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Phil Lesh Timeline
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1940 3/15Phillip 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 6/18Phil joins the Warlocks on bass, finalizing the future Grateful Dead lineup
1965 11/03Emergency Crew   Demo Tape by Warlocks
1965 12/01Acid Tests organizer Ken Kesey enlists Warlocks as house band
1965 12/0?Grateful Dead founded in San Francisco
1967 3/17The Grateful Dead   LP
1968 7/18Anthem of the Sun   LP
1968 10/08Mickey and the Hartbeats formed
1969 6/20Aoxomoxoa   LP
1969 Bobby Ace and the Cards from the Bottom of the Deck formed
1969 6/~New Riders of the Purple Sage formed
1969 11/10Live/Dead   LP
1970 6/14Workingman's Dead   LP
1970 9/~Jerry Garcia & Friends formed
1970 11/01American Beauty   LP
1970 ~Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra formed
1971 10/06Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses)   LP
1972 5/??Ace   LP by Bob Weir
1972 5/??Rolling Thunder   LP by Mickey Hart
1972 11/05Europe '72   LP
1973 7/13History of the Grateful Dead, Vol. 1 (Bear's Choice)   LP
1973 10/15Wake of the Flood   LP
1974 Phil stops singing due to vocal chord damage from singing above his natural range
1974 6/27Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel   LP
1975 9/01Blues for Allah   LP
1975 10/??Seastones   LP by Ned Lagin
1975 Too Loose To Truck formed
1976 2/??Reflections   LP by Jerry Garcia
1976 6/26Steal Your Face   LP
1977 7/27Terrapin Station   LP
1978 11/15Shakedown Street   LP
1980 Apocalypse Now Sessions - The Rhythm Devils Play River Music   LP by The Rhythm Devils
1980 4/28Go to Heaven   LP
1981 4/01Reckoning   LP
1981 8/26Dead Set   LP
1982 ~Phil resumes singing, now in his natural range
1987 7/06In the Dark   LP
1989 10/31Built to Last   CD
1990 9/25Without a Net   CD
1991 4/15One from the Vault   CD
1991 11/01Infrared Roses   CD
1992 5/12Two from the Vault   CD
1993 11/01Dick's Picks, Volume 1   CD
1994 1/19Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts the Grateful Dead
1994 5/15Phil guest conducts the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra
1994 9/~Phil Lesh & Friends formed
1995 3/07Dick's Picks, Volume 2   CD
1995 9/26Hundred Year Hall   CD
1995 11/07Dick's Picks, Volume 3   CD
1995 12/08Grateful Dead put to rest by the remaining personnel
1996 3/01Dick's Picks, Volume 4   CD
1996 5/28Dick's Picks, Volume 5   CD
1996 10/07Dick's Picks, Volume 6   CD
1996 10/29Dozin' at the Knick   CD
1997 2/18Relix Bay Record Shop, Vol. 9: Tribute to Jerry Garcia   CD by Various Artists
1997 3/04Dick's Picks, Volume 7   CD
1997 6/14Dick's Picks, Volume 8   CD
1997 6/17Fallout from the Phil Zone   CD
1997 9/??Terrapin Limited   CD
1997 10/28Dick's Picks, Volume 9   CD
1997 10/28Fillmore East 2-11-69   CD
1997 11/~Broken Angels formed
1998 2/??Dick's Picks, Volume 10   CD
1998 6/05The Other Ones formed
1998 6/09Dick's Picks, Volume 11   CD
1998 10/??Dick's Picks, Volume 12   CD
1998 12/??Phil gets a liver transplant
1999 2/09The Strange Remain   CD by The Other Ones
1999 3/??Dick's Picks, Volume 13   CD
1999 4/15Phil returns to performing
1999 6/??Dick's Picks, Volume 14   CD
1999 10/18Dick's Picks, Volume 15   CD
1999 10/26Love Will See You Through   CD by Phil Lesh & Friends
1999 11/09So Many Roads (1965 - 1995)   CD
2000 3/07Dick'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 10/10Ladies and Gentlemen... The Grateful Dead   CD
2000 10/19Dick's Picks, Volume 19   CD
2001 1/23Dick's Picks, Volume 20   CD
2001 3/19Dick's Picks, Volume 21   CD
2001 4/27Nash Bridges   TV Cameo by Phil Lesh
2001 6/04Dick's Picks, Volume 22   CD
2001 6/08View from the Vault II Soundtrack   CD
2001 9/25Nightfall of Diamonds   CD
2001 10/09View from the Vault II   Video
2001 10/16The Golden Road (1965 - 1973)   CD
2001 10/16Dick's Picks, Volume 23   CD
2001 12/31Bob, Phil, Bill & Mickey play together for the first time since 1995
2002 2/10Dick's Picks, Volume 24   CD
2002 3/19Postcards of the Hanging:
Grateful Dead Perform the Songs of Bob Dylan
   CD
2002 5/21There and Back Again   CD by Phil Lesh and Friends
2002 7/09Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72   CD
2002 7/15View from the Vault III   Video
2002 7/20Dick's Picks, Volume 25   CD
2002 8/??View from the Vault III Soundtrack   CD
2002 10/01Dick's Picks, Volume 26   CD
2002 10/08View from the Vault Collection   Video Box Set
2002 10/22Go to Nassau   CD
2003 1/??Dick's Picks, Volume 27   CD
2003 2/12The Dead formed
2003 3/25Birth of the Dead   CD
2003 4/08View from the Vault IV   Video
2003 4/~View from the Vault IV Soundtrack   CD
2003 4/20Dick's Picks, Volume 28   CD
2003 7/22Dick's Picks, Volume 29   CD
2003 10/30Dick's Picks, Volume 30   CD
2003 11/11The Closing of Winterland   CD
2004 3/16Dick's Picks, Volume 31   CD
2004 5/25Rockin' the Rhein with the Grateful Dead   CD
2004 7/20Dick's Picks, Volume 32   CD
2004 10/26Beyond Description (1973 - 1989)   CD
2004 11/02The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack   CD
2004 11/12Dick's Picks, Volume 33   CD
2005 2/14Dick's Picks, Volume 34   CD
2005 3/25Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966   CD
2005 4/18Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead   Book by Phil Lesh
2005 5/03Download Series Volume 1   CD
2005 6/07Download Series Volume 2   CD
2005 6/17Dick's Picks, Volume 35   CD
2005 7/05Download Series Volume 3   CD
2005 7/??Truckin' Up to Buffalo   CD
2005 8/02Download Series Volume 4   CD
2005 9/06Download Series Volume 5   CD
2005 10/04Download Series Volume 6   CD
2005 10/25Garcia Plays Dylan   CD by Jerry Garcia
2005 10/??Dick's Picks, Volume 36   CD
2005 11/01Download Series Volume 7   CD
2005 11/??Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings   CD
2005 11/??Fillmore West 1969   CD
2005 12/06Download Series Volume 8   CD
2005 12/06Download Series: Family Dog at the Great Highway   CD
2006 1/03Download Series Volume 9   CD
2006 2/07Download Series Volume 10   CD
2006 3/07Download Series Volume 11   CD
2006 4/04Download Series Volume 12   CD
2007 1/19Live at the Cow Palace: New Years Eve 1976   CD
2007 6/26Three from the Vault   CD
2007 11/05Road 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 2/04Road Trips Vol. 1 No. 2   CD
2008 4/01Winterland 1973: The Complete Recordings   CD
2008 6/09Road Trips Vol. 1 No. 3   CD
2008 9/30Rocking the Cradle: Egypt 1978   CD
2008 9/30Road Trips Vol. 1 No. 4   CD
2008 12/10Road Trips Vol. 2 No. 1   CD
2009 3/21Road Trips Vol. 2 No. 2   CD
2009 4/07To Terrapin: Hartford '77   CD
2009 6/18Road Trips Vol. 2 No. 3   CD
2009 8/25Road Trips Vol. 2 No. 4   CD
2009 10/01Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings   CD
2009 11/10Road Trips Vol. 3 No. 1   CD
2010 2/24Road Trips Vol. 3 No. 2   CD
2010 4/20Crimson White & Indigo   CD + DVD
2010 6/14Road Trips Vol. 3 No. 3   CD
2010 9/07Formerly the Warlocks   CD
2010 9/07Road Trips Vol. 3 No. 4   CD
2010 11/16Road Trips Vol. 4 No. 1   CD
2011 2/01Road Trips Vol. 4 No. 2   CD
2011 4/26Road Trips Vol. 4 No. 3   CD
2011 8/01Road Trips Vol. 4 No. 4   CD
2011 9/01Europe '72: The Complete Recordings   CD
2011 9/20Europe '72 Volume 2   CD
2011 11/01Road Trips Vol. 4 No. 5   CD
2012 2/01Dave's Picks Volume 1   CD
2012 4/21Dark Star   LP
2012 5/01Dave's Picks Volume 2   CD
2012 8/01Dave's Picks Volume 3   CD
2012 8/31Spring 1990   CD
2012 9/18Spring 1990: So Glad You Made It   CD
2012 11/01Dave's Picks Volume 4   CD
2013 2/01Dave's Picks Volume 5   CD
2013 5/01Dave's Picks Volume 6   CD
2013 6/11May 1977   CD
2013 8/01Dave's Picks Volume 7   CD
2013 9/17Sunshine Daydream   CD + DVD
2013 11/01Dave's Picks Volume 8   CD
2013 11/29Family Dog at the Great Highway, San Francisco, CA 4/18/70   CD
2014 2/01Dave's Picks Volume 9   CD
2014 5/01Dave's Picks Volume 10   CD
2014 8/01Dave's Picks Volume 11   CD
2014 9/09Wake Up to Find Out   CD
2014 9/09Spring 1990 (The Other One)   CD
2014 11/01Dave's Picks Volume 12   CD
2014 11/28Houston, Texas 11-18-1972   CD
2015 2/01Dave's Picks Volume 13   CD
2015 3/31The Best of the Grateful Dead   CD
2015 5/01Dave's Picks Volume 14   CD
2015 8/01Dave's Picks Volume 15   CD
2015 9/1830 Trips Around the Sun: The Definitive Live Story 1965-1995   CD
2015 10/0730 Trips Around the Sun   CD
2015 11/01Dave's Picks Volume 16   CD
2016 2/01Dave's Picks Volume 17   CD
2016 5/01Dave's Picks Volume 18   CD
2016 5/13Red Rocks: 7/8/78   CD
2016 5/13July 1978: The Complete Recordings   CD
2016 8/01Dave's Picks Volume 19   CD
2016 11/01Dave's Picks Volume 20   CD
2017 2/01Dave's Picks Volume 21   CD
2017 5/01Dave's Picks Volume 22   CD
2017 5/05Cornell 5/8/77   CD
2017 5/05May 1977: Get Shown the Light   CD
2017 5/23Long Strange Trip   CD
2017 8/01Dave's Picks Volume 23   CD
2017 11/01Dave's Picks Volume 24   CD
2017 11/10Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C., July 12 & 13, 1989   CD
2018 1/28Dave's Picks Volume 25   CD
2018 3/23Best of the Grateful Dead Live   CD
2018 4/27Dave's Picks Volume 26   CD
2018 7/27Dave's Picks Volume 27   CD
2018 9/07Pacific Northwest '73-'74: Believe It If You Need It   CD
2018 9/07Pacific Northwest '73-'74: The Complete Recordings   CD
2018 10/26Dave's Picks Volume 28   CD
2019 2/01Dave's Picks Volume 29   CD
2019 4/13The Warfield, San Francisco, California, October 9 & 10, 1980   CD
2019 5/03Dave's Picks Volume 30   CD
2019 7/26Dave's Picks Volume 31   CD
2019 9/27Saint of Circumstance   CD
2019 9/27Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991   CD
2019 11/01Dave's Picks Volume 32   CD
2019 11/22Ready or Not   CD
2020 1/31Dave's Picks Volume 33   CD
2020 3/20June 1976   CD
2020 5/01Dave's Picks Volume 34   CD
2020 7/10Workingman's Dead: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition   CD