02.16.2014
You just can't make this kinda shit up!
Phish in concert. (AP Photo/Starpix, Amanda Schwab, file)
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You just can't make this kinda shit up!
ALBANY—Aaron Woolf, the Democratic designee to replace retiring congressman Bill Owens, is a first-time candidate, a documentary filmmaker and, as it turns out, a co-writer of two Phish songs.
The Vermont band, best known for extended jams and a traveling circus that follows them on tour, had lyrical assistance on two of their earliest songs from Woolf, who recently won the Democratic designation in the 21st Congressional District.
Woolf attended high school with Trey Anastasio, who would go on to become Phish's lead singer and guitar player, and the two wrote a song called "Golgi Apparatus" as science-lab classmates for a cellular biology lesson, according to Phish.net, a fan site devoted to the band.
“Some great rock and roll songs are written by the dorks in your junior high audio/visual club, sitting around bored during fifth-hour biology lab," says the site.
Woolf also helped write "Wilson," one of the band's most frequently played songs, which also became an anthem for the Seattle Seahawks this year.
Woolf has no previous political experience. The Essex County resident wrote and directed the documentary “King Corn,” which examined how corn has become a staple of many food products, and “Beyond the Motor City,” a look at how mass transit works in Detroit.
Woolf was selected earlier this week by the local county chairs as the party's designee to replace Owens, who announced last month that he won't seek re-election.
Republicans have designated Elise Stefanik, a 29-year-old former White House aide, as their candidate.
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