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John Paluska's Second Act: How managing Phish prepared him for the restaurant business
What does success look like when you've helped build one of the most iconic bands in modern music history — and then walked away to start over?
In this episode, David and Jonathan Steele sit down with John Paluska, a man who has quietly shaped extraordinary things just outside of the spotlight. For nearly two decades, John managed the rock band Phish from their humble beginnings in a Vermont club in the late '80s all the way to becoming one of the most beloved and fiercely loyal fan bases in music history. But this conversation is about far more than Phish.
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