Phil Lesh Biography
| 1940 | 3/15 | Phillip Chapman Lesh is born in Berkeley, CA |
| 1944 | ~ | Phil gets turned on to Brahms First Symphony at age 4 |
| 1948 | ~ | Phil takes up the violin at age 8 |
| 1954 | ~ | Phil takes up the trumpet at age 14 |
| 1959 | San Mateo College Jazz Band formed | |
| 1962 | ~ | Tom Constanten meets Phil |
| 1962 | Phil and Tom study with avant-garde classical composer Luciano Berio | |
| 1962 | Phil hears Jerry play at a party at the Chateau | |
| 1964 | 5/~ | Phil Lesh and Tom Constanten formed |
| 1965 | 6/0? | Phil takes up the bass 2 weeks before his first gig with Warlocks |
| 1965 | 6/18 | Phil joins the Warlocks on bass, finalizing the future Grateful Dead lineup |
| 1965 | 12/01 | Acid Tests organizer Ken Kesey enlists Warlocks as house band |
| 1965 | 12/0? | Grateful Dead founded in San Francisco |
| 1968 | 10/08 | Mickey and the Hartbeats formed |
| 1969 | Bobby Ace and the Cards from the Bottom of the Deck formed | |
| 1969 | 6/~ | New Riders of the Purple Sage formed |
| 1970 | 9/~ | Jerry Garcia & Friends formed |
| 1970 | ~ | Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra formed |
| 1974 | Phil stops singing due to vocal chord damage from singing above his natural range | |
| 1975 | Too Loose To Truck formed | |
| 1982 | ~ | Phil resumes singing, now in his natural range |
| 1994 | 1/19 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts the Grateful Dead |
| 1994 | 5/15 | Phil guest conducts the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra |
| 1994 | 9/~ | Phil Lesh & Friends formed |
| 1995 | 12/08 | Grateful Dead put to rest by the remaining personnel |
| 1997 | 11/~ | Broken Angels formed |
| 1998 | 6/05 | The Other Ones formed |
| 1998 | 12/?? | Phil gets a liver transplant |
| 1999 | 4/15 | Phil returns to performing |
| 2001 | 12/31 | Bob, Phil, Bill & Mickey play together for the first time since 1995 |
| 2003 | 2/12 | The Dead formed |
