Mike Gordon
Mike Gordon
Michael Eliot "Mike" Gordonis a bass guitar player and vocalist most recognized as a founding member and bassist for the rock band Phish. In addition to bass, Gordon is an accomplished banjo player, and is proficient at piano, and guitar. He is also a filmmaker and author. He has released four solo studio albums...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBassist
Date of Birth3 June 1965
CitySudbury, MA
CountryUnited States of America
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Actually Fish and I had this side band that played a lot of Dead covers and stuff, called the Dangerous Grapes. Also Allmans, typical blues stuff.
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Lately Fish and I have been hooking up more, which is a good thing because it's just been a struggle for me as a bass player to play with someone who's so creative on the drums, and lately it's been really good, especially during sound checks.
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We have to be great defensively. At any given time, shots can stop falling.
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I agree with the rest of the band, that a truly synthesized sound isn't really what I would want to go for.
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He did not go to class today. There were never any plans to actually.
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Terry is a very experienced arts manager and very well educated. He's got a great record at the institutions he was at before. He's a very solid individual. He has a great vision of where the arts should be and what role the arts should play in the community.
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I know in an earlier version he said there was one song that features my bass and guitar. It made him cry every time he heard it; not necessarily because of missing me, but because it was a successful little jam. That was going to be on the album, but I think that may have been several albums ago.
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I want to take some jams and really concentrate on hooking up with Page because, since he's the only one not next to me, and his sound is mainly coming from my monitor rather than through the air, it's a little harder for me to hook up with him.
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If part of the purpose of making an album is to get some radio play, then you might as well think about that. But that's not really how we picked the songs.
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I like to be sort of grounded with Fish. But, at the same time, I think probably what's unique about us is the way other dynamics happen, where I'll play off Trey for awhile. When we start playing a jam, I don't usually know what's going to happen, I don't have a plan.
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I'm not really allowed to talk about the Dead though. I think when we are at our best, we definitely do things that the Dead or no other band could do. We explore things and take things to the extreme.
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You've got have someone on your team that's willing to throw their body around. The crowd out here goes crazy when they see people doing that.
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This is my second bass that Paul built me. There were some changes that were made. Sometimes I think of changes that could be made having to do with both the sound and the feel. It's definitely a beautiful instrument.
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A lot of the great songwriters in history have been collaborators, with a separate lyricist.