Mike Gordon

Michael Eliot Gordon (born June 3, 1965) is an American musician best known as the bassist and co-founding member of the improvisational rock band Phish. Gordon, who plays bass guitar and provides vocals for Phish, has contributed to the band's extended jam sessions and eclectic compositions since its formation in 1983 at the University of Vermont. In addition to his work with Phish, Gordon has maintained an active solo career, releasing six studio albums, with his most recent, Flying Games, featuring experimental and dynamic instrumentation. He has also directed music videos and documentaries, including Phish's "Down with Disease" video and the production documentary Tracking.

Michael Eliot Gordon was born on June 3, 1965, in Sudbury, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston, to Jewish parents Robert Gordon and Marjorie Minkin Gordon. His father, Robert, founded and served as president and CEO of Store 24, a New England-based convenience store chain that operated over 200 locations by the 1980s. His mother, Marjorie, worked as an abstract painter, exposing Gordon to artistic environments from an early age.