Phil's current band consists of:
John Molo on drums (former drummer for Bruce Hornsby)
Rob Barracco on keyboards (formerly of Zen Tricksters
Warren Haynes on guitar (Allman Brothers Band & Govt. Mule)
Jimmy Herring on guitar (Aquarium Rescue Unit)
They have been touring together during 2001 and Phil has made it clear he will keep this line up around for as long as he can.
Phil and Friends has existed officialy since a 1994 concert in Berkeley in which he was joined by the Dead to play an acoustic concert (their first since the 80's)... After the Dead died, Phil took a few years off... he began playing again in 1997, but didn't play outside of the bay area untill he recovered from a liver transplant in 1999.
His comeback shows from this near death experience were in April '99 at the Warfield in San Francisco with Trey Anastasio and Page McConell of Phish...
ever since then The music never stopped.
Phil has toured with severl groups, either in festival settings or as opening act or as an opening act for Phil:
Bob Dylan
String Cheese Incident
Moe
Glactic
Les Claypool's Frog Brigade
Disco Biscuits
Ratdog
Allman Brothers Band
Willie Nelson
Others to share a stage with Phil (not complete but mostly):
Mike Gordon (Phish)
Bob Weir (Ratdog, Grateful Dead)
David Crosby (CSNY)
Vince Welnick (Grateful Dead, Tubes)
Donna Jean Godchaux (Grateful Dead]
Merle Saunders
Bruce Hornsby (Greatful Dead)
Bransford Marsalis
Greg Osby
Ghram Nash (CSNY)
Bill Kreutzman (Gratful Dead, Backbone, Trichromes)
Kyle Hollingsworth (String Cheese Incident)
Michael Kang (String Cheese Incident)
Al Schnider (Moe)
Paul Barre (Little Feat)
Derek Trucks (Allman Brothers Band, Derek Trucks Band)
David Grisman
Susan Tedeschi
Bob Dylan
Jeff Pevar (CPR)
They have released 2 records so far:
Love Will See You Through (live material) (1999)
There and Back Again (studio material) (2002)