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PhilBase 1940s-1998
Phil Lesh's Appearances Outside of the GD
and Phil & Friends Setlists

This section is in no way complete.
Unless noted, songs sung by Phil, but not 100% correct

Please let me know if you have any corrections or additions, thanks.

late 1940s- early 50s	-In third grade in El Cerrito, CA Phil Lesh began violin lessons and he stuck with it long enough to become second chair in a local youth orchestra after a few years. -At fourteen Phil Lesh dropped violin and took up the trumpet, playing in the El Cerrito High School marching and concert bands. from Blair Jackson's "Garcia, An American Life"
1955- 1957	-Midway through high school Phil Lesh's parents moved to neighboring Berkeley so Phil could go to Berkeley High, which had a much more serious music program. from Blair Jackson's "Garcia, An American Life" See yearbook pictures (thanks Teddy Goodbear)
4/5/59	Phil composes, arranges, & performs Finnegan's Awake & more on trumpet! San Mateo College Jazz Band (with Phil Lesh playing trumpet) San Mateo College, San Mateo, CA Audience: I'll Remember April [3:16] ; Whale Trail [3:12] ; Finnegan's Awake [2:57] ; unknown [3:03] ; unknown [2:38], from unknown generation source [20 minutes] Note: These five songs are possibly from more than one date.	circulates
5/21/59	Phil plays trumpet "CSM Jazz Concert Set For May 21," San Mateo Times, May 9, 1959, p. 2. San Mateo College Jazz Band (with Phil Lesh playing trumpet) San Mateo High School Auditorium, San Mateo, CA	Thanks Joe
6/12/59	Fredric Roehr (piano), Phil Lesh (trumpet) "College Aides Hold Pre-Grad Celebration," San Mateo Times, June 13, 1959, p. 3. Elks Club, San Mateo, CA	Thanks Joe
~4/17/60	Phil plays trumpet "CSM Jazz Band Plays," San Mateo Times, April 7, 1960, p. 17. San Mateo College Jazz Band (with Phil Lesh playing trumpet) Music Educators National Conference, Monterey, CA	Thanks Joe
5/5-6/60	Phil plays trumpet "CSM Jazz Band Plays," San Mateo Times, April 7, 1960, p. 17. San Mateo College Jazz Band (with Phil Lesh playing trumpet) ??, CA	Thanks Joe
5/12/60	Phil plays trumpet "CSM Jazz Band Plays," San Mateo Times, April 7, 1960, p. 17. San Mateo College Jazz Band (with Phil Lesh playing trumpet) College of Marin, San Rfael, CA	Thanks Joe
5/17/60	Phil plays trumpet "On Campus Concerts by CSM Group," San Mateo Times, May 14, 1960, p. 11. College of San Mateo Brass Choir (with Phil Lesh playing trumpet) Choral Room, College of San Mateo, San Mateo, CA	Thanks Joe
5/30/60	Phil plays trumpet "CSM Jazz Band Plays," San Mateo Times, April 7, 1960, p. 17. San Mateo College Jazz Band (with Phil Lesh playing trumpet) Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA	Thanks Joe
5/1/62	Phil plays trumpet on Winter Music (Cage) Tom Constanten ,Luciano Berio, Robert Moran, Lillian T’seng, Patricia Caballero, Ann Uran, Robert Kuykendall, Irene Lathrop, Jane Hill, Philip Lesh, Nancy Thalhammer, Ronald Hotek, and Maxine Goldberg San Mateo College Jazz Band (with Phil Lesh playing trumpet) Mills College Concert Hall, Oakland, CA	Thanks Joe
2/27-29, 3/1, 3/5-8, 3/12-15/64	Phil Lesh (composition; drums, vibes, trumpet, piano, tape music); Steve Reich (composition; drums, vibes, trumpet, piano, tape music); R.G. Davis; Fumi Spencer (dance); Elias Romero (lights) "Mime Troup to Open Original Play," Oakland Tribune, February 23, 1964, p. 11-EL. San Mateo College Jazz Band (with Phil Lesh playing trumpet) Mime Troupe Theater, San Francisco, CA	Thanks Joe
5/??/64	Phil Lesh and Tom Constanten unknown venue (probably studio), unknown location - Mime Troupe Loft (or studio?), San Francisco, CA? Soundboard: 6-7/8 for Bernardo Marino [20 minutes] Note: composed by Lesh for San Francisco New Music Survey	circulates
5/21/64?	Phil Lesh and Tom Constanten unknown venue (probably studio), unknown location - Mime Troupe Loft (or studio?), San Francisco, CA? Soundboard: Piano Piece #3 [10 minutes] Note: composed by Lesh for San Francisco New Music Survey	circulates
11/3/65	The First Warlocks Show (Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann) Golden Gate Studios, San Francisco, CA Soundboard: Can't Come Down [2:59] ; Mindbender [2:39] ; The Only Time Is Now [2:47] ; Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) [3:14] ; I Know You Rider [2:37] ; Early Morning Rain [3:14], from unknown generation source [10 minutes] Note: Studio recording session for Autumn Records' "The Emergency Crew." Never commercially released.	circulates
4/1967	Phil & Jerry are guest DJ's with Tom Donahue KMPX Radio, San Francisco, CA	circulates?
12/1970	David & the Dorks - Phil, Jerry & Mickey play w/ David Crosby dates include: 12/15/70, 12/17/70, 12/20/70 &??? Some in circulation - details... 12/15 & 12/17 have the same setlist and might be the same Please let me know if you have any more info	setlists: ??/70 studio 12/15/70 12/17/70 12/20/70
1/1971	PERRO - Planet Earth Rock & Roll Orchestra - circulating DAT excerpts from 1/2,3,11,14/71 - more exists David Crosby, Phil, Nash, Jerry, Mickey, Billy, Jorma, Cassidy, Grace Slick, Kantner & more Wally Heider's 245 Hyde Studio C, San Francisco, CA	setlist & short MORE ON PERRO
2/1971	David Crosby's If I Could Only Remember My Name is released Phil, Jerry, Mickey, Billy, Jorma & more Produced David Crosby R ecorded and mixed by Stephen Barncard from Nov. 1970 thru Spring 1971 Wally Heider's 245 Hyde Studio C, San Fran, CA
8/21/71	Phil, Jerry, Bobby, Crosby & John Cipollina Unknown Studio Novato, CA Ghost Riders, Whinin' Boy Blues, Wall Song> Jam> Wall Song, Jam, Blues Jam
12/31/71?	Yogi Phlegm (not Sons of Champlin) with Phil Lesh, Jerry Garcia, Bill Vitt, and Bill Champlin Big Boss Man, Everyday I Get the Blues Then the rest of the band showed up and played Heaven Only Knows, Papa Can Play, Right On, Let Your Daddy Know, All and Everything, >Watcha Gonna Do, Cold Sweat, and 99 1/2 Winterland Arena San Francisco, CA opened for the Grateful Dead, New Riders of the Purple Sage also played	details
8/17/72	David Bromberg & Friends (w/Garcia, Lesh, Kreutzmann, Godchaux) Wally Heider's Studio San Francisco, CA The Holdup, Someone Else's Blues, Danger Man, The Main Street Moan, Sharon, Demon in Disguise
11/23/72	Doug Sahm Band with very special guests Phil, Jerry, Billy K., Leon Russell & Mary Egan Thanksgiving at Armadillo World Headquaters, Austin, TX Hi-Heel Sneakers, Honky Tonk Angel, Closin' Time, Me & Bobby McGee, Stormy Monday, That's Alright Mama, Come On Into My Kitchen, T For Texas, Is Anybody Going To San Antone, Unnknown Instrumental, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, Jambalaya, The Day I Started Loving You Again, Columbus Stockade Blues, Honky Tonkin', Orange Blossom Special, Kentucky Waltz, Big Boss Man, Searchin', Lonely, Loneley Nights, Shake A Hand, Hey Bo Diddley, Train To Cry, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, Wild Horses, Slippin' Into Christmas, Money Honey, Chug-A-Lug, Roll Over Beethoven, Good Golly Miss Molly, Roll Over Beethoven	photo ANOTHER thanks Wallee, SS, B. Wilson, & ducktaper
6/??/74	Lesh & Ned Lagin Palace of Fine Arts San Francisco, CA	Space 75 minutes
2&12/75	Seastones is released - Phil, Jerry, Ned Lagin, David Crosby, Grace Slick, David Freiberg, Mickey Hart, and Spencer Dryden	cover: frnt / bck more info
6/6/75?	Phil, Jerry, Mickey, Ned Lagin Dominican College, San Rafael, CA	Space handbill/flyer
2/76-12/76	Too Loose To Truck - Phil's side-project band w/ Terry Haggerty - guitar, John Allair - keyboards & vocals, Steve Mitchell - drums PLEASE let me know if you have any more info - ie show dates, setlists. I've found these [unconfirmed] dates so far: 2/14/76, 5/17/76, 5/19/76-might be 5/17?, 10/??/76, 12/10/76, 12/19/76	5/17/76 info 5/17/76 poster (thanks Jeff T.) 12/19/76 setlist & more info
??/??/8?	KFOG deadhead hour - Phil reads the weird ending lyrics to the Dark Star single (thanks Bill G)
6/25/81	Phil joins The Jerry Garcia Band for entire show Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, CA	setlist
6/26/81	Phil joins The Jerry Garcia Band for entire show Warfield Theater, San Francisco, CA	setlist
8/22/81	Phil joins The Jerry Garcia Band for entire show Fairfax Pavillion, Fairfax, CA	setlist
2/13/94	Phil and Jorma Kaukonen join Crosby, Nash & Jeff Pevar for part of their set SEVA Benefit Masonic Auditorium San Francisco, CA Deja Vu, I Used 2B A King, Laughing, Box Of Rain, Military Madness, Encore (w/ others): This Land is Your Land	photo
5/11/94	Guest Conductor UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, Guest Conductors Benefit Concert Berkeley, CA	setlist & descr

9/24/94 top	*THE VERY FIRST* Phil Lesh And Friends BCT, Berkeley, CA A Benefit for Berkeley Music Program	Walkin' Blues, Lazy River Road, K.C. Moan, Dupree's Diamond Blues, Childhood's End, Masterpiece, Attics of My Life, Cassidy > Birdsong> Throwing Stones The Band: Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Vince Welnick Photo of show & Phil's acoustic bass here	PX RV
7/9/95 top	*THE LAST GRATEFUL DEAD SHOW* Soldier Field Chicago, IL	Truckin'>Lovelight>Not Fade Away E: The Weight The Band: with Phil Lesh, Bob Weir	.
4/12/96 top	Bruce Hornsby Band The Fillmore, SF, CA	Truckin'>Lovelight>Not Fade Away E: The Weight The Band: with Phil Lesh, Bob Weir	.
6/14-16 /96 top	An American Festival Davies Symphony Hall, SF, CA	Phil, Bobby, Mickey & Welnick join Michael Tilson Thomas & the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Details: 14 / 15 / 16 David Gans interview with Phil	PX IN
7/30/96 top	Mickey Hart's Mystery Box Further '96, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mtn. View, CA	Fire On The Mountain The Band: Mickey Hart's Mystery Box with Sammy Hagar, Bob Weir and Phil Lesh)	.
7/30/96 top	Ratdog Further '96, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mtn. View, CA	Truckin> (Weir, Hornsby, Hart, Lesh, Kaukonen, horns and drums) The Other One The Band: Weir, Hornsby, Hart, Lesh, Kaukonen, David Hidalgo, Wasserman, Sammy Hagar, horns and drums	.
1/21/97 top	CPR Maritime Hall, SF, CA	Laughing, Box of Rain, Wooden Ships* The Band: David Crosby, Jeff Pevar, James Raymond, Phil Lesh	.
3/6/97 top	David Murray Octet The Fillmore, SF, CA	Shakill's Warrior, High Priest, The Desegregation Of Our Children, The Fight Song, Shakedown Street> Samson and Delilah, Dark Star, One More Saturday Night, Hope Scope, China Doll, Shakedown Street The Band: David Murray Octet w/ special guests Bob Weir & *Phil Lesh	.
6/14/97	Cyber-Chat Interview The Fillmore, SF, CA	Organized by Jeff Gould w/ over 900 guests Transcript of chat here	PX IN
8/2/97 top	Bruce Hornsby Band Further '97, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mtn. View, CA	Wharf Rat> Valley Road, Rainbow's Cadillac^, Jack Straw+ With Lesh +with Weir, Lesh, Hart & Bonnie Raitt Photos: 1 / 2 / 3	PX
8/2/97 top	Mickey Hart's Planet Drum Further '97, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mtn. View, CA	Fire On The Mountain (with Lesh, Weir, Jay Lane, Jorma )	.
8/2/97 top	Furthur Festival All-Star Jam Further '97, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mtn. View, CA	The Other One, Good Lovin', Lovelight The Band: The Other Ones (with Al, Weir, Lesh, Hart, Lane, Bakithi Kumalo, Molo Zakir, Ellis, D'earth, Read and Hornsby) Good Lovin (with Weir, Lesh, Hart, Lane, Zakir, Jorma, Ellis, D'earth, Read, Hornsby & Hornsby's keyboard player) Turn On Your Lovelight (Weir, Lesh, Jorma, Hart, Lane, Zakir, Marc, Kelly, Crowes keyboard player, Ellis, D'earth and Read)	.
8/10/97 top	Vinyl with Phil Bolinas-Stinson School Benefit, Bolinas, CA	Phil guests on Good Lovin' and Gimme Some Lovin' The Band: Vinyl w/ special guest Phil Lesh	RA PX RV IN
9/21/97 top	Broken Angels Deadhead Community Center Benefit Ashkenaz, Berkeley, CA	Bertha Sugaree Bird Song China Cat Sunflower I Know You Rider Scarlet Begonias New Speedway Boogie The Band: Anthony Aversano Bob Bravlove Al Feldstein David Gans Gary Lambert Phil Lesh Chuck Rosene Mika Scott Liz Warren	.
11/6/97 top	The Broken Angels Unbroken Chain Foundation Benefit Maritime Hall, SF, CA	Set 1: Bertha Cassidy> Sultans of Swing> Playing in The Band Broken Arrow China Cat Sunflower> I Saw Her Standing There Set 2: Dark Star> The Other One> New Speedway Boogie> Black Throated Wind Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues Box of Rain Set 3: (Duane Day replaces Phil on bass) NFA> St. Stephen> Terrapin> Midnight Moonlight> Big River E1: (Steve Ramirez replaces Duane Day on bass) The Minstrel E2: Cosmic Charlie The Band: Anthony Aversano Robin Bonnell Bob Bralove Clayton Call Duane Day Rik Elswit Al Feldstein Scott Fernandez David Gans Jennifer Jolly Gary Lambert Phil Lesh Bob Nakamine Steve Ramirez Eric Rawlins Mika Scott Liz Warren	RA PX P2 RV IN
12/7/97 top	Philharmonia Maritime Hall, SF, CA	Set 1: Not Fade Away, Amazing Grace, Whole World in His Hands, In the Sweet By and By, Angels We Have Heard While High, Teach Your Children, Give Peace a Chance, Twelve Days of Christmas, Go Tell It on the Mountain, Ripple Set 2: Dona Nobis Pacem, If All People, Music of the Stars, Blackbird, Hava Nashira Allelujia E: Our House, Not Fade Away, And We Bid You Goodnight The Band: Bobby, Mickey, Bruce, Nash, E. Brickell, D. Grisman, B. Hornsby, Jackie LaBranch, Donna Jean, G. Nash, & M. T. Thomas Thank you note from Phil, poster & more on UBC site	RA PX RV IN
12/7/97 top	The Broken Angels Philharmonia Afterparty Continental Ballroom San Francisco Hilton Hotel	Set 1: Honeydew> Mason's Children> An American Family Crazy, Crazy, Crazy Hooker River Set 2: Bird Song Box of Rain, Cassidy> Big River E1: New Speedway Boogie E2: Bertha The Band: Clayton Call David Gans Bruce Hornsby Jennifer Jolly Gary Lambert Phil Lesh Donna Jean (Godchaux) MacKay Steve Ramirez Bob Weir	.
12/27/97 top	Broken Angels Unbroken Chain Foundation Benefit Maritime Hall, SF, CA (total time: ~2:30 sung by Phil unless indicated)	Set 1 (9:00 - 10:50pm): 1. Honeydew> 2. An American Family, 3. Live One, 4. Jacqueline, 5. Crazy, Crazy, Crazy, 6. Bird Song, 7. Sugar Magnolia> 8. Scarlet Begonias> 9. Brown-Eyed Women, 10. El Paso, 11. China Cat Sunflower> 12. Mexicali Blues, 13. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues, 14. Alabama Getaway Set 2 (11:25pm - 1:15am): 15. Eyes of the World> 16. He's Gone, 17. They Love Each Other, 18. Cassidy> 19. Cold Rain and Snow, 20. Black Peter> 21. Morning Dew, 22. Terrapin Station> 23. I Know You Rider 24. E: Box of Rain The Band: David Gans - guitar, vocals (1-24) Phil Coulson - guitar, vocals (7-24) Chuck Garvey - guitar, vocals (4-6) Jennifer Jolly - keyboard, vocals (1-17, 20-24; vocals only on 16) Bob Bralove - keyboard, vocals (16) Scott Fernandez - keyboard (18,19) Steve Ramirez - bass, vocals (1-5) Phil Lesh - bass, vocals (6-24) Clayton Call - drums (1-16, 20-24) Mika Scott - drums (17-19) Liz Warren - vocals (18,19)	RA RV
1/31/98 top	The Broken Angels The Fillmore, SF, CA	Set 1: Franklin's Tower> It's all too Much> Broken Arrow Honeydew> Sultans of Swing, St. Stephen> Scarlet Begonias > Fire on The Mountain Sugaree Set 2: Friend Of The Devil, Golden Days, Stella Blue> The Other One> Dark Star jam> Imagine> Dark Star> Things We Said Today> Cosmic Charlie, Box Of Rain, Like A Rolling Stone E1: Wild Horses E2: The Wheel> And We Bid You Goodnight The Band: Robin Bonnell, Clayton Call, David Gans, Joe Goldmark, Tammie Horowitz, Steve Horowitz, Jennifer Jolly, Gary Lambert, Phil Lesh, Kitty Margolis, Vince Welnick	.
2/27/98 top	Phil Lesh And Friends The Fillmore, SF, CA	Set 1: Hell In A Bucket, Sugaree, Queen Jane Approximately > Playing In The Band> Mississippi Half Step, Bird Song, West LA Fadeaway Set 2: Mountains Of The Moon Lost Sailor> Saint Of Circumstance > The Other One Wild Horses> Dark Star> China Cat Sunflower> I Know You Rider> St. Stephen> Not Fade Away E1: Like a Rolling Stone E2: Ripple The Band: Jeff Chimenti Dave Ellis Stan Franks Jay Lane Phil Lesh Bob Weir	PX
3/26/98 top	Phil Lesh And Friends The Fillmore, SF, CA	Set 1: Alligator> Hard to Handle, Astral Weeks, Jack-a-Roe, True Blue, Blue Sky, To Love Somebody, Cosmic Charlie Set 2: Broken Arrow, Golden Days, Baba O'Reilly> Tomorrow Never Knows> A Love Supreme Jam> Dark Star Jam> Gimme Some Lovin'> Dark Star Jam> Days Between> Dark Star Jam> Box of Rain E1: It's All Too Much E2: Ripple The Band: Scott Amendola Stan Franks Gary Lambert Phil Lesh Bobby Strickland Vince Welnick	PX
4/20/98 top	Phil Lesh And Friends The Warfield, SF, CA	Set 1: Minglewood Blues, Friend of the Devil, Wang Dang Doodle, High Time, (Phil) West LA Fadeaway, Birdsong, Box of Rain, Imagine Set 2: China Cat Sunflower> I Know You Rider Masterpiece Revolution Hell in a Bucket> The Other One> U.S. Blues Cassidy Morning Dew Touch of Grey E: Like a Rolling Stone The Band: Stan Franks Bruce Hornsby Phil Lesh Branford Marsalis John Molo Bob Weir	PX
4/30/98 top	Spring Jinks - Surprise Show Bohemian Club Theater, SF, CA	El Paso, Shoulda Been Me, Walkin Blues, West LA Fadeaway, Truckin (aborted when Lesh's mic blew a fuse), ?, Irish song, Truckin Encore: Jack Straw, Ripple Soundcheck: Cassidy, West LA Fadeaway The Band: Phil, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Sammy Hagar and Friends (possibly Bobby Strickland, Peter Cutler, Jay Lane and Henry Kaiser)	IN
5/15/98 top	Phil Lesh And Friends "Sing Out For SEVA" BCT, Berkeley, CA	I Used to Be a King, Laughing, Box of Rain, Wooden Ships E: Ripple, Teach Your Children, Amazing Grace The Band: David Crosby, Phil Lesh, Graham Nash, Jeff Pevar, James Raymond	IN
6/4/98 top	The Other Ones Rainforest Action Network Benefit The Warfield, SF, CA	Set 1: Jack Straw, Sugaree, Minglewood Blues> Easy Answers, Loser, Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad, Scarlet Begonias > Fire on the Mountain> China Cat Sunflower> I Know You Rider Set 2: Box of Rain, Friend of the Devil, Playing in The Band> Drums > Preacher in the Ring> Jam> Banyan Tree> Playing (reprise) St. Stephen> The Eleven> Jam> Lovelight The Band: Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Bruce Hornsby, John Molo, Mark Karan, Steve Kimock	PX
6/25/98- 7/25/98	The Other Ones - Furthur Festival	June 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, July 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25	PX
8/7/98 top	Phil Lesh And Friends The Fillmore, SF, CA	Set 1: Playing in The Band> Terrapin instrumental> Sugaree, West LA Fadeaway> Mountains of the Moon> Jam Set 2: Overture> Truckin'> Smokestack Lightnin'> The Other One jam> Mississippi Half-Step , Easy Answers> All Along the Watchtower> Other One jam> A Love Supreme> Other One Jam> Playing (reprise)> Box of Rain, Cassidy E: Ripple The Band: Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Steve Kimock, Jeff Chimenti, Dave Ellis, Praire Prince	PX IN
8/8/98 top	Phil Lesh And Friends The Fillmore, SF, CA	Set 1: In A Silent Way Space> It's Up To You> Dark Star Jam> Jack Straw, Friend of the Devil, Broken Arrow, Bird Song Set 2: Jam> Shakedown Street> Unbroken Chain> Other One> The Wheel > Space> Milestones> Other One> China Cat Sunflower> I Know You Rider E: Like a Rolling Stone The Band: Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Steve Kimock, Jeff Chimenti, Dave Ellis, Praire Prince	PX
11/6/98 top	Bruce Hornsby Band Yoshi's, Oakland, CA	The Way It Is Rap, Horns> Full Band Jam> Sneaking up on Boo Radley, Look Out Any Window Fortunate Son, King of the Hill, Scarlet Begonias* Rainbow's Cadillac* Loser* Tennessee Jed* *with Phil Lesh & Steve Kimock	.
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