 She and the Grateful Dead's Phil Lesh owned two of the first Alembic basses in San Francisco.Ascension rocked the Great American Music Hall, opening twice in one night for the legendary Etta James.Ascension's drummer was Chuck Bernstein, keyboards was Malcolm Rockwell; Maus left the group in 1974, replaced by Gary Nelson on a blonde 1968 Fender Telecaster bass.