I was introduced to Phish in 98. First show was at Lakewood 8/6 and then went to Lemonwheel. (Lemonwheel was a coin toss loss on my part between that and Cancun with a buddy). Saw 7/3-4 at Lakewood the next year. Although I was very intrigued by the band and had traveled to Maine from Atlanta to see them, I still didn't get the whole jumping on tour and seeing them 75 times thing. I actually got IT at Oak Mountain 9/28/99. I was still in college and for some reason, woke up that morning and said fuck it, I'm driving there by myself and met up with some other friends there. What a night. Still on my top 5 list. Highlights were the Tube, Maze, and the Halley's/Tweeprise encore. The day after the show, I opened a Best Buy credit card and purchased every Phish album I could find and a surround sound speaker set to listen to them the right way. I was hooked for life. Been married w/ children since and try to see my fair share. I'm about to move overseas and will be closing out my Phish career for the time being with #49 and #50 at Oak Mountain and Lakewood respectively. Can't write it any better than that. Outside of friends and family, this is one of the hardest things to leave. Thank you Phish for being such an inspiration and a huge part of my life for 14 years now and many more to come. COME BACK TO EUROPE!!!!!!