"2001" from 12/29/98 @ MSG w/Tedd Kanakaris

Hi everybody and welcome to today’s episode of Attendance Bias. I am your host, Brian Weinstein. It seems like every other tour, we acknowledge that the band is getting older, and how lucky we are to still have the opportunity to see them. While that is undoubtedly true, we don’t always take the time to recognize that we, as a fanbase, are also getting older. As a result, our lifestyles, our habits, and our needs change. One of those needs, if we’re lucky enough, is how to handle our money for the future. Today’s guest, Tedd Kanakaris, is here to help us do just that. Tedd is the founder and financial advisor for Sandpiper Wealth, a financial planning firm dedicated to helping the Phish community manage their finances. We talk about how the traditional world of money management was a major turn off for Tedd and how the changing demographics of the Phish community helped him realize that he wanted to help the community in a way that most of us probably didn’t need about 15 years ago.

We also talk about beer. Tedd is a member of the Gotta JiBrew Club: a group of fans, with some familiar names, who get together to visit different breweries and were lucky enough to collaborate with one of the best breweries on the east coast…but I’ll let Tedd tell that story in just a few minutes.  

Finally, there’s Tedd’s musical pick for Attendance Bias: 2001, from 12/29/98 at Madison Square Garden. Played in the heart of one of the best shows of that year, Tedd explains how the funk cover is a “flashpoint” for the band’s evolving musical style in the late 90s as they approached their trademark ambience toward the end of the century.

As you can tell, it’s a packed episode. Let's join Tedd to talk about TD Bank, Ballantine Ale, and Glow worms, as we discuss “2001” from December 29, 1998 at the Madison Square Garden.

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