| 1940 |
3/15 | Phillip Chapman Lesh is born in Berkeley, CA |
| 1944 |
~ | Phil gets turned on to Brahms First Symphony at age 4 |
| 1948 |
~ | Phil takes up the violin at age 8 |
| 1954 |
~ | Phil takes up the trumpet at age 14 |
| 1959 |
| San Mateo College Jazz Band formed |
| 1962 |
~ | Tom Constanten meets Phil |
| 1962 |
| Phil and Tom study with avant-garde classical composer Luciano Berio |
| 1962 |
| Phil hears Jerry play at a party at the Chateau |
| 1964 |
5/~ | Phil Lesh and Tom Constanten formed |
| 1965 |
6/0? | Phil takes up the bass 2 weeks before his first gig with Warlocks |
| 1965 |
6/18 | Phil joins the Warlocks on bass, finalizing the future Grateful Dead lineup |
| 1965 |
11/03 | Emergency Crew Demo Tape by Warlocks |
| 1965 |
12/01 | Acid Tests organizer Ken Kesey enlists Warlocks as house band |
| 1965 |
12/0? | Grateful Dead founded in San Francisco |
| 1967 |
3/17 | The Grateful Dead LP |
| 1968 |
7/18 | Anthem of the Sun LP |
| 1968 |
10/08 | Mickey and the Hartbeats formed |
| 1969 |
6/20 | Aoxomoxoa LP |
| 1969 |
| Bobby Ace and the Cards from the Bottom of the Deck formed |
| 1969 |
6/~ | New Riders of the Purple Sage formed |
| 1969 |
11/10 | Live/Dead LP |
| 1970 |
6/14 | Workingman's Dead LP |
| 1970 |
9/~ | Jerry Garcia & Friends formed |
| 1970 |
11/01 | American Beauty LP |
| 1970 |
~ | Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra formed |
| 1971 |
10/06 | Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) LP |
| 1972 |
5/?? | Ace LP by Bob Weir |
| 1972 |
5/?? | Rolling Thunder LP by Mickey Hart |
| 1972 |
11/05 | Europe '72 LP |
| 1973 |
7/13 | History of the Grateful Dead, Vol. 1 (Bear's Choice) LP |
| 1973 |
10/15 | Wake of the Flood LP |
| 1974 |
| Phil stops singing due to vocal chord damage from singing above his natural range |
| 1974 |
6/27 | Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel LP |
| 1975 |
9/01 | Blues for Allah LP |
| 1975 |
10/?? | Seastones LP by Ned Lagin |
| 1975 |
| Too Loose To Truck formed |
| 1976 |
2/?? | Reflections LP by Jerry Garcia |
| 1976 |
6/26 | Steal Your Face LP |
| 1977 |
7/27 | Terrapin Station LP |
| 1978 |
11/15 | Shakedown Street LP |
| 1980 |
| Apocalypse Now Sessions - The Rhythm Devils Play River Music LP by The Rhythm Devils |
| 1980 |
4/28 | Go to Heaven LP |
| 1981 |
4/01 | Reckoning LP |
| 1981 |
8/26 | Dead Set LP |
| 1982 |
~ | Phil resumes singing, now in his natural range |
| 1987 |
7/06 | In the Dark LP |
| 1989 |
10/31 | Built to Last CD |
| 1990 |
9/25 | Without a Net CD |
| 1991 |
4/15 | One from the Vault CD |
| 1991 |
11/01 | Infrared Roses CD |
| 1992 |
5/12 | Two from the Vault CD |
| 1993 |
11/01 | Dick's Picks, Volume 1 CD |
| 1994 |
1/19 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts the Grateful Dead |
| 1994 |
5/15 | Phil guest conducts the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra |
| 1994 |
9/~ | Phil Lesh & Friends formed |
| 1995 |
3/07 | Dick's Picks, Volume 2 CD |
| 1995 |
9/26 | Hundred Year Hall CD |
| 1995 |
11/07 | Dick's Picks, Volume 3 CD |
| 1995 |
12/08 | Grateful Dead put to rest by the remaining personnel |
| 1996 |
3/01 | Dick's Picks, Volume 4 CD |
| 1996 |
5/28 | Dick's Picks, Volume 5 CD |
| 1996 |
10/07 | Dick's Picks, Volume 6 CD |
| 1996 |
10/29 | Dozin' at the Knick CD |
| 1997 |
2/18 | Relix Bay Record Shop, Vol. 9: Tribute to Jerry Garcia CD by Various Artists |
| 1997 |
3/04 | Dick's Picks, Volume 7 CD |
| 1997 |
6/14 | Dick's Picks, Volume 8 CD |
| 1997 |
6/17 | Fallout from the Phil Zone CD |
| 1997 |
9/?? | Terrapin Limited CD |
| 1997 |
10/28 | Dick's Picks, Volume 9 CD |
| 1997 |
10/28 | Fillmore East 2-11-69 CD |
| 1997 |
11/~ | Broken Angels formed |
| 1998 |
2/?? | Dick's Picks, Volume 10 CD |
| 1998 |
6/05 | The Other Ones formed |
| 1998 |
6/09 | Dick's Picks, Volume 11 CD |
| 1998 |
10/?? | Dick's Picks, Volume 12 CD |
| 1998 |
12/?? | Phil gets a liver transplant |
| 1999 |
2/09 | The Strange Remain CD by The Other Ones |
| 1999 |
3/?? | Dick's Picks, Volume 13 CD |
| 1999 |
4/15 | Phil returns to performing |
| 1999 |
6/?? | Dick's Picks, Volume 14 CD |
| 1999 |
10/18 | Dick's Picks, Volume 15 CD |
| 1999 |
10/26 | Love Will See You Through CD by Phil Lesh & Friends |
| 1999 |
11/09 | So Many Roads (1965 - 1995) CD |
| 2000 |
3/07 | Dick's Picks, Volume 16 CD |
| 2000 |
4/?? | Dick's Picks, Volume 17 CD |
| 2000 |
6/?? | Dick's Picks, Volume 18 CD |
| 2000 |
6/?? | View from the Vault Soundtrack CD |
| 2000 |
10/10 | Ladies and Gentlemen... The Grateful Dead CD |
| 2000 |
10/19 | Dick's Picks, Volume 19 CD |
| 2001 |
1/23 | Dick's Picks, Volume 20 CD |
| 2001 |
3/19 | Dick's Picks, Volume 21 CD |
| 2001 |
4/27 | Nash Bridges TV Cameo by Phil Lesh |
| 2001 |
6/04 | Dick's Picks, Volume 22 CD |
| 2001 |
6/08 | View from the Vault II Soundtrack CD |
| 2001 |
9/25 | Nightfall of Diamonds CD |
| 2001 |
10/09 | View from the Vault II Video |
| 2001 |
10/16 | The Golden Road (1965 - 1973) CD |
| 2001 |
10/16 | Dick's Picks, Volume 23 CD |
| 2001 |
12/31 | Bob, Phil, Bill & Mickey play together for the first time since 1995 |
| 2002 |
2/10 | Dick's Picks, Volume 24 CD |
| 2002 |
3/19 | Postcards of the Hanging:
Grateful Dead Perform the Songs of Bob Dylan CD |
| 2002 |
5/21 | There and Back Again CD by Phil Lesh and Friends |
| 2002 |
7/09 | Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72 CD |
| 2002 |
7/15 | View from the Vault III Video |
| 2002 |
7/20 | Dick's Picks, Volume 25 CD |
| 2002 |
8/?? | View from the Vault III Soundtrack CD |
| 2002 |
10/01 | Dick's Picks, Volume 26 CD |
| 2002 |
10/08 | View from the Vault Collection Video Box Set |
| 2002 |
10/22 | Go to Nassau CD |
| 2003 |
1/?? | Dick's Picks, Volume 27 CD |
| 2003 |
2/12 | The Dead formed |
| 2003 |
3/25 | Birth of the Dead CD |
| 2003 |
4/08 | View from the Vault IV Video |
| 2003 |
4/~ | View from the Vault IV Soundtrack CD |
| 2003 |
4/20 | Dick's Picks, Volume 28 CD |
| 2003 |
7/22 | Dick's Picks, Volume 29 CD |
| 2003 |
10/30 | Dick's Picks, Volume 30 CD |
| 2003 |
11/11 | The Closing of Winterland CD |
| 2004 |
3/16 | Dick's Picks, Volume 31 CD |
| 2004 |
5/25 | Rockin' the Rhein with the Grateful Dead CD |
| 2004 |
7/20 | Dick's Picks, Volume 32 CD |
| 2004 |
10/26 | Beyond Description (1973 - 1989) CD |
| 2004 |
11/02 | The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack CD |
| 2004 |
11/12 | Dick's Picks, Volume 33 CD |
| 2005 |
2/14 | Dick's Picks, Volume 34 CD |
| 2005 |
3/25 | Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966 CD |
| 2005 |
4/18 | Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead Book by Phil Lesh |
| 2005 |
5/03 | Download Series Volume 1 CD |
| 2005 |
6/07 | Download Series Volume 2 CD |
| 2005 |
6/17 | Dick's Picks, Volume 35 CD |
| 2005 |
7/05 | Download Series Volume 3 CD |
| 2005 |
7/?? | Truckin' Up to Buffalo CD |
| 2005 |
8/02 | Download Series Volume 4 CD |
| 2005 |
9/06 | Download Series Volume 5 CD |
| 2005 |
10/04 | Download Series Volume 6 CD |
| 2005 |
10/25 | Garcia Plays Dylan CD by Jerry Garcia |
| 2005 |
10/?? | Dick's Picks, Volume 36 CD |
| 2005 |
11/01 | Download Series Volume 7 CD |
| 2005 |
11/?? | Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings CD |
| 2005 |
11/?? | Fillmore West 1969 CD |
| 2005 |
12/06 | Download Series Volume 8 CD |
| 2005 |
12/06 | Download Series: Family Dog at the Great Highway CD |
| 2006 |
1/03 | Download Series Volume 9 CD |
| 2006 |
2/07 | Download Series Volume 10 CD |
| 2006 |
3/07 | Download Series Volume 11 CD |
| 2006 |
4/04 | Download Series Volume 12 CD |
| 2007 |
1/19 | Live at the Cow Palace: New Years Eve 1976 CD |
| 2007 |
6/26 | Three from the Vault CD |
| 2007 |
11/05 | Road Trips Vol. 1 No. 1 CD |
| 2008 |
| Road Trips Full Show: Spectrum 11/5/79 CD |
| 2008 |
| Road Trips Full Show: Spectrum 11/6/79 CD |
| 2008 |
2/04 | Road Trips Vol. 1 No. 2 CD |
| 2008 |
4/01 | Winterland 1973: The Complete Recordings CD |
| 2008 |
6/09 | Road Trips Vol. 1 No. 3 CD |
| 2008 |
9/30 | Rocking the Cradle: Egypt 1978 CD |
| 2008 |
9/30 | Road Trips Vol. 1 No. 4 CD |
| 2008 |
12/10 | Road Trips Vol. 2 No. 1 CD |
| 2009 |
3/21 | Road Trips Vol. 2 No. 2 CD |
| 2009 |
4/07 | To Terrapin: Hartford '77 CD |
| 2009 |
6/18 | Road Trips Vol. 2 No. 3 CD |
| 2009 |
8/25 | Road Trips Vol. 2 No. 4 CD |
| 2009 |
10/01 | Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings CD |
| 2009 |
11/10 | Road Trips Vol. 3 No. 1 CD |
| 2010 |
2/24 | Road Trips Vol. 3 No. 2 CD |
| 2010 |
4/20 | Crimson White & Indigo CD + DVD |
| 2010 |
6/14 | Road Trips Vol. 3 No. 3 CD |
| 2010 |
9/07 | Formerly the Warlocks CD |
| 2010 |
9/07 | Road Trips Vol. 3 No. 4 CD |
| 2010 |
11/16 | Road Trips Vol. 4 No. 1 CD |
| 2011 |
2/01 | Road Trips Vol. 4 No. 2 CD |
| 2011 |
4/26 | Road Trips Vol. 4 No. 3 CD |
| 2011 |
8/01 | Road Trips Vol. 4 No. 4 CD |
| 2011 |
9/01 | Europe '72: The Complete Recordings CD |
| 2011 |
9/20 | Europe '72 Volume 2 CD |
| 2011 |
11/01 | Road Trips Vol. 4 No. 5 CD |
| 2012 |
2/01 | Dave's Picks Volume 1 CD |
| 2012 |
4/21 | Dark Star LP |
| 2012 |
5/01 | Dave's Picks Volume 2 CD |
| 2012 |
8/01 | Dave's Picks Volume 3 CD |
| 2012 |
8/31 | Spring 1990 CD |
| 2012 |
9/18 | Spring 1990: So Glad You Made It CD |
| 2012 |
11/01 | Dave's Picks Volume 4 CD |
| 2013 |
2/01 | Dave's Picks Volume 5 CD |
| 2013 |
5/01 | Dave's Picks Volume 6 CD |
| 2013 |
6/11 | May 1977 CD |
| 2013 |
8/01 | Dave's Picks Volume 7 CD |
| 2013 |
9/17 | Sunshine Daydream CD + DVD |
| 2013 |
11/01 | Dave's Picks Volume 8 CD |
| 2013 |
11/29 | Family Dog at the Great Highway, San Francisco, CA 4/18/70 CD |
| 2014 |
2/01 | Dave's Picks Volume 9 CD |
| 2014 |
5/01 | Dave's Picks Volume 10 CD |
| 2014 |
8/01 | Dave's Picks Volume 11 CD |
| 2014 |
9/09 | Wake Up to Find Out CD |
| 2014 |
9/09 | Spring 1990 (The Other One) CD |
| 2014 |
11/01 | Dave's Picks Volume 12 CD |
| 2014 |
11/28 | Houston, Texas 11-18-1972 CD |
| 2015 |
2/01 | Dave's Picks Volume 13 CD |
| 2015 |
3/31 | The Best of the Grateful Dead CD |
| 2015 |
5/01 | Dave's Picks Volume 14 CD |
| 2015 |
8/01 | Dave's Picks Volume 15 CD |
| 2015 |
9/18 | 30 Trips Around the Sun: The Definitive Live Story 1965-1995 CD |
| 2015 |
10/07 | 30 Trips Around the Sun CD |
| 2015 |
11/01 | Dave's Picks Volume 16 CD |
| 2016 |
2/01 | Dave's Picks Volume 17 CD |
| 2016 |
5/01 | Dave's Picks Volume 18 CD |
| 2016 |
5/13 | Red Rocks: 7/8/78 CD |
| 2016 |
5/13 | July 1978: The Complete Recordings CD |
| 2016 |
8/01 | Dave's Picks Volume 19 CD |
| 2016 |
11/01 | Dave's Picks Volume 20 CD |
| 2017 |
2/01 | Dave's Picks Volume 21 CD |
| 2017 |
5/01 | Dave's Picks Volume 22 CD |
| 2017 |
5/05 | Cornell 5/8/77 CD |
| 2017 |
5/05 | May 1977: Get Shown the Light CD |
| 2017 |
5/23 | Long Strange Trip CD |
| 2017 |
8/01 | Dave's Picks Volume 23 CD |
| 2017 |
11/01 | Dave's Picks Volume 24 CD |
| 2017 |
11/10 | Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C., July 12 & 13, 1989 CD |
| 2018 |
1/28 | Dave's Picks Volume 25 CD |
| 2018 |
3/23 | Best of the Grateful Dead Live CD |
| 2018 |
4/27 | Dave's Picks Volume 26 CD |
| 2018 |
7/27 | Dave's Picks Volume 27 CD |
| 2018 |
9/07 | Pacific Northwest '73-'74: Believe It If You Need It CD |
| 2018 |
9/07 | Pacific Northwest '73-'74: The Complete Recordings CD |
| 2018 |
10/26 | Dave's Picks Volume 28 CD |
| 2019 |
2/01 | Dave's Picks Volume 29 CD |
| 2019 |
4/13 | The Warfield, San Francisco, California, October 9 & 10, 1980 CD |
| 2019 |
5/03 | Dave's Picks Volume 30 CD |
| 2019 |
7/26 | Dave's Picks Volume 31 CD |
| 2019 |
9/27 | Saint of Circumstance CD |
| 2019 |
9/27 | Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991 CD |
| 2019 |
11/01 | Dave's Picks Volume 32 CD |
| 2019 |
11/22 | Ready or Not CD |
| 2020 |
1/31 | Dave's Picks Volume 33 CD |
| 2020 |
3/20 | June 1976 CD |
| 2020 |
5/01 | Dave's Picks Volume 34 CD |
| 2020 |
7/10 | Workingman's Dead: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition CD |
