Editing Phil Lesh and Friends (section)

==Music==
The Phil & Friends concept takes the music of the Grateful Dead (and an ever-increasing number of other influences, including [[Bob Dylan]], [[Traffic (band)|Traffic]], [[The Beatles]], [[Led Zeppelin]], [[Warren Haynes]]' band [[Gov't Mule]], [[the Allman Brothers Band]], etc.) and explores and interprets it in new ways.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Irwin |first=Corey|date=2023-12-06 |title=Warren Haynes Reveals Phil Lesh's Post-Grateful Dead Rule |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/warren-haynes-phil-lesh-grateful-dead-rule/ |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |language=en}}</ref> Through the period known as the Quintet years (see below), a Phil & Friends show was often focused on harder, faster rock than that which the Grateful Dead played, thanks in large part to Haynes' and [[Jimmy Herring]]'s talents at the [[Southern rock]] style. Lesh was fond of calling it "[[Dixieland]]-style rock".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-09-30 |title=Phil Lesh & Friends and The Allman Brothers – Rock at the Amphitheater |url=https://www.pilotonline.com/2008/09/30/phil-lesh-friends-and-the-allman-brothers-rock-at-the-amphitheater/ |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=The Virginian-Pilot |language=en-US}}</ref> However, all of the incarnations of Phil & Friends have followed a trend of "updating" the Grateful Dead's body of work, and all have been adept at the long, exploratory jams that were a trademark of the Grateful Dead. Phil & Friends has been acclaimed<ref>{{Cite web |last=Komito |first=Marc |date=2022-10-23 |title=Phil Lesh Continues The Capitol Theatre Takeover With Members Of Goose, TAB, More [Photos/Videos] |url=https://liveforlivemusic.com/features/phil-lesh-friends-capitol-theatre-10-22-22-photos-videos/ |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=L4LM |language=en-US}}</ref> for giving new life to the Grateful Dead's material, bringing in new styles and innovations, while at the same time remaining loyal to the original music and the original fans. It is this melding of musical influences that has given them wide appeal not only among old Deadheads, but the modern-day fans of other jam bands as well.

Phil & Friends has continued the Grateful Dead's tradition of allowing fans to record concerts, and trade these recordings freely. The Internet has been an invaluable source for these tapers to disseminate this music through various sources, including Archive.org and the BitTorrent file-sharing network. Phil has also embraced the Internet by providing free [[soundboard recording]]s of many concerts through his website, even providing high-resolution CD covers for fans to print. For his Summer 2006 tour, Phil partnered with Instant Live, a company that was able to provide soundboard CDs of a concert immediately upon its finishing, as well as make these recordings available for fans to download online, though this service was not free.