Trey is My Hero

Phish interviews are a lot like the band's shows: real long and full of intriguing digressions. For the group's first Rolling Stone cover story, guitarist Trey Anastasio, keyboard player Page McConnell, bass guitarist Mike Gordon and drummer Jon Fishman individually spoke at great length about Phish's history, breakup and reunion album, Round Room; their stage antics, jamming philosophies and plans for the second phase of their career. What follows are previously unpublished excerpts from those conversations -- a taste of the outtakes from nearly ten hours of interviews.
TREY ANASTASIO
On not screwing up and the giant hot dog ride at Boston Garden, New Year's Eve, 1994

The hot dog started with a conversation about how we could get closer to the guy with the worst seat in the house -- whoever showed up at the venue, looked at their ticket and went, "Ugh, this seat sucks." So the idea is, we'll fly out there to this guy. How are we going to do that? We came up with the hot dog. And ...