Editing Mike Gordon (section)

==Biography==
Gordon was born in [[Sudbury, Massachusetts]], the son of Marjorie Minkin, an abstract painter, and Robert Gordon, founder and former President and CEO of New England convenience store chain [[Store 24]]. Gordon attended the [[Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston]] and [[Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School]]. Gordon holds a bachelor's degree in Arts (he was originally an Electrical Engineering major) from the [[University of Vermont]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/vq/VQWinter03/uvmnews.html |title=UVMnews |website=Uvm.edu |date=2002-09-16 |access-date=2017-04-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://phish.net/people/mike-gordon |title=Mike Gordon |website=Phish.net |access-date=2017-04-03}}</ref>

Gordon met [[Trey Anastasio]], [[Jon Fishman]], and [[Jeff Holdsworth]] while attending college at [[University of Vermont]], where the rock band [[Phish]] formed in 1983. He answered a posted flyer hanging in the dorms at UVM by [[Trey Anastasio]], looking for a bass player for a new band.<ref name="mike-gordon2">{{cite web|author=Mike Gordon |url=http://mike-gordon.com/about/bio/ |title=BIO |date=October 5, 2012 |publisher=Mike Gordon |access-date=2017-04-03}}</ref>

Gordon played many roles in Phish. Until the band became too big for self-management, he dealt with practically all public relations and fan communication, such as answering fan mail, managing funds and booking gigs.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} Gordon wrote a column titled "Mike's Corner" for the band's newsletter in the 1990s.<ref name="doyle1">{{cite magazine |last1=Doyle |first1=Patrick |title=Leo Kottke, Reluctant Guitar Hero |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/leo-kottke-mike-gordon-phish-interview-1058050/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=14 October 2022 |date=15 September 2020}}</ref>

Musically, Gordon's influence is the most obvious in Phish's many different renditions of various [[bluegrass music|bluegrass]], [[Calypso music|calypso]], and even traditional [[Jewish]] songs (Gordon is Jewish). He also contributed by singing, as well as writing lyrics. Gordon wrote 19 original Phish songs and co-authored 27 additional Phish tracks, including "Mound", "Train Song", "Round Room", "Sugar Shack," "Yarmouth Road," "555," "Say Something," "Waking Up Dead," and the band's third most-performed song historically: "[[Mike's Song]]."
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mbird.org/book |title=Book |website=Mbird.org |date=June 15, 2016 |access-date=2017-04-03}}</ref><ref name="mike-gordon2"/> Gordon also practices transcendental meditation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://relix.com/articles/detail/mike_gordon_mind_left_body/|title=Mike Gordon: Mind Left Body|date=January 6, 2016|website=Relix.com|access-date=November 20, 2020}}</ref>