Trey Anastasio seems right at home on the stage. Or on the tour bus. Heck, he’s totally in his element playing a Tiny Desk Concert for his favorite station, NPR.

The Phish frontman stopped by the public broadcaster for a three-song set, looking totally comfortable on his stool, sat amongst row of books, records and paraphernalia.

Anastasio opened with “Sleep Again,” lifted from his 2004 solo album Shine, and wrapped it with a fond story of family life at his house in Richmond, Vermont. Anastasio and his wife of 20 years, Sue, had a radio in the kitchen, tuned in constantly to Vermont Public Radio, part of the NPR network.

“You guys entertained us for so many years, so it’s really an honor for me to be able to come in for like two minutes and do something for all of you.” Two minutes, hardly. It was much closer to 13 minutes. “You feel a part of the fabric of our life,” he enthused.

Next up, the folk-rocker performed “Summer of ‘89,” which he dedicated to his wife, with whom he celebrated his milestone wedding anniversary on the tour bus. And finally, he went with a number from Phish’s Joy set from 2009, “Backwards Down the Number Line,” a song, he explained, that was “about our friends.”

Watch the NPR mini-gig below.