Former Phish team member Leigh Fordham passed away on Sunday, and while oftentimes the crew are the unsung heroes of the live music world, many Phish fans will recognize his name as it is immortalized on the opening lines of Phish live favorite “46 Days.”

Yet, while the lyric reads “Leigh Fordham sold me out/ 46 days and the coal ran out,” Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio was quick to point out that the man was far from unreliable.

“Leigh was truly a great guy, funny and cool, and he and I spent some long late nights hanging out on tour, and I have such great memories of those nights,” Anastasio said in a recent Facebook post. “I wrote the lyrics to 46 days on one of those nights, and I think I was just tapping into the feel and the spirit of those hangs, but I always felt a little weird singing that line, because the honest truth is that not only didn’t Leigh ever sell me out, he was probably the last guy on earth who would ever sell anyone out.”

Fordham also appeared onstage with Phish for the band’s classic 1995 Halloween recreation of The Who’s Quadrophenia, wherein the late crew member sang Keith Moon‘s part on “Bell Boy.” Phish also gave him a shout-out during a particularly memorable “Harry Hood” on 11/16/96.

Read Anastasio’s full remembrance of Fordham and watch the band give him a shout-out in 1996 below:

I was so sad to hear about the passing of our friend and beloved former crew member Leigh Fordham. Leigh was truly a great guy, funny and cool, and he and I spent some long late nights hanging out on tour, and I have such great memories of those nights. I wrote the lyrics to 46 days on one of those nights, and I think I was just tapping into the feel and the spirit of those hangs, but I always felt a little weird singing that line, because the honest truth is that not only didn’t Leigh ever sell me out, he was probably the last guy on earth who would ever sell anyone out. He was a truly cool guy, and he asked about it a couple times. He was Australian, so I think he said something like “Hey Mate, I never sold you out!” and I replied, “but it’s such a cool line!” so we laughed and it stayed in.

Leigh’s spirit was a huge part of our Phish family when he was on the road with us. He always made me smile when I’d see him at soundcheck. He will be missed. Our love goes out to Leigh’s family today.