistering "Jack Straw" versions ever. The October 20 show was smack dab in the middle of their 1984 fall…

The 8th annual LOCKN’ Festival lineup has been announced. Taking place (as usual) at Infinity Downs & Oak Ridge Farm in Arrington, VA. This year’s festivities will be in honor of Grateful Dead bassist, Phil Lesh’s 80th birthday,…

Phil Lesh announced on Monday that due to his recovery from recent back surgery and postpones his upcoming “Phil-O-Ween” run at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY, planned for October 31, November 1 and 2. Filling in for Phil and…

Mountain Jam marked year 15 by migrating to Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, the site of the original 1969 Woodstock Festival. When the change was announced earlier this year, Mountain Jam co-founder Gary Chetkof shared with the…

Even after all these years, members of The Grateful Dead are still finding a way to push the envelope and explore new things.  Beginning tonight at Radio City Music Hall, Bob Weir and Phil Lesh will embark on their first ever set of shows…

To make it 20 years in any industry is quite a feat, especially when there were absolutely no expectations at the beginning. And the members of Dark Star Orchestra will tell you that making it that far as a cover band is even more…