Playing in the Band: An Oral and Visual Portrait of the Grateful Dead, David Gans, 1996 Includes a foreword by Phil Lesh. An updated memorial edition of the portrait of the Grateful Dead in words and photographs. A new chapter brings the history up to 1995. See more information

Listen To This: Leading Musicians Recommend Their Favorite Recordings, Baxter/Reder, 1999 As the title suggests this books lists the listening tastes of a number of leading musicians. Includes sections with Bob Weir and Phil Lesh. See more information

Playing from the Heart: Great Musicians Talk About Their Craft, Robert L. Doerschuk, 2002 A collection of interviews taken from the pages of four magazines; Guitar Player, Bass Player, Keyboard and Drums & Drumming. Includes an interview with Phil Lesh that originally appeared in Bass Player. See more information

Between the Dark and Light: The Grateful Dead Photography of Jay Blakesberg, 2002 Includes a foreword by Phil Lesh. A book of black and white photographs of the Grateful Dead from the 1970s through to the 1990s. See more information

Searching for the Sound : My Life in the Grateful Dead, Phil Lesh, 2005 An autobiography by Phil Lesh covering his life in, and outside, the Grateful Dead. See more information

The Grateful Dead and Philosophy, Steve Gimbel (Ed), 2007 The Grateful Dead and Philosophy contains essays from 20 professional philosophers whose love of the Dead's music and scene have led them to reflect on different philosophical questions that have arisen from the enigma that is the Grateful Dead, Forewords by Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, David Gans, Nicholas Meriwether. See more information

Sausage Factory: The College Crier's Infamous Interviews of the Freaks and the Famous, Parker/Hopsicker/Yager, 2009 This book includes interviews with Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bob Weir. See more information

Reckoning: Conversations With the Grateful Dead Alan Paul 2015 Includes an interview with Phil Lesh. After 1995 Alan Paul conducted dozens of interviews with the surviving members of the Grateful Dead and associated musicians as they found their footing and made peace with the Dead's musical legacy. Includes interviews with Phil Lesh, Robert Hunter, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, Dick Latvala, Warren Haynes, Jimmy Herring, John Kadlecik, Steve Kimock, Mark Karan, Trey Anastasio and others. See more information about the book

The Music Never Stopped: Marin County's Music Scene, Photographs by Bob Minkin, 2017 Includes a foreword by Phil Lesh. Over 500 of never-before-seen images documenting Marin County's vibrant music scene from Bob Minkin's archives including live performance shots, intimate backstage, off-stage and at home photographse. See more information

Just Phil Photographs: Bob Minkin 2024 "A one-of-a-kind coffee table book of epic Phil Lesh photographs taken mid-seventies to the present time by photographer Bob Minkin. In addition to Bob's photos of Lesh, many never-before-seen images are also pictured. Additionally there are essays and stories to accompany the photographs from people and musicians who were close to Phil or who were influenced by him." See more information about the book

Last updated February 2020