I freekin love tour! We're happy to be back in Jerusalem of course but our 6-night love-in with Phish was as good as could be in every possible way, more than anything because of the people. Old friends and new ones, family and phamily. And of course the music. Sunday night in Camden NJ was the best in terms of that - great setlist, excellent jams (especially Sand!), incredible vibes.
Here's a perfect example of all the people: First of all, our crew was me, Simone, Zohara (her first show - yay!), my brother Hillel and my sister Sara. My brother Mo was on his way down with his friends, all hitting their first show and scoring face value tix no problem (screw you scalpers!). On our way down, we stopped for gas and to feed Zohara and the rest area off the NJ Turnpike was jammed with phans. There we ran into Gorf and Ben Feuer's crew. They thought it was great Ben was staying in our place in Jerusalem at that very moment. Within minutes of getting back on the road, we passed the Hood milk truck ('You can feel good about Hood') - it was a definite sign from above (the truck was about twice the height of our Nissan Quest).
Pulled into the lots and after a hassle finding a good parking spot, hooked up for a killer bbq with Eytan (Bayme), Ruby, Zaki and Fromm. Thanks Mom and Dad - we used their account at riverdale's finest Kosher meat shop (Noah's) - steaks, burgers, spicey sausage, even veggie burgers for Sara and Turkey legs for Hill. Later Ami Foger and my brother Mo met up with us. Ran into Shosh Pincus there too. Great top shelf bar in back of Eytan's trunk ;-)
Once inside we settled in to the back of the lawn and who should we see but our old friends Marla and Mitch there with their baby as well. We proceeded to spend almost the entire show with them. Our section was filled with babies and little kids. At first glance it wouldn't seem like a very family friendly environment but it actually is. People really look out for each other (stranger stopping stranger... wait, wrong band ;-) ) .
Mo loved his first show. So did Zohara (As a first time bonus, she also got a free A Capella/vocal jam from Hillel and Naftali on the ride home). Simone loved her first run. I feared it would be nothing more than a nostalgia trip but it was a whole bag of new and wonderful experiences. I can't wait to do it all again! Maybe next time we'll bring Erez too.
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