MIKE GORDON

bassist-vocalist with rock band Phish

“That’s a good question. Yeah, I do actually. The first record that I actually listened to was ‘Abbey Road’ because my parents had it. And the second was probably ‘American Pie,’ the Don McLean album.

“But when I first got my own stereo, my grandmother, Nanny, took me to a record store, and I think I bought Steve Miller’s ‘Book of Dreams.’ And since it was the disco era, I think my second album would have been the Commodores’ album, the one with ‘Brick House.’ Definitely that Steve Miller album because that was junior high time.

“But it wasn’t long after that I got my first albums by Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones. And then a few years later, I started buying Dead albums and going to Dead shows.”