I n the middle of a sprawling recording room at Bob Weir’s TRI Studios in San Rafael, California, one Sunday afternoon in April 2023, Weir and Phish bassist Mike Gordon were up to something strange. At a glance it looked like a couple of chill music legends doing chill music …
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Spin Doctors‘ first album out in 12 years, Face Full of Cake,is a fun surprise —and frontman Chris Barron is ready to look back at his band’s ups and downs. In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, he talks about Spin Doctors’ Nineties adventures, making the new album, …
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Phil Lesh is one of Mike Gordon’s biggest heroes. Gordon, the bassist for Phish, became aware of the Grateful Dead in high school and soon zoned in on Lesh. The two briefly met at a show in 1993, but it wasn’t until 1999 that they began a friendship that continued …
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