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Phil Lesh

1940 - Today

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Philip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940) is an American musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career. After the band's disbanding in 1995, Lesh continued the tradition of Grateful Dead family music with side project Phil Lesh and Friends, which paid homage to the Dead's music by playing their repertoire, as well songs of the members of his own group. Lesh operated a music venue called Terrapin Crossroads. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phil Lesh has received more than 1,708,572 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Phil Lesh is the 2,067th most popular musician (down from 1,877th in 2019), the 10,772nd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,727th in 2019) and the 856th most popular American Musician.

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  • 1.7M

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  • 40.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Phil Lesh ranks 2,067 out of 2,662Before him are Debbie Gibson, Louie Bellson, M. Balamuralikrishna, Meredith Brooks, Otis Blackwell, and John Hiatt. After him are Jimmy Webb, Buck Owens, Raimondo Inconis, Chuck Leavell, Alla Rakha, and Alex Honnold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Phil Lesh ranks 508Before him are Lucy Shapiro, Brigitte Kronauer, Mike Melvill, Donald Jackson, Johnny Giles, and Phelekezela Mphoko. After him are Trevor Nunn, Miguel Ángel Loayza, Chet Walker, Lamar Alexander, Kenneth Clarke, and Otacílio Gonçalves.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Phil Lesh ranks 10,772 out of 18,182Before him are John Hiatt (1952), Danny Pino (1974), Sue Monk Kidd (1948), Chris Sanders (1962), James Lipton (1926), and Jan Peerce (1904). After him are Dave Williams (1972), Wade Hampton III (1818), Madeline Zima (1985), Mary Costa (1930), Jimmy Webb (1946), and Teresa Edwards (1964).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Phil Lesh ranks 856Before him are Blind Boy Fuller (1904), Debbie Gibson (1970), Louie Bellson (1924), Meredith Brooks (1958), Otis Blackwell (1931), and John Hiatt (1952). After him are Jimmy Webb (1946), Buck Owens (1929), Chuck Leavell (1952), Alex Honnold (1985), Buzz Osborne (1964), and Hank Ballard (1927).