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Phil Lesh Gets A Little Help From His Famous Friends On His Birthday Weekend

Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh celebrated his 79th birthday (dude looks good for his age) with a three-night stand at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, N.Y. He was backed by his “Friends”: keyboardist Benmont Tench (Tom Petty), guitarists Jackie Greene (Black Crowes) and Grahame Lesh (Phil’s son) and drummer John Molo (Bruce Hornsby). For the first night, jazz-rock guitar god John Scofield joined in the fun. MAGNET photographer Wes Orshoski was there with scarlet begonias in his hair.