Maybe Trey Wasn’t Done With Phish After All

We’ve just passed the four year anniversary of Trey Anastasio’s infamous letter to the fans declaring Phish was done, but according to a post on Rolling Stone’s blog this morning the band may be back together by the time we reach the fifth anniversary. The magazine’s Brian Hiatt spoke to Big Red last Wednesday and the guitarist dropped some “heavy hints” that the band is getting back together:

“When Phish broke up, I made some comment about how I’m not gonna go around playing ‘You Enjoy Myself’ for the rest of my life,” Anastasio said with a laugh. “And it’s so funny because Fish and Mike and Page have been talking to each other a lot lately and now — it’s not that I can’t believe that I said that, but its symbolic of how much I lost my mind or how much I lost my bearings or something. Because at this point in time I would give my left nut to play that song five times in a row every day until I die. I certainly thought about that while I was in jail.”

Well, we’d give our right nut to hear him play Y.E.M. over and over again, so that works out. But seriously after that love fest at the Jammys everyone in that room knew those guys would play together again. You just can’t end an incredible career on a low note such as Coventry. Anastasio caused a lot of bad feelings among his fans when he wrote that letter and then self-destructed at Coventry and Whitehall. It will be interesting to see what a clean and sober Trey has to say about those fateful events, and if the band can regain the spark that was clearly missing towards the end.

If Phish gets back together, and plays at a high level, how often would you go see them? After you’re finished malnourishing your dog, and booking flights and hotel rooms, let us know how you feel about a possible Phish reunion.