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Ex-Phish Guitarist Hooked for DWI
He set the stick shift for the high gear of his soul all right, but unfortunately, Trey Anastasio's driving was out of control.
The former Phish frontman has been busted in upstate New York for allegedly getting behind the wheel while under the influence of prescription drugs.
According to authorities, the 42-year-old Anastasio (born Ernest Joseppe Anastasio III) was pulled over around 3:30 a.m. Friday in the town of Whitehall, near the border of his home state of Vermont, after police witnessed his car drifting across the road.
Believing him to be under the influence of narcotics, officers administered a field test, which the singer-guitarist flubbed, according to the incident report.
A search of his vehicle turned up an unspecified amount of the painkillers hydrocodone and Percocet and the anti-anxiety medication Xanax—all prescribed to another person, police said. Anastasio was also driving with a suspended New York license.
The musician was taken into custody and charged with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and driving while intoxicated, according to patrolman Jeff Whalen of the Whitehall Police Department. Before being released, Anastasio was issued uniform traffic tickets and ordered to appear in a Whitehall court at a later date.
"I feel terrible about what happened last night, and I am deeply sorry for any embarrassment I have caused my friends, family and fans," Anastasio said in a statement.
Phish's principal songwriter and bandleader, Anastasio launched a solo career after the jam rockers called it quits in 2004.
The following year, he signed with Columbia Records and released Shine to mixed reviews and so-so sales.
More recently, he's opened for Tom Petty and played solo dates, as well as teamed up with former Phish bassist Mike Gordon, as the Benvento/Russo Duo, and Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh. In October, he released Bar 17 on his own label, Rubber Jungle Records, which he formed after leaving Columbia.
Anastasio splits his time between digs in New York City and a house near Burlington, Vermont, where he does much of his recording in a 100-year-old barn.
The rocker has suggested that drugs had a role in Phish's breakup.
"We got through the '80s and '90s without encountering hard drugs, which is pretty miraculous considering what those eras were like. And it is a testament to the guys in the band, in how intent we were from keeping those types of drugs away," he told the Albany Times Union last year. "Once we let our guard down around 1998, the scene started to eat itself...we were getting unhealthy and tired."
He added that, when the quartet came back after a self-imposed year-and-a-half hiatus on New Year's Eve 2002, the problems "were even worse."
An insider close to Anastasio told E! Online that after Phish's demise, the guitar god quietly checked into rehab.
While doing the publicity rounds for Bar 17, the rocker hinted that he and his former bandmates, who remain good friends, hadn't ruled out an eventual Phish reunion. But for now, Anastasio has maintained he's happy pursuing his own creative endeavors.
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