His officemate’s clients included artists like Madonna, the Talking Heads, the Ramones, the B-52s, Alice Cooper, Meatloaf, and many others. Through his accountant, he had an office in Manhattan, which he shared with the managers of the biggest musical acts of the day. If a non-Jew can tell me how important it is to observe Shabbos before his biggest game ever, we Jews should be celebrating Shabbos.įishof built a great business as a sports agent, but he was about to change focus.
I always say, if a non-Jew can tell me how important it is to observe Shabbos before his biggest game ever, we Jews should be celebrating Shabbos.” That line that Simms said to me has resonated with me every Friday. Go enjoy.’ And that Sunday he broke every Super Bowl record of every quarterback. Fishof, your Sabbath is more important than the Super Bowl. If anyone needs me, they can call, leave a message, and I’ll call them back after Sabbath. I’ll be at this Holiday Inn in Los Angeles. I said to Phil on Friday, ‘I have to leave for the Sabbath.
I made that Disney World commercial, which was the first year when a player said, ‘I am going to Disney World!’ So I had to be out there for the week. “The Broncos were favored to beat the Giants – Simms never really got his recognition – and I went to California for the game. “When the Giants went to the Super Bowl in 1987, they were playing against the Denver Broncos, and all the hype was about John Elway,” Fishof says. I had nine players in that Super Bowl, which was Super Bowl XXI.”ĭespite his growing profile and the challenges that accompany the around-the-clock management of celebrity athletes, Fishof is an observant Jew, and never compromised his lifestyle or values. “Phil Simms introduced me to his entire offensive line, and that team made it to the 1987 Super Bowl. “I started representing the Giants’ quarterback, Phil Simms,” Fishof says. His status as a sports agent grew, and soon he represented most of the New York Giants’ offensive line. He even negotiated contracts for Piniella and others with legendary Yankee’s owner, George Steinbrenner. His clients included people like Yankee’s sluggers Elliott Maddox and Lou Piniella, whom he also arranged endorsement deals with New York area businesses. Fishof wrote a column about Jewish entertainers for the Jewish Press, which morphed into bringing athletes to speak at Jewish summer camps. Rock Camp attendee Tammy Fisher and Paul Stanley from KISS.
“‘You can be an agent and book six bands a night.’ That’s when I decided that I was going to book bands, and started booking artists in the Catskills.” “My father told me, ‘Why don’t you book six bands?’” Fishof says. The only problem was, he wasn’t good enough. The Ruach Revival were a mainstay of 1970s/early ‘80s youth movement, and Fishof wanted to be in the band. He played behind Shlomo Carlebach, toured, and played NCSY and things like that.” “I was working as a waiter and as a busboy, and my brother had a Jewish rock band called the Ruach Revival,” Fishof says. Fishof is the son of a Holocaust survivor, grew up in northern New Jersey – where his father worked as a cantor for 30 years – and got his start, like most Tri-State Area Jews his age, in the Catskills. The camp first launched in 1997, and is the brainchild of music promoter and rock impresario, David Fishof, who started the camp after years promoting multinational tours, and managing A-list athletes. If you love rock ’n’ roll, the Rock ’N’ Roll Fantasy Camp is literally a dream come true.īut even better, the Rock ’N’ Roll Fantasy Camp also happens to be Jewish.ĭavid Fishof (R) with Roger Daltrey (L) and Slash from Guns N Roses People like Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons from Kiss, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry from Aerosmith, Roger Daltrey from the Who, Alice Cooper, Vinny Appice (Black Sabbath, Dio), Rudy Sarzo (Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, and virtually every late-80s hair band), Lita Ford, Tony Franklin (the Firm), and on and on and on. At the Rock Camp, you perform on stage with the people on the posters that covered the walls of your teenage bedroom. You don’t need to spend years practicing an instrument, or playing humiliating no-paying gigs, or networking with industry suits, or doing any of the soul-sucking things one usually does to play on stage with bona fide rock greats – you don’t even need to be any good – you just need to attend the Rock ’N’ Roll Fantasy Camp.
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