Mike Gordon

Phish bassist Mike Gordon has created a LivePhish playlist comprised of his favorite tracks from the 2021 summer and fall tours. The eight-song playlist pulls from seven different shows, ranging from older Farmhouse classics to brand new tunes. “Getting ready for Mexico and wanted to share a playlist of my...

Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon brought their acoustic duo tour to Troy Savings Bank Music Hall on Wednesday, December 15. The venue has been a sought after performance destination by various artists since the early 20th century. The original padded wooden seats help absorb a layer of sound, allowing listeners in even the deepest seats to hear the same clear sound as the entire room. The acoustic instruments toted by the pair resonated just right into acoustic ear candy at the performance blocks from the Hudson River.

Phish bassist Mike Gordon paid tribute to his beloved cat Izzy on Thursday with a solo performance of “On A Bad Day” in Norwalk, Connecticut. The song came during Gordon’s show with acclaimed guitarist Leo Kottke at Wall Street Theater on the day Izzy passed away. Mike...

The Phish bassist opens up on rehearsing for his first tour with Leo Kottke in 16 years and figuring out how to find “the fabric of the band.”. Rehearsing for this tour with Leo [Kottke] has been really fun—we’re piecing together some material from all three of our albums, sort of dabbling. And then we are working on some stuff that’s not on any of our albums. What I really like about bands, and maybe even duos, is when they have a certain sound that transcends whatever song they’re playing—a groove and a tonality and a sensibility. I call it the fabric of the band. There’s a certain flow.

Over this past weekend, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon, Page McConnell, and Trey Anastasio took part in a Q&A session with fans as part of SiriusXM Phish Radio‘s four-part “Ask Phish” special. Listen to all four segments here and read on for a recap of what was covered. After getting started...

TROY — The Troy Savings Bank Music Hall just added a phenomenal show to the December calendar. On Wednesday, Dec. 15, guitar pioneer Leo Kottke and Phish bassist Mike Gordon take the stage. The unlikely partnership between acoustic guitar pioneer Leo Kottke and Phish bassist Mike Gordon continues with the...

Earlier this month, Phish bassist Mike Gordon made a surprise appearance at Temple Sinai in Burlington, Vt., joining the band Nefish Mountain for a cover of First Aid Kit’s “Emmylou.”. Gordon’s daughter Tessa, who is shaping up as a singer in her own right, offered backing vocals on the song...

Last year, Mike Gordon and Leo Kottke reunited to release Noon, which marked their first album together in 15 years. Now they’re breaking another dry spell by touring together for the first time in 16 years. The duo will be performing nine shows in December, covering the Northeast. They’ll begin...

For the first time in 16 years, guitarist Leo Kottke and bassist Mike Gordon will tour together, in an eagerly awaited series of dates in December. Acoustic guitar legend Leo Kottke and Phish bassist Mike Gordon first linked up in 2002 for Clone, and followed by 2005’s Sixty Six Steps. The upcoming tour will celebrate last year’s release of the first new Kottke/Gordon album in 15 years, Noon, hailed by Rolling Stone as “full of lilting grooves that go on wild musical tangents.”

8 – Munhall, PA – Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall. 17 – York, PA – Appell Center for the Performing Arts. 19 – Plattsburgh, NY – Strand Center for the Arts. (Covid-19 protocols such as proof of full vaccination or negative test will be required. Please see venue website for...

Leo Kottke and Phish bassist Mike Gordon have shared a special 4-song mini set on YouTube to celebrate the announcement that they are launching their first tour together in over 16 years. They will be hitting the road in December for a short tour to promote their first new Kottke/Gordon...

Phish bassist Mike Gordon and pioneering acoustic guitarist Leo Kottke will hit the road in December of 2021 for their first tour together in 16 years. The tour follows the August 2020 release of Noon, the longtime collaborators’ first joint album since 2005. The 2021 Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon...

My son entered a screenplay into a national contest. Took grand prize. Won $3,000. Life was good. Movies made sense. Six months later, he was still waiting on his winnings. Silence and no replies. Life was unfair. The movie had a wrong ending. That’s when I called Mike Gordon. Mike...

Before Phish begins leg two of summer tour tonight, August 27th, by kicking off a three-night run at The Gorge in George, WA, Mike Gordon caught up with SiriusXM‘s Ari Fink for a quick mid-tour interview. The bassist dug deep with Fink as he discussed the band’s trajectory this summer, some of his new toys, as well as some impending solo endeavors.

Robert Walter has shared the latest installment of his Better Feathers series, a new single featuring Mike Gordon dubbed “Saucermen”. The keyboardist has also released the B-side to his latest “digital 45” with another single, “Devices Of A Similar Size”, featuring Stanton Moore. This pair of singles comes as the...

Keyboardist Robert Walter released the next two tracks in his Better Feathers series of six “digital 45s,” including “Saucerman” featuring Phish bassist Mike Gordon. Walter also teamed with Galactic drummer Stanton Moore for “Devices Of Similar Size.”. Walter is a member of Mike’s solo band. Gordon contributed his “Saucerman” bass...

Brandon “Taz” Niederauer welcomed special guest Mike Gordon to the stage during the former’s Friday show in Vermont. The former child guitar prodigy performed at The Double E in Essex in the Phish bassist’s home state. With Phish’s return to the stage on July 28th in Arkansas drawing ever closer,...

The Fare Thee Well shows brought together Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Grateful Dead a few summers ago. While three out of the Core Four have currently assembled as Dead & Company, a group staring down the barrel of another summer tour, the four former Grateful Dead members previously toured together over the years following Jerry Garcia‘s death. One such touring iteration featuring Weir, Lesh, Kreutzman, and Hart was The Dead, whose 2003 configuration also tapped Jimmy Herring, Rob Barraco, Jeff Chimenti, and Joan Osborne to round out the group’s stellar lineup. Following The Dead’s one-off February show at The Warfield in San Francisco that year, the ensemble launched a major tour that summer.

Mike Gordon, chief information security officer at Lockheed Martin, has won WashingtonExec’s 2021 Chief Officer Award for Public Company CISO. In its second year, the Chief Officer Awards luncheon was held May 27 as a virtual live-streamed program to recognize C-suite executives in both industry and government for their innovation, expertise, impact and thought leadership.