Phil Lesh Issue from Relix

Wow what a grate cover photo

I actually didn't even know they were still publishing this magazine 

Relix was one of those things for me that kind of died with Jerry 

I love that photo! Wow! Such a beautiful man, amazing glow.

I read the Mike Gordon & Jimmy Herring interviews. Both are excellent, but hearing them talk about how uniquely brilliant Phil was and how he approached music makes me miss him all the more.

What a scam--to get the "Special" Phil issue--he forces you to purchase a 2 year subscription.  So, if you already subscribe, you must add another year, or pay extra just for the "special" Phil issue.  I know this ain't the Dead Relix days when I first got turned on, or even the Les & Toni era, but given how central Phil was to even Relix's existence, greed knows no bounds.  Greed is different than good marketing and business optimization.

thanks for sharing

Well, greedy or not with the hard copy, the interviews will be online for free:

"In the December issue of Relix we celebrate of the pioneering bass icon’s life and career, with reflections from his friends and collaborators (as well as a previously unpublished interview), all of which we will share over the days to come…"

The first two are up, and as mentioned above, they are excellent.

Herring: https://relix.com/articles/detail/unbroken-chain-jimmy-herring-on-phil-l...

Gordon: https://relix.com/articles/detail/searching-for-the-sound-mike-gordon-on...

I just ordered mine from relix 

I received mine a few weeks ago.  Some nice interviews!  If someone would like to have it send me your address and I'll mail it to you.

from the herring interview -

Here’s another example: He had written some new music and these were beautiful little pieces. I have the charts in my book in his own hand. They were instrumental interludes, études and intros—just beautiful stuff that we would play to set up a vocal song.

man, i would LOVE to see that stuff. im pretty fascinated by the idea of smaller, written pieces of music that are inserted into the jams at dead shows, stuff like the codas at the end of UJB, unbroken chain, eyes, let it grow etc, but also, im sure there are pieces of written music that make their way into the jams, sort of like spanish jam, but they are much shorter, dont get written on setlists and dont get picked up by the majority of listeners. im sure most of us have suspected something like this - that phil has a variety of short, composed pieces designed to be played on the fly to spice up improvisations, but man, how cool would it be to learn what these are and identify them during jams.

This reminds me of something else. When I was with that band, Bobby Weir said to me: “We’re going to do ‘Sage and Spirit.’ So I said, “OK, I’ll be working on it.” So I started listening to the album version off Blues for Allah, and it’s a brilliant piece of music. I was learning it and when I got into rehearsal and began playing it, Bobby started laughing his ass off. I said, “What am I doing wrong?” He goes, “It doesn’t sound like you’re doing anything wrong. You’re just playing mine and Jerry’s part at the same time.”

its incredible how accurately this anecdote portrays not only bob and jerry's dynamic together, but also jimmy's playing/style.