Editing Jon Fishman (section)

==Musical career==
=== Phish ===
The band [[Phish]] was named after him (he is commonly referred to as "Fish" among [http://www.phish.net/faq/henrietta-names.html many other nicknames]) though other explanations for the name have been given.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phish.net/faq/name.html |title=Frequently Asked Questions |publisher=Phish.net |access-date=2011-10-15}}</ref> In addition to drumming, he also sings back-up vocals and occasionally lead-vocals (usually on cover songs, most of them humorous – the best examples are Prince's [[Purple Rain (song)|"Purple Rain"]], [[Syd Barrett]]’s "[[The Madcap Laughs|Love You]]", and "[[Terrapin (song)|Terrapin]]", Neil Diamond's "[[Cracklin' Rosie]]", [[Will Smith]]'s song "[[Gettin' Jiggy Wit It]]", and Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd's [[Bike (song)|"Bike"]]).  Worthy of note are his more serious vocal efforts, including lead vocals on Phish's cover of the Talking Heads song "[[Crosseyed and Painless]]", and his vocal duties on the Phish originals, "The Moma Dance", "Taste", and "[[Ghost (Phish song)|Ghost]]".  He is well known on tour for his [[Aerus LLC|Electrolux]] vacuum cleaner solos and playing while wearing a donut-printed [[muumuu]] dress. He has admitted to taking acid before playing early in the band's career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://relix.com/articles/detail/rocky-mountain-high-the-untold-story-of-phish-s-archival-release-colorado-8/#ixzz4Tj0wIZkY|title=Rocky Mountain High: The Untold Story of Phish's Archival Release, Colorado '88 (Relix Revisited)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607163714/https://relix.com/articles/detail/rocky-mountain-high-the-untold-story-of-phish-s-archival-release-colorado-8/#ixzz4Tj0wIZkY |access-date=2025-02-19|archive-date=7 June 2020 }}</ref>

Fishman regularly performs with Phish wearing a blue [[muumuu]] dress with a pattern of red [[annulus (mathematics)|annuli]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bernstein |first1=Scott |title=Phish's Jon Fishman's Donut Dress & Trey Anastasio's Effects Pad Among New #iggystrong Auction Items Benefiting 11-Year-Old With Cancer |url=https://www.jambase.com/article/iggystrong-auction-phish-jon-fishman-dress-trey-anastasio-effects-pad |website=JamBase |access-date=14 October 2022}}</ref> In 2015, Phish filed to trademark the pattern on Fishman's dress, but the request was tentatively denied by the [[United States Patent and Trademark Office]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bernstein |first1=Scott |title=USPTO Tenatively Rejects Phish Drummer Jon Fishman's Dress Pattern Trademark |url=https://www.jambase.com/article/uspto-tenatively-rejects-phish-drummer-jon-fishmans-dress-pattern-trademark |website=JamBase |access-date=14 October 2022}}</ref>

[[File:Jon-Fishman2009-12-28.jpg|thumb|230px|right|Playing his Electrolux vacuum with Phish at American Airlines Arena in Miami, FL 12-28-2009 Photo: Dan Shinneman]]