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Phil Lesh, Bassist Who Anchored the Grateful Dead, Dies at 84
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I managed to see R.E.M. play a Rutgers University food court right as their first album, Murmur, had been released. I was equal parts hypnotized and terrified; back then Michael Stipe sported long stringy hair that completely obscured his face, and when he mumbled, “Welcome to hell,” before the band launched into “Radio Free Europe” my thirteen-yea
... See moreAnd without helping himself to a slice of the songwriting credits, which would have been standard practice. The failure of George Martin to rip them off remains one of the most bizarre elements of their story.