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Trey Anastasio, The Brains Behind Phish

Alan Paul, Guitar World, December 1996

OVER THE LAST several years, Phish has emerged as rock's most surprising success story, building a massive grass-roots following and becoming one of the nation's top-grossing touring bands; the two-day "Phish Phest" (officially titled the Clifford Ball) held last August in Plattsburgh, New York, yielded $3.3 million all by itself.

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