He graduated from Indiana University School of Music, where he studied jazz with David Baker and classical cello with Helga Winold.
Fish moved to San Francisco and became a founding member of Combing Dolores, an acoustic jazz-folk trio.
In 2002 Fish began touring full-time with Matt Nathanson,[3] and shortly after with Alejandro Escovedo.
[4][5][6] Fish made television appearances on Austin City Limits, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and the Craig Ferguson Show.
[7] He worked with producer John Cale,[8] filmmaker Jonathan Demme, the band Earlimart,[9] and singer k.d.