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Phish 2016 Summer Tour Posters

For this summer’s tour I decided to take on the ambitious project of creating a show poster for every venue this year.  On top of doing an illustrated setlist for every show.  So yeah…ambitious may be an understatement.  As challenging as this may be, I’ve had a lot of fun drawing these. I wanted a common theme for all the posters, and risking the overused fish theme, opted to illustrate the state fish for each venue. The drawings are micron pen and watercolors, along with some digital imaging.  Here are the first 5 I’ve done so far.  I hope to complete the rest before tour starts, and release them for sale in my shop (also on lot at SPAC) around the time of each show.

Walleye St Paul MN copy

Wrigley Field copy

Indiana copy

mann center copy

SPAC copy

More to come soon!

 

 

Tom Hamilton’s American Babies 7/3/16

I recently had the opportunity to create the poster for an upcoming American Babies show.  Being a long time fan of Tom Hamilton (I first heard him play with Brother’s Past) I was excited to be able to be a part of this amazing show. Playing at the Fox Theatre in Boulder, CO, the show serves an unofficial afterparty for the Dead & Co show, as well as Joe Russo’s Almost Dead/Umphrey’s Mcgee, who are playing at Red Rocks that night.

American Babies poster v6

 

Phish Studio Era Compilation pt II

I recently finished up the covers for a studio era compilation series created by Reddit user RiverportGin.  The series covers all of 1.0 Phish (1983-2000) and gave me an opportunity to draw songs that are unlikely to be played anytime soon . I also had fun with the headers, Which were based off a lyric of a song found in each particular album.  Click on the titles for a download link.

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Set the Gearshift- The White Tape/ TMWSIY era (84-87)

  1. Alumni Blues
  2. And So To Bed
  3. You Enjoy Myself
  4. AC/DC Bag
  5. Fuck Your Face
  6. Divided Sky
  7. Slave to the Traffic Light
  8. Aftermath
  9. Ingest
  10. NO2
  11. Fluff’s Travels
  12. Dog Log
  13. He Ent to the Bog
  14. Run Like an Antelope
  15. Minkin
  16. Letter to Jimmy Page

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Ticketstub In Your Hand- Junta Era (88-4/89)

  1. Fee
  2. You Enjoy Myself
  3. Esther
  4. Golgi Apparatus
  5. Foam
  6. Dinner and a Movie
  7. Divided Sky
  8. David Bowie
  9. Fluffhead
  10. Fluff’s Travels
  11. Contact
  12. Union Federal
  13. Sanity
  14. Icculus

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Off To Camp- Lawn Boy Era (5/89-5/91)

  1. The Squirming Coil
  2. Reba
  3. My Sweet One
  4. Split Open and Melt
  5. The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony
  6. Bathtub Gin
  7. Run Like an Antelope
  8. Lawn Boy
  9. Bouncing Around the Room

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While I’m Young- A Picture of Nectar  Era   6/91 – 8/92

  1. Llama
  2. Eliza
  3. Cavern
  4. Poor Heart
  5. Stash
  6. Manteca
  7. Guelah Papyrus
  8. Magilla
  9. The Landlady
  10. Glide
  11. Tweezer
  12. The Mango Song
  13. Chalk Dust Torture
  14. Catapult
  15. Faht
  16. Tweezer Reprise

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The Feeling I Forgot- Billy Breathes Era 2/96 – 3/97

  1. Free
  2. Character Zero
  3. Waste
  4. Taste
  5. Cars Trucks Buses
  6. Talk
  7. Theme From the Bottom
  8. Train Song
  9. Bliss
  10. Billy Breathes
  11. Swept Away
  12. Steep
  13. Prince Caspian

 

These were a blast to do. It was a way to work on different methods of illustration (digital/traditional) as well as practice for the upcoming summer tour.  I had the chance to go back and relisten to a couple gems (the White Tape was a blast!) and draw those seldom heard songs.  While RiverportGin doesn’t have plans to make complilations for the 2.0 and 3.0 albums in the near future, I plan to continue illustrating the rest of the albums, possibly create a poster with them.

Track listings and song histories courtesy of Phish.net

© 1990-2016 The Mockingbird Foundation, Inc.

 

Phish Studio Era Compilations

I recently provided some art for a Phish compilation created by Reddit user RiverportGin. It coincided with my ongoing project of creating song illustrations for Phish’s discography.  Gin approached me about doing the album art at the perfect time and me being  fan of Phan compilations, was happy to help out. This allowed me to draw the songs that Phish rarely plays live, and made me revisit their studio albums, which I haven’t heard in years.  According to RiverportGin, “The idea is to capture what was happening live at the time leading up to and immediately following each of the Phish studio albums. The start date for each compilation corresponds to when Phish
started studio work for the album and ends just before work on the next album
begins.”

I was asked to include the songs found on each album, although they aren’t all in the compilations.  RiverportGin came up with the titles based off lyrics, which I then illustrated.

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Sound of the Storm- Farmhouse Era (11/99 – 2/00)

  1. Farmhouse
  2. Twist
  3. Bug
  4. Back on the Train
  5. Heavy Things
  6. Gotta Jibboo
  7. Dirt
  8. Piper
  9. Sleep
  10. The Inlaw Josie Wales
  11. Sand
  12. First Tube
  13. Driver
  14. Mountains in the Mist

 

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Flocking Outside- Story of The Ghost Era (4/97 – 10/99)

  1. Ghost
  2. Birds of a Feather
  3. Meat
  4. Guyute
  5. Fikus
  6. Shafty
  7. Limb By Limb
  8. Frankie Says
  9. Brian and Robert
  10. Water in the Sky
  11. Roggae
  12. Wading in the Velvet Sea
  13. The Moma Dance
  14. End of Session

 

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This Has All Been Wonderful- Hoist Era (10/93 – 1/96)

  1. Julius
  2. Down with Disease
  3. If I Could
  4. Riker’s Mailbox
  5. Axilla (Part II)
  6. Lifeboy
  7. Sample in a Jar
  8. Wolfman’s Brother
  9. Scent of a Mule
  10. Dog Faced Boy
  11. Demand

 

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The Overhead View- Rift Era ( 9/92 – 9/93)

  1. Rift
  2. Fast Enough for You
  3. Lengthwise
  4. Maze
  5. Sparkle
  6. Horn
  7. The Wedge
  8. My Friend, My Friend
  9. Weigh
  10. All Things Reconsidered
  11. Mound
  12. It’s Ice
  13. Lengthwise
  14. The Horse
  15. Silent in the Morning

There should be 2 more compilations (Billy Breathes and Picture of Nectar Eras) but I plan to complete all the albums in the coming months.

Track listings and song histories courtesy of Phish.net

© 1990-2016 The Mockingbird Foundation, Inc.

Phish 12/30-1/2 MSG NYE Run

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Link Wednesday, 12/30/2015
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

Set 1: Sample in a Jar, Free, Simple > Back on the Train, Waiting All Night, 555,Roggae, The Dogs > 46 Days

Set 2: Chalk Dust Torture > Ghost > Can’t Always Listen[1] > Ghost > Waves > Bathtub Gin > Mike’s Song > Bouncing Around the Room > Weekapaug Groove -> What’s the Use? > Weekapaug Groove

Encore: Character Zero

[1] Debut.

Teases:
· Auld Lang Syne and What’s the Use? teases in Weekapaug Groove
· Magilla tease in Simple

 

Prints available

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Link Thursday, 12/31/2015
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

Set 1: The Moma Dance > Possum, Wolfman’s Brother, Birds of a Feather, I Didn’t Know, Happy Birthday to You[1], Martian Monster, Reba, Walls of the Cave

Set 2: The Wedge, Wilson > A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing, Yarmouth Road, Kill Devil Falls > Piper > Twist

Set 3: No Men In No Man’s Land, Auld Lang Syne > Blaze On > Carini > David Bowie,The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Backwards Down the Number Line

Encore: Tube > Cavern

[1] Sung by Fish and the crowd for his daughter Ella.

Teases:
· The Birds quote in Birds of a Feather

Notes: This show was webcast via Live Phish. BOAF contained a quote of The Birds. During I Didn’t Know, Trey introduced Fishman as “The Man Mulcahy.” The crowd sang the last verse of I Didn’t Know, and Fish then asked the crowd to join him in singing Happy Birthday to his daughter, Ella. The third set began with the band on a second stage beneath a funnel-shaped screen suspended from the ceiling. As the band jammed, part of the screen descended and became an hourglass shape surrounding the stage, on which a series of images were projected. As the jam continued and the countdown to midnight approached, the band returned to the main stage.

Prints Available

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Link Friday, 01/01/2016
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

Set 1: Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Heavy Things, How Many People Are You,Stash, Undermind > Rift, Wingsuit, Ocelot, Lawn Boy, Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Down with Disease[1] > Dirt, Halfway to the Moon > Theme From the Bottom >Light > Fuego > Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: Farmhouse

[1] Unfinished.

Teases:
· Stash, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, and How Many People Are You teases in Undermind
· Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Stash, and How Many People Are You teases in Run Like an Antelope
· Manteca tease in Light

Prints Available

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Link Saturday, 01/02/2016
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

Set 1: Your Pet Cat, AC/DC Bag > NICU, It’s Ice > Horn > Divided Sky, Axilla > Maze,Train Song > Julius

Set 2: Tweezer > Sand > Limb By Limb > Suzy Greenberg > Harry Hood > You Enjoy Myself[1]

Encore: The Lizards, Tweezer Reprise

[1] Trey and Fish on drums.

Teases:
· Stash tease in Divided Sky

Prints Available

 

Setlist/notes © 1990-2016 The Mockingbird Foundation, Inc.

The Phish Skull Studies

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A shower thought (and drawing lots of Dead art) led me to doing some skull studies recently.  My original thought was some kind of Mike Gordon Steal Your Face/F ck Your Face mashup, and led to this series of Skulls inspired by the members of the band.  I started these over Thanksgiving weekend (Trey was drawn while waiting for Thanksgiving dinner to be ready) and got a positive response online.  I had originally done these to as practice drawing skulls/ using crosshatching techniques, but upon the insistence of the interwebs, finished up the set and made prints for sale.

Prints are for sale in my shop, and I have them available in several sizes.  I have prints of all four images in 11×17 and 8.5×11 sizes, as well individual prints of Cactus, Big Red, Henrietta, and the Chairman of the Boards, or a suite of all four prints.

New art added to my shop!

I just added over 30 new prints and original watercolors to my shop this weekend!  I found a bunch of prints that were made originally the the Phanart Show that took place at World Live Cafe during the Phish run at the Mann Center.  I forgot about them until recently when I found a portfolio with the unsold prints. The prints were made from the original watercolors I used for the song illustrations I use in my setlists.

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I have some of the original watercolors from which the prints were made from.  These are ink and watercolor on 6×8 140lb cold press paper.

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I also have some of the original watercolor paintings that I used for some of the show headers.  While I generally do a mixture of tradition and digital for my headers, these are done traditionally (ink and waterolor) on 8.5×11 paper.

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They are all reasonably priced ($25 and under) and be sure to follow me on twitter, and instagram for special sales and whatnot!

 

The Phish 2015 Headers: An Explanation

I recently got a message from somebody stating ” I love the setlists, but the header makes no sense!”  They were upset that I drew mountain for the Kansas City show, everyone knowing that Kansas has no mountains.  I was kind of excited, because this was the first time I’d received a comment regarding my headers.  I’d consider these my favorite part of creating my illustrated setlists, since each one is different, and carries a significance about the show.  When I started doing the setlists in 2014, most were an illustration based on the venue itself.  They were inked drawings that were colored digitally, and I was never a fan of them (I’ve had no formal Photoshop training, so it’s been a learning process).  When I was sketching out ideas for this year’s setlists, one of my main goals was to avoid digital as much as possible. My second concern was what the theme would be.  I didn’t want to do the same thing as last year, since I figured they would play venues they’d played in 2014.  Right before summer tour started, I had done a commissioned piece that consisted of illustrations of the whole Gamehendge saga, including all the other songs that have been confirmed to be related to TMWSIY, or took place in Gamehendge (at least according to the internet).  Having sketched (and drawn)  all these songs, it seemed fitting to use this as the basis of 2015’s summer tour.  I used all the songs from TMWSIY, as well as a couple songs that are Gamehendge related.  The last couple shows are based on songs played at the shows.

The Headers:

7-21 Bend I

The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday:  Col. Forbin steps through the door into Gamehendge

7-22 Bend II

The Lizards : “We can swim it if we tried”

7-24 Shoreline

Tela

7-25 Forum

Wilson

7-28 Austin

AC/DC Bag

7-29 Grand Prairie

Fly Famous Mockingbird

7-31 ATL I

Col. Forbin’s Ascent

8-1 ATL II

The Sloth

8-2 Tuscaloosa

Punch You in the Eye.

8-4 Nashville

Possum

8-5 KC

Divided Sky.  Probably would’ve been better without mountains, based on the location.

8-7 Blossom

Llama

8-8 Alpine I

Kung

8-9 Alpine II

Esther

8-11 Mann

Scent of a Mule (Played at the show)

8-12 Mann II

Slave to the Traffic Light.  It seemed fitting, seeing how close the Philadelphia Zoo is to the Mann Center.  I actually made a poster based off this song  for the Mann 2014 shows.

8-14 Walnut Creek

Reba.  My favorite header.

8-15 MPP I

Run Like an Antelope (played at the show)

8-16 MPP II

Wingsuit. I prefer a literal interpretation of this rather than the convention definition of the word

8-21 Magna I

An interpretation of the camping based on photos of Magnaball since I couldn’t make it 😦

8-22 Magna II

Inspired by the “Poster is Dead – Poster’s so Dead” plane flyby.

8-23 Magna III

Inspired by the Drive-In set the night before.  Marquee includes a mashup of songs played that night.

9-14 Dicks I

Bike. Played at 2.42% of live shows

9-5 Dicks II

Sleeping Monkey. Leo’s choice.

9-6 Dicks III

The “Thank You” encore called for a minimal header in order to fit in my setlist.

These headers were quite a blast (and a challenge) to draw.  I do have some original ink and watercolors of some of the headers available (email me or contact via ig, twitter, fb for availability), and can make some custom posters using the headers based on shows attended.

Without A Net: A Sonic Exploration of the Music of the Grateful Dead

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I recently had the opportunity to design the poster for an upcoming show at the Ardmore Music Hall.   The illustration is ink and watercolor, with hand drawn lettering inspired by the iconic fonts associated with the Grateful Dead.

The show features Reed Mathis (Billy & the Kids), Todd Stoops (RAQ), Marcus Rezak (Stratosphere Allstars), Scotty Zwang (Dopapod), Hayley Jane, and Special Guests TBA.

More info can be found via the facebook event page , and tickets are available here: http://bit.ly/WithoutANetAMH

Phish Dick’s Run 9/4-9/6/15

Friday, 09/04/2015
Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO

Soundcheck: My Soul, Undermind, Hey Joe

Set 1: Tube > Ghost > Halley’s Comet > Undermind, Yarmouth Road > Bathtub Gin,Waiting All Night > Horn > The Wedge, 46 Days > Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Wolfman’s Brother[1] > Blaze On > Golden Age > Roses Are Free > Fuego >Wading in the Velvet Sea > Walls of the Cave

Encore: Hold Your Head Up > Bike > Hold Your Head Up, Loving Cup

[1] Unfinished.

Notes: This show was webcast via LivePhish. Wolfman’s was unfinished. Bike was last played June 28, 2012 (132 shows). The soundcheck’s Undermind contained a Streets of Cairo tease from Trey.

Prints Available

Saturday, 09/05/2015
Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO

Soundcheck: Mercury (x2)

Set 1: No Men In No Man’s Land, Martian Monster, NICU, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Bouncing Around the Room, 555, Winterqueen, Split Open and Melt, Limb By Limb > Roggae > Character Zero

Set 2: A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing > Chalk Dust Torture[1] -> Twist > Mercury >Light > Wingsuit > Rock and Roll

Encore: Sleeping Monkey > Harry Hood > A Day in the Life

[1] Unfinished.

Teases:
· Call to the Post and It’s Ice teases
· Dave’s Energy Guide tease in Rock and Roll
· The Birds tease in Chalk Dust Torture

Notes: This show was webcast via LivePhish. Trey teased It’s Ice and Call to the Post before Split Open and Melt and Dave’s Energy Guide during Rock and Roll. Chalk Dust included teases of The Birds by Trey and Fish and was unfinished. Trey announced “Let Leo pick” before the encore, and Page thanked the crowd while the band began to play Page’s selection, Sleeping Monkey.

Prints Available

Sunday, 09/06/2015
Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO

Set 1: The Landlady, Free > The Moma Dance > Seven Below > Prince Caspian >Backwards Down the Number Line, The Line, Scent of a Mule[1] > Saw It Again,Halfway to the Moon, The Birdwatcher, Frankenstein[2]

Set 2: Wilson > Down with Disease[3] > Carini > Steam > Piper > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Tweezer > The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: Tweezer Reprise, Harpua[4] > After Midnight[5] > NO2[1] > Keyboard Army[5] > Your Pet Cat[6] > Once in a Lifetime > United We Stand[7]

[1] Fish on Marimba Lumina.
[2] Page on keytar.
[3] Unfinished.
[4] Unfinished. Narration included Jimmy being a guy from the east coast coming west and needing an oxygen tank. Trey sucked from an oxygen tank.
[5] Contained Harpua narration.
[6] Contained Harpua narration from Mike about eating Poster Nutbag.
[7] Phish debut.

Teases:
· Rocking Down The Highway quote in Piper
· Glass Onion quote in Harpua
· Harpua tease & quote in Your Pet Cat

Notes: This show was webcast via LivePhish and featured several bustouts: The Landlady (last played December 3, 1994, or 768 shows), Birdwatcher (June 28, 2012, 134 shows), Keyboard Army (December 14, 1995, 684 shows), and Once In A Lifetime (October 31, 1996, 634 shows). Scent of a Mule and NO2 featured Fish on Marimba Lumina. Frankenstein featured Page on keytar. Down with Disease and Harpua were unfinished.  Piper included a quote of Rocking Down The Highway. Harpua, After Midnight, Keyboard Army, and Your Pet Cat included narration about Jimmy being a guy from the east coast coming west, having a breathing problem, and needing an oxygen tank (with Trey sucking from an oxygen tank). Trey then said Jimmy started to feel strange and wondered if he should’ve gotten that oxygen tank in the parking lot after the Phish show. Harpua also contained a Glass Onion quote with Trey saying the Walrus was Page. Your Pet Cat included narration from Mike about eating Poster Nutbag and finished with a portion of Harpua. Once In A Life Time contained Harpua quotes. This show featured the Phish debut of United We Stand. During Harpua, Trey mentioned that people writing down the setlist would want to only count Harpua once (by doing this, the encore spelled out THANK YOU).

Prints Available

Setlists/Notes © 1990-2015 The Mockingbird Foundation, Inc.