With a completely sold-out summer tour that kicks off at Boston's Fenway Park on May 31, Phish frontman Trey Anastasio got behind a microphone in Washington, DC this week for a completely different audience: members of Congress. And he wasn't there to narrate a story about Phish's fabled Gamehenge or to perform one of his band's famous a cappella versions of 'Freebird.' Instead the leader of one of America's preeminent live bands was there to speak about something else very close to his heart: drugs.

According to the Huffington Post, Anastasio testified in front of a group of Congressmen and drug court professionals about the effectiveness of the country's current drug courts; a program intended to truly reform former drug addicts and to keep convicted nonviolent users out of prison and off drugs.

Anastasio, who rarely gets involved with politics, talked about his personal experience with the program. "My life had become a catastrophe," he said. "I had no idea how to turn it around. My band had broken up. I had almost lost my family. My whole life had devolved into a disaster."

Thanking the police officer who arrested him for driving while intoxicated and in possession of narcotics, Anastasio is now more than two years sober. During his time in the drug court system, he was assigned such tasks as cleaning toilets and fairgrounds. A month from now, he'll headline Bonnaroo and perform around two dozen sold-out shows in some of the nation's most esteemed large venues. He also has a couple solo symphonic shows coming up, including an as-yet unannounced show at Carnegie Hall with the New York Philharmonic in September.

The lesson here? Send nonviolent drug offenders to drug court instead of jail, and when they complete the program, you might be able to ask them to put your kids on the guest list for Red Rocks. Maybe.