Joseph Linitz

Who is Joseph Linitz?

Joseph "Joe" Linitz is an American lyricist whose songs, co-written with Phish bassist Mike Gordon, include the title track from Phish's Round Room and Train Song from Billy Breathes.

In addition, Linitz supplied lyrics for the songs "Car Carrier Blues", "With" and "Clay" for Gordon's first album with Leo Kottke, Clone, as well as two songs on the subsequent Gordon/Kottke album Sixty Six Steps. Linitz also cowrote Gov't Mule ballad "Banks of the Deep End" with Gordon and Warren Haynes.

Linitz is the son of a Brandeis University professor and an artist mother. Linitz graduated from Commonwealth School in Boston. Linitz attended the University of Chicago and graduated from Oberlin College in 1987. Linitz holds a Ph.D. in English from Boston University.