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November 5th, 2024

CAT Episode 186 – Phil Lesh (Grateful Dead)

  1. CAT Episode 186 - Phil Lesh (Grateful Dead) Classic Artists Today, LLC 32:30

A tribute to Phil Lesh, founding member and bassist/vocalist for the Grateful Dead, who had a unique style of playing a six-string bass guitar.  His career kicked off when he joined his friend Jerry Garcia in The Warlocks, which ultimately morphed into the Grateful Dead in the mid-1960’s.  Many consider Phil as an innovator on the bass.  Phil wrote or co-wrote many of the Grateful Dead’s songs throughout the years.  He was inducted in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 as a member of the band.  After the Grateful Dead disbanded, Phil continued his career in the band’s offshoots; The Other Ones, The Dead, Furthur and Phil Lesh and Friends.  Phil passed away on October 25, 2024.  On this tribute episode, we’re join by Phil’s friends Bill Payne of Little Feat and Duane Betts – son of Dickey Betts of the Allman Brothers Band fame, who have played with Phil during his career.  They share their unique insights about the legendary musician.  For Dead fans and music lovers too, this is an episode not to be missed!  The legends…we have them on the CAT!! 

Ray White Managing Director, Classic Artists Today

Ray's passion for music and the musicians, started as a youth listening to transistor radios under the covers at bedtime. The bands and performers he liked, he followed throughout their career. In 2005 he was fed up with the evolution of a majority of the music the radio stations were playing and began investigating the bands he grew up listening to in the 1960's, 70's and 80's. Radio wasn't playing any of those band's "new" songs, just the "classic" hits. Researching the industry for a year, Ray launched Classic Artists Today syndicated radio show - featuring "new" songs by "classic" artists and included interviews and classic tracks too. The show was carried by several dozen radio stations in the U.S., Canada, Europe and the Caribbean. Featuring Rock/Pop musicians and bands, Ray and the show won several awards from New Music Weekly magazine. With the success of these shows, he launched Coool CAT syndicated radio show, 5 years later, featuring Soul/R&B/Smooth Jazz/Blues performers and bands. In 2017, Ray starting producing his show in a 30-minute podcast format. Today, you can hear his work at Sittin' In With The CAT and Sittin' In With The Coool CAT. The legacy continues!

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