I’m simply put, a proud and vocal Atheist Jew who honestly finds belief in a god as silly as thinking a giant bunny delivers baskets of chocolate every year on a day in April....
With that said, my Judaism is VERY special to me, and I definitely subscribe to my own version of a “higher power”, and I feel most connected to that source through music, and ESPECIALLY live music.
So when I say that David Wimbish and The Collection were very much my “church” since I accidentally discovered them on a calendar for a local bar I wanted to check out in 2018.
It’s not just the music, which is PROFOUNDLY soul stirring both in melody/harmony and lyrics, but more so it’s the COMMUNITY the band fosters and maintains with their tribe.
I went to my first show alone, boy worried for a second I’d feel weird or out of place solo, because they told me directly they hoped I’d come And just DANCE. And they embody exactly what they project— this obscenely welcoming & inclusive community of all kinds of people from all over the world, who are nothing alike, but would probably offer their couch for you to sleep on after a show!
So my long story short is, I came here to listen to David speak about a subject I know I’d deeply meaningful to him, but stuck around because the podcast is simply great and I'm already learning he’s things and perspectives. Bravo!
