Blog: Hidden Track

Stormy Mondays: Phil Lesh Quintet Year Three – There and Back Again

Stormy Mondays: Phil Lesh Quintet Year Three – There and Back Again HT's Dan Alford continues his look back at the Phil Lesh Quintet in which the Grateful Dead bassist was joined by John Molo, Rob Barraco, Warren Haynes and Jimmy Herring. Part One looked at the unit's start in 2000, Part Two looked at the group's rise in 2001 bringing us to 2002... By 2002, The Q had become a mainstay of jamnation, reliable like no other band for night after night of marathon sets and mind-bending improvisation. The chemistry was profound: Warren Haynes’s effect-laden guitar serving up wicked, fiery leads and funky [...]