Jenna, my love, this book is for you. Thank you for encouraging me and believing in me when I said I wanted to be a professional Phish fan. Baby, we did it! Without your support, it wouldn’t have happened. I love you so much!

Thanks for backing me when I started PhanSite.com, nurturing me during the initial book proposal process, and coaching me through the draft and completion of this book. More so, thanks for supporting all my travels and adventures to see this band across the country, and joining me for so many shows throughout the years. We both know it’s a little crazy, and perhaps a bit too much, but you’ve always been there for me and my passion for going to countless shows by the noodle factory that is these four middle-aged white men. Thank you!

And, if I may, I’d like to share this dedication with my parents, especially my mother, who took me and three friends to my first Phish show as a teenager. I can’t imagine you fully understood what you were getting me into, but that’s the best part: you just knew I wanted to go, and were kind enough to take the trip with me. I love you. Thank you so much!

—Andy P. Smith

I dedicate this book to the three most important and inspirational women in my world—the light of my life, my daughter, Izabella; my incredibly kind and understanding wife, Mindy; and my mom, Sylvia, who supported, encouraged, and loved me since my first breath.

I love you all so much, and owe much of my life’s abundant joy to you.

—Jason Gershuny