Go Phish September 1992 - Vanity Fair magazine by Melissa Bloom The four traveling minstrels known from Burlington to Berkeley as Phish are finally swimming into the mainstream. Their hybrid of rock and fusion jazz ("a mirror of American music," remarks singer and guitarist Trey Anastasio) has been dubbed "the hot jam for the thinking man" by fans, and their lyrics are at once structured and delirious. Phish has been refining its sound since 1983, and claims to have an almost mystic fifth member - the music itself. "It's kind of like the Ouija board," insists bassist Mike Gordon. Even the recent release of *A Picture of Nector* [italics] (Electra) and their current tour with genre master Carlos Santana haven't gone to the band members' heads. "We sat in a limo for the first time yesterday," deadpans Gordon. "We called our moms."