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“... We borrowed it all from Coltrane. I started encouraging everybody in the band to listen to John Coltrane - 'Check it out, see what these guys do.' They take one chord, the tonic chord, and just play all over it. 'We can do that too!' I wanted to make our music something really amazing - I wanted it to be jaw-dropping and turn on a dime and do all of those things that I knew music could do, and nobody told us we couldn't do it. I shouldn't say 'I,' though - Jerry Garcia was behind it the whole way.”

Quote by Phil Lesh

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Phil Lesh, born on March 15, 1940, is an American musician best known for his role as the bassist for the rock band Grateful Dead. His musical career began in the 1960s, and over the following decades, he made significant contributions to the band and the music industry. more

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