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Michael Eliot "Mike" Gordon (born June 3, 1965) is 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 (Rising Low, Outside Out) and author (Mike's Corner). He has released four solo studio albums.
Gordon was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, the son of Marjorie Minkin, an abstract painter, and Robert Gordon, founder and former President and CEO of New England convenience store chain Store 24. Gordon attended the Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston and Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School. Gordon holds a bachelor's degree in Arts (he was originally an Electrical Engineering major) from the University of Vermont.
Gordon met Trey Anastasio, Jon Fishman and Jeff Holdsworth while attending college at University of Vermont, where the rock band Phish formed in 1983. He answered a posted flyer hanging in the dorms at UVM by Trey Anastasio, looking for a bass player for a new band.
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Leo Kottke (born September 11, 1945, Athens, Georgia, U.S.) is an acoustic guitarist. He is known for a fingerpicking style that draws on blues, jazz, and folk music, and for syncopated, polyphonic melodies. He overcame a series of personal obstacles, including partial loss of hearing and a nearly career-ending bout with tendon damage in his right hand to emerge as a widely recognized master of his instrument. He currently resides in the Minneapolis area with his family.
Focusing primarily on instrumental composition and playing, Kottke also sings sporadically, in an unconventional yet expressive baritone described by himself as sounding like "geese farts on a muggy day". In concert, Kottke intersperses humorous and often bizarre monologues with vocal and instrumental selections from throughout his career, played solo on his 6- and 12-string guitars.
Born in Athens, Georgia, Kottke moved with his parents so frequently that he was raised in twelve different states. As a youth living in Muskogee, Oklahoma, he was influenced by folk and delta blues music, notably that of Mississippi John Hurt. Kottke learned to play trombone and violin before trying the guitar and developing his own unconventional picking style.
Philip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940) is a musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career.
After the band's disbanding in 1995, Lesh continued the tradition of Grateful Dead family music with side project Phil Lesh and Friends, which paid homage to the Dead's music by playing their originals, common covers, and the songs of the members of his band. Phil Lesh & Friends helped keep a legitimate entity for the band's music to continue. Recently, Lesh has opened a music venue called Terrapin Crossroads, and has been performing with Furthur alongside former Grateful Dead bandmate Bob Weir.
Lesh was born in Berkeley, California, and started out as a violin player. While enrolled at Berkeley High School, he switched to trumpet. Studying the instrument under Bob Hansen, conductor of the symphonic Golden Gate Park Band, he developed a keen interest in avant-garde classical music and free jazz. At the College of San Mateo, Lesh played trumpet in and wrote for the school's big band. (A snippet of tape of Lesh on trumpet in college can be heard on "Born Cross-Eyed" from the Grateful Dead's 1968 release Anthem of the Sun.) After transferring with sophomore standing to the University of California, Berkeley in 1961, he befriended future Grateful Dead keyboardist Tom Constanten before dropping out after less than a semester. At the behest of Constanten, he studied under the Italian modernist Luciano Berio in a graduate-level course at Mills College in the spring of 1962; their classmates included Steve Reich and Stanford University cross-registrant John Chowning.
Actors: Rick Montgomery Jr. (actor), David Dietz (actor), Stephanie Bertoni (miscellaneous crew), Stephanie Bertoni (actress), David H. 'Wino' Weinstein (producer), Julian Ruhe (producer), Rona Mark (editor), Rona Mark (producer), Rona Mark (writer), Rona Mark (director), Adrienne Wehr (actress), Alem Brhan Sapp (actor), Stephen Chbosky (producer), Meritt Latimore (actress), Adam Dunhoff (actor),
Plot: A drug-addicted psychiatrist inherits the case of twin sisters who speak to nobody and do everything in complete synchronization. Will she be able crack their mysterious case or will she die trying? Set in the deteriorating vistas of rust-belt Pittsburgh, Strange Girls is a dark tale of horror, manipulation, violence, and obsession.
Genres: Thriller,Actors: Alexander Pollard (actor), Anthony Quinn (actor), Philip Ahn (actor), Richard Denning (actor), Sam Ash (actor), Robert Homans (actor), Roscoe Karns (actor), George Anderson (actor), George Magrill (actor), Eddie Marr (actor), Chester Gan (actor), Larry McGrath (actor), Ivan Miller (actor), J. Carrol Naish (actor), Cyril Ring (actor),
Plot: Violence and death stalk the Chinese faction of a large American city, but one man, Dr. Chang Ling, and his daughter, Dr. Mary Ling, defy the racketeers who are responsible and, against terrific odds, bring peace to their oppressed neighbors. Gangland overlord Frank Baturin is shot and only the intervention and operation by Mary Ling saves his life. She performs the operation because it is her duty as a doctor, but she also thinks Baturin was shot by her father following a quarrel with Baturin. The racketeer then sets out for vengeance against the man who had actually tried to kill him in order to take over the Chinatown rackets.
Keywords: 1930s, ambulance, ambulance-driver, ambush, ancestral-heritage, anesthetic, anger, announcer, archive-footage, arenaintended for educational purposes only ! my channel is not monetized! any ad's that appear are due to copyrighted songs, and artists!! support love music and the artists you love!! buy merch!!! MGBand House of Blues, Cleveland, OH 06-14-2015 Yahoo Live Webcast the volume was low on their end for the first 35mins or so . . . then it gets louder . . . also the first song is clipped (missing first 2mins. . .). . . but the full first song is at the very end of the video ! enjoy Set 1: //Take It As It Comes (cut at beginning . . full song at end of video) Long Black Line Sleep to Dream (Fiona Apple cover) Andelman's Yard Say Something Jumping Face Set 2: Here Today Ether Spock's Brain Yarmouth Road Looking for Clues (Robert Palmer cover) Jones (Max Creek cover) How Many...
Music video by Mike Gordon performing Yarmouth Road. (C) 2014 Megaplum Under exclusive license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Mike Gordon goes over his Phish touring rig.
F A L L + T O U R D A T E S On Sale Now: http://tickets.mike-gordon.com 11/18 - Delmar Hall, St. Louis, MO 11/19 - Majestic Theatre, Madison, WI 11/20 - Park West, Chicago, IL 11/22 - Stage AE, Pittsburgh, PA 11/23 - Town Ballroom, Buffalo, NY 11/25 - Higher Ground, Burlington, VT 11/26 - The Egg, Albany, NY 11/28 - Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA 11/29 - Lincoln Theatre, Washington, DC 12/01 - Orange Peel, Asheville, NC 12/02 - Cannery Ballroom, Nashville, TN 12/03 - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA 12/09 - The Sinclair, Cambridge, MA 12/10 - The Sinclair, Cambridge, MA 12/11 - The Sinclair, Cambridge, MA
my channels are not monetized - any ad's that appear are due to copyrighted people , places , sights, and sounds!! for educational / meditation purposes only !! ....support live music ...buy merch! ..support ART!!!! - www.terrapincrossroads.net/store click 480p for best audio . Phil Lesh & Friends The TXR Big Bass Bash Sun. July 17, 2016 Back Porch Stage Terrapin Crossroads San Rafael, CA 3:20pm - 7:50pm Phil Lesh - bass, vocals Jackie Greene - guitar, vocals Barry Sless - guitar, pedal steel Jason Crosby - keyboards, vocals John Molo - drums Whole show w/special guest Mike Gordon on bass and vocals Set 1 3:15pm - 4:35pm Shakedown Street jgr w/Low Rider jam Yarmouth Road mg * 17:20 Loose Lucy jgr Pride of Cucamonga pl Funky Bitch mg 38:45 Mason's Children pl j...
Andelman's Yard from the new Mike Gordon album "The Green Sparrow". This is an awesome song and you can hear the making of at http://mike-gordon.com/andelmans/. If you like the song, go out and BUY THE ALBUM!!!
All tunnels lead back to the womb in the dreams of Phish vocalist Mike Gordon. Subscribe to SundanceTV: http://goo.gl/GTzxOZ DREAMSTATES is a collaborative series brought to life by animators recreating vivid dreams told by actors, musicians, writers and other artists. Be a part of what The New Yorker calls "The new go-to network for artistic risk." More from SundanceTV: Official SundanceTV Website: http://www.sundance.tv/ Like SundanceTV: https://www.facebook.com/SundanceTV Follow SundanceTV: https://twitter.com/SundanceTV SundanceTV Google+: http://goo.gl/k0ZicC SundanceTV Instagram: http://instagram.com/sundancetv
Mike Gordon of Phish and Leo Kottke of Leo Kottke join forces for some pickin, grinnin' and story tellin. ------------------------------------------ 09/16/05 (Fri) Mississippi Nights - St. Louis, MO Set 1: Disco, Clone, Living in the Country, William Powell, Ray, From Pizza Towers to Defeat, Sweet Emotion, Standing in My Shoes, Invisible, Last Steam Engine Train, Rings,I'm Going Back to the Old Home, Ojo - Too Fast - Airproofing, E: Machine #2
Mike Gordon 6/7/15 (Part 6 of 6) Louisville, KY @ Mercury Ballroom Meat } Ether
Mike Gordon Band 6/14/2015 House of Blues Cleveland, OH ***Under Law of Fair Use. For educational purposes only. No copyrights infringements intended*** Never Buy Or Sell Live Music Recordings/Videos! webcast rip [720] Set 1: Take It As It Comes Long Black Line Sleep to Dream Andelman's Yard Say Something Jumping Face Set 2: Here Today Ether -- Spock's Brain Yarmouth Road Looking for Clues Jones-- How Many People Are You Tiny Little World How Do I Know Encore: Meat
Leo Kottke and Phish bassist Mike Gordon performing Leo's song "William Powell". From the DVD, "270 Miles from Graceland: Live from Bonnaroo 2003". Kottke and Gordon wrote and released two albums together: Clone (2002) and Sixty Six Steps (2005)
Live at Union Transfer on 3-2-14 in Philadelphia, PA
Mike Gordon, Phil Lesh and Terrapin Family Band members Live at Terrapin Crossroads U.S. Blues 10/26/2014.
Phish member Mike Gordon brought his solo band to Seattle, Washington's Neptune Theater on February 3rd, 2016. The other members of this tremendously talented band were Scott Murawski, Craig Myers, John Kimock, and Robert Walter. Here is "Long Black Line" and "Daisy Hill Grove":
Benevento / Russo Duo with Mike Gordon Georgia Theatre Athens, GA 2005-04-27 set 1 Marco Benevento -- keyboards Joe Russo -- drums, percussion, guitar Mike Gordon - bass
29 minutes of YEM Mike Gordon Bass Solos. One minute for each year Cactus has been chasing the backbeat from behind in the greatest band on earth. Starting with a 1989 Halloween solo, all the way to Phish 3.0 HD versions filmed by the premiere tapers of the day, HarpuaFSB, LazyLightning55, and MKdevo. A total of 23 years of bass solos are represented here. Lovetone Meatball, it's what's for dinner. Happy Birthday Mike!
Mike Gordon Band live at the Melkweg Amsterdam. Part of the Jam In The Dam festival. Performance from March 14, 2012. Captured here is the end of night 1; "Don't Do It", "River" ~ "Idea". Video is iPhone 4s, and is pretty shakey at times, sorry. Audio is by BradM, see here for an excellent capture, http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=553863.
Mike Gordon has released his latest album 'The Green Sparrow' and he talks about the songwriting and forming his band with long term goals in mind.
Founding member and bassist of the hugely popular band Phish is out with his fourth solo studio album called "Overstep." He joins "CBS This Morning: Saturday" for a performance of the album's first single "Long Black Line."
Mike Gordon of the band Phish. Phish bass player Mike Gordon. The style of Mike Gordon. Mike has had many looks over his career. He is currently in rock star mode. A hip Mike Gordon is now wearing a scarf on stage. I like the green on green look Mike wore in the 90's.
Music for Democracy interviews Mike Gordon at the 2008 All Good Music Festival. www.musicfordemocracy.org Please Donate www.musicfordemocracy.org/donate
Gabriel Jones TXR Family band w Mike Gordon
music by mike gordon
Mike Gordon speaks at Spring Arbor University Chapel.
Mike Gordon is a preacher from Saint Catherines Ontario
Benevento / Russo Duo with Mike Gordon Georgia Theatre Athens, GA 2005-04-27 set 1 Marco Benevento -- keyboards Joe Russo -- drums, percussion, guitar Mike Gordon - bass
Mike Gordon, (bass), Scott Murawski (guitar), Craig Myers (percussion), Robert Walter (keyboards) and John Kimock (drums).
Swing around back, close your eyes,
Slip down the chute, fantasize,
About which way to go when you come back around,
Get that youre running but dont touch the ground,
Till you get to a spot where you might want to be,
Might be above but could be beneath,
Well if you keep out the past of whats in store,
Then youve come upon another door.
Youve got a lot to beg,
Maybe just ramble on through,
It aint like the ghost a flyin,
On past when the world is new,
Nothing else seems like it did before,
Then youve made it through another door.
Now a new place, youre running again,
This time someones around the first bend,
So you jump up and fly and try to get away,
But the other brothers got the same tricks to play,
Climbing up higher you land on a tower,
And theres one thing you find in the final hour,
That you like flying tandem a whole lot more,
And you coast through down to another door.
Youve got a lot to beg,
Maybe just ramble on through,
It aint like the ghost a flyin,
On past when the world is new,
Nothing else seems like it did before,
Then youve made it through another door.
You run down the hill to someones yard,
Went over a cliff, you're falling hard,
The other fella is feet right behind,
But you cant look back and declare it a chance,
Splash in the stream when you're running on stones,
You start to think you might be running alone,
You tunnel beneath but now you're sure,
Because you told me you were standing by another door.
Youve got a lot to beg,
Maybe just ramble on through,
It aint like the ghost a flyin,
On past when the world is new,
Nothing else seems like it did before,