Phil Lesh is always on the lookout for new Friends

Phil Lesh was a famed innovator in the Grateful Dead -- and he has applied that same skill in forming his later solo bands. The many versions of his rotating group Phil Lesh & Friends have been startling -- and this year he found his finest singer yet in Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes. (Full article: 764 words)

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