Nicely put Chris. The music of Phish and the Dead before them and the friends I have met along the way sharing in their grooves have greatly enriched my life. A life without either would have been inconceivably poorer.

Phish also informed my life and own (non-musical) philosophy in the 90s by their uncompromising dedication to hard work, high quality and "continuous improvement", as well as in the economically bleak recent years of this era forcing me as well to reinvent myself at at age I would have previously considered "retiring" and "picking yourself up, dusting yourself off, and starting all over again", as you put it. It's been a wild ride.

Thank you, Phish, thank you friends, especially my touring companions over the years and each of my wonderful friends and colleagues who make the Mockingbird Foundation and this web site tick.

A happy and healthy New Year to all!