Phil Lesh bass solo

A rare Bass solo by Phil Lesh. This is from disc 2 of Dick's Picks vol.34. I herd this is one of few solos Phil ever did, if anyone has or knows of any others please let me know. I have been waiting a long time to post this and seeing that its Phils birthday i couldn't think of a better time to post it.

[@jts12000]

Phil started a bass solo in 65 that still has not ended

[@wobrien007]

The weird noise at 0.29: Phil came out first and was screwing around with an electronic box on the stage behind him that had a something spinning around. It seemed like he was feeding his bass thru it and that weird sound - Mmmwwwoooooop! - came out and made my brain melt, if you know what I mean. The he shook the building for a couple of minutes with the low notes that followed. My 1st Dead show was a good one....

[@Themarynewman]

thanks for keeping us in our lovely phil zone!

[@Sleepy_Alligator]

Recognize the picture, Phil 9/2/78 Giants Stadium, my first show. I was standing 20 or 30 feet to the left of whoever took it.

[@tommasofonda7431]

Some bombs by Phil Lesh!

[@TrollsAreGonnaTroll]

definitely a sound check. still really pretty though

[@jamesguest4338]

this is phil soundchecking not a phil solo

[@anthonyramani4661]

10/18/72 a nice bass solo there

[@davidgoode7416]

Awesome!

[@kingdomrhye1180]

Eyes of the world has some phil solos

[@KeizerHedorah]

Too legit!

[@petermaley9895]

I got to the Baltimore Civic Center over an hour early for a Grateful Dead concert somewhere around 1974, but it could have been 73, 75 or 76. [ I seem to remember seeing them twice there a few years apart during that span.] At any rate, at one of those shows Phil strolled out on stage an hour before the scheduled concert start time, plugged in his bass guitar and laid down the finest bass guitar solo I have ever heard, before or since, live or recorded, by any one. Over the years I have wondered if a recording exists. If so, I suspect it would have surfaced by now. I'm guessing he played for a good 6 or 8 minutes, maybe longer--but that's just a guess. I am unaware of any other bona fide Lesh solos, but I haven't gone on any kind of extensive hunt for recordings of one. I tend to agree with the critics that this video is more Lesh messin' around than true solo.

[@landonearth9205]

Have you checked out the DeadHead archives?

[@FerniFF]

Check out the ending of "Eyes of The World" - 02-26-77

[@footer317]

thanks for this tip, it's rockin

[@philmatera]

I am seeding 10-18-72 right now at:
bt.etree.org/details.php?id=561661
www.shnflac.net/details.php?id=878ffb94a939ba8ffcfb8bbfbabd5128b5ffd1dc
or you can stream the show or download mp3s at:
archive.org/details/gd1972-10-18.sbd.matera.123571.sbeok.flac16

[@Jack-kq5yn]

Ooh Fah

[@briandcare1]

2 much of a tease.

[@milesstauffer]

:)

[@justinbond1046]

This is one of the worst bass solos as this video calls it. It had to be screwing around during sound check...

[@eduardomorales4446]

No hizo nada

[@icecoldhubbas]

Yeah not a solo

[@lindafuria2889]

not a solo, just off-hand doodling..

[@richardrykard3246]

You just summed up 30 years of the Dead

[@dahlstausa]

No debate. This just sucks.