Ex-Phish Frontman On Drugs, Rehab And Being The 'Ringleader Of People's Good Time'

“Did drugs diminish your skills or did you just do more drugs when you knew your skills were gone?”

It was one of the few questions Trey Anastasio didn’t answer Wednesday at a sold-out Kaufman Concert Hall at the 92nd Street Y. The ex-Phish guitarist and New York City resident opened up in a candid conversation with Rolling Stone contributing editor Anthony DeCurtis about rehab, his drug bust while driving in upstate New York and how the band’s breakup and subsequent years outside of the traveling Phish bubble led to his downward spiral.

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