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The long strange trip just keeps going for Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh. The veteran rocker continues to tour and
perform songs from the Dead canon with help from a rotating cast of "friends." At a tour stop in Glens Falls, NY, this past
Lesh became the town's honorary mayor for the day in a ceremony performed by the actual mayor, Roy Akins.

According to a news report on PostStar.com, Lesh said, "As my first act as honorary mayor, it is my intention to pardon
Trey Anastasio."

The former phish guitarist and bandleader, Anastasio, was convicted of a felony drug charge in New York earlier this year.
While Lesh's pardon  he did invite Anastasio to join him onstage for the entire show that night. he setlist included two
songs from Anastasio's solo career ('Shine' and 'Plasma') in addition to Grateful Dead classics and, obviously,
lots and lots of jams.

Anastasio's only other high-profile performance since his conviction was in August, when he sat in with the Dave Matthews
Band in Saratoga Springs, NY.