Night I
SET 1: Wilson > Down with Disease > Free, Wolfman’s Brother, Tube > 555 > It’s Ice > Wingsuit > Simple, Space Oddity
SET 2: Punch You In the Eye > Blaze On > Fuego -> Ghost > Bathtub Gin[1] > Backwards Down the Number Line > You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Character Zero
Back in May I had posted about my ambitious summer project, a poster for every show/run Phish played this summer. I surprised myself when I first announced it, wondering if this was a good idea. I was still going to do the illustrated setlists, and those can take a lot of time on its own. But here we are in August, and I can say it was a success! 13 posters, 11 different kinds of fish, and a few epic beards in 2 months. It was fun working with detail again, it had been a couple years. This was also my first time drawing fish, so I learned a lot doing that. This project also allowed me to more acquainted with the digital medium. Everything I learned has been self taught ( I avoided digital in college, and learned just enough to edit photographs), and I can say I can do a lot more now than 2 months ago. I’ll be working on Lockn and Dick’s soon, taking a little break to work on some other things. Stay tuned for more!
This summer also marks my 3rd year making my illustrated setlists. I was a bit worried, because I had told myself a while ago that I wouldn’t make them anymore if they started to feel like a chore. At this point, I have the process streamlined, and can create them quickly (I might make a post about the process), but no longer feel that I have to create them right when the show is occurring. Previous years found me showing up to streaming parties with a laptop, drawing pad, and a scanner! By allowing myself to create them at my own pace, so I was able to continue this year without that feeling of “got to do the setlist..” This also gave me the chance to redraw a lot of older songs, especially the ones played frequently, as well as several versions of new songs, which were also played a lot this tour.
The setlists by the numbers:
All posters are available in my etsy shop, and I’m offering both poster and setlist for only $25 (plus shipping) !
I also have just the show posters in a more streamlined shop: www.phishart.com
More stuff coming soon, and I’ll soon start taking commissions for specific show setlists.
Friday, 07/22/2016Set 1: The Moma Dance > Sample in a Jar, Paul and Silas, Yarmouth Road, Kill Devil Falls, Horn, Halfway to the Moon, Heavy Things > Blaze On, Stash, Cavern > Run Like an Antelope[1]
Set 2: Axilla, Fuego > Back on the Train > Saw It Again > Prince Caspian > Waves >Joy > The Wedge, Scent of a Mule[2], Rock and Roll > You Enjoy Myself
Encore: Boogie On Reggae Woman, Bouncing Around the Room, Golgi Apparatus
[1] Lyric changed to “Mike-O Esquandolas.”
[2] Trey and Fish on Marimba Lumina
Notes: This show was webcast via Live Phish. Paul and Silas was played for the first time since October 20, 2013 (107 shows). Antelope’s lyrics were changed “Mike-O Esquandolas.”
Saturday, 07/23/2016Soundcheck: Funky Bitch, Foam
Set 1: Farmhouse, 555, Water in the Sky, Ghost, Ass Handed, The Sloth, Martian Monster > Reba, Ass Handed, Tube > Wolfman’s Brother > Walls of the Cave
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > 46 Days > Piper > Twist > Backwards Down the Number Line > Carini, Harry Hood > Loving Cup
Encore: Sleeping Monkey, Tweezer Reprise
Teases:
· California Love tease & quote in Wolfman’s Brother
· Streets of Cairo tease in Walls of the Cave
· Ass Handed quote in Carini
· Ass Handed quote in Tweezer Reprise
· California Love tease in Also Sprach Zarathustra
Setlist/Notes © 1990-2016 The Mockingbird Foundation, Inc.
Monday, 07/18/2016Set 1: Martian Monster, Halley’s Comet > 46 Days, Sugar Shack, Roggae, Daniel Saw the Stone > Divided Sky, Ocelot > Ya Mar[1],Possum
Set 2: Golden Age > Twist > My Sweet One > The Line > Simple > Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley > Limb By Limb > Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: When the Circus Comes, Run Like an Antelope
[1] Trey on Marimba Lumina, Mike on guitar, and Page on bass.
Teases:
· Magilla tease in Simple
Tuesday, 07/19/2016Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Free, Breath and Burning, Theme From the Bottom > Cities > Maze, Wombat, Split Open and Melt, Sparkle > A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing, Space Oddity
Set 2: Down with Disease[1] > Fuego > Ghost > Scents and Subtle Sounds[2] > Light -> Manteca -> No Quarter, Fluffhead
Encore: Bug, First Tube
[1] Unfinished.
[2] No intro.
Teases:
· Theme from I Dream of Jeannie and Under Pressure teases in Down with Disease
Wednesday, 07/20/2016Set 1: Demand, The Curtain With, Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues> Fuck Your Face, Cry Baby Cry, Sing Monica > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters,The Very Long Fuse > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Walk Away > Sanity ->David Bowie
Set 2: No Men In No Man’s Land > Mike’s Song > Fee[1] > Seven Below > Waiting All Night > Gotta Jibboo, Miss You, Weekapaug Groove, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg > Julius
Encore: Wading in the Velvet Sea > Character Zero
[1] Trey on megaphone.
Teases:
· The Very Long Fuse quote in Sanity
Notes: Demand was played for the first time since December 31, 2009 (258 shows). Alumni Blues and Letter to Jimmy Page were played for the first time since August 3, 2013 (114 shows). Cry Baby Cry was played for the first time since November 21, 1998 (496 shows). Sing Monica was dedicated to producer Bob Ezrin, who was in attendance. Walk Away was played for the first time since October 29, 2013 (100 shows). Fee featured Trey on megaphone.
3 Night run print sets also available
Setlist/notes © 1990-2016 The Mockingbird Foundation, Inc.
Friday, 07/15/2016Set 1: Tweezer > Sample in a Jar, The Old Home Place, Wolfman’s Brother,Bouncing Around the Room, Undermind, Kill Devil Falls, Lawn Boy, Ass Handed[1],Party Time, The Line, Tide Turns, Rift, Walls of the Cave
Set 2: Crosseyed and Painless > What’s the Use? > No Men In No Man’s Land ->Stash > Ghost[2] -> Chalk Dust Torture > Meatstick > Also Sprach Zarathustra >Cavern
Encore: Makisupa Policeman > Wilson > Good Times Bad Times
[1] Debut.
[2] Trey on Marimba Lumina; Mike and Page on percussion.
Notes: This show was webcast via Live Phish. This show featured the debut of Ass Handed. The Old Home Place was played for the first time since June 28, 2012 (155 shows). Crosseyed contained an Under Pressure tease from Trey. Ghost featured Trey on Marimba Lumina and Mike and Page on percussion. NMINML was teased in Ghost, CDT, and 2001 and quoted in Ghost. Crosseyed was teased in Stash, Ghost, CDT and quoted in NMINML, Ghost, 2001, and Cavern. What’s The Use? was teased in Stash, Ghost, CDT, and Cavern. Fish quoted Makisupa in Wilson. Mike teased Ramble On in GTBT.
Saturday, 07/16/2016Set 1: Buried Alive, AC/DC Bag > The Moma Dance, Uncle Pen, 555, Sleep Again, It’s Ice, Driver, Sand, Horn, Halfway to the Moon, Bathtub Gin
Set 2: Blaze On > Backwards Down the Number Line > Carini > Birds of a Feather,Wingsuit > Shade, Mike’s Song > Farmhouse > Weekapaug Groove, Shine a Light
Encore: Hold Your Head Up, Love You > Hold Your Head Up, Harry Hood > Tweezer Reprise
Notes: This show was webcast via Live Phish. Driver was played for the first time since August 3, 2013 (111 shows). Love You was played for the first time since October 23, 2010 (216 shows).
Setlist/notes © 1990-2016 The Mockingbird Foundation, Inc.
I was recently interviewed for the last issue of Surrender to the Flow, a publication created by Phish fans for Phish fans. If you’ve gone to any show in the last 18 years, chances are you’ve seen them on lot.
A treasure trove of vital information any phan should know about the venues they’ll be visiting, as well as stories and articles about the band, scene, and phans. Created in 1998 (before the luxury of smartphone), each issue told you what you need to know for your trip, especially when doing multi city tours.
I was interviewed by Sydne Kasle, who ran across my artwork on the internet. She contacted me with questions (that I’m sure a lot of people had), and I was happy to answer! The issue(their 50th!), was given out for free at all the east coast shows. You can also download the issue as a PDF here. It’s free, but you can always donate to support this publication, which is created by volunteers. Surrender to the Flow is currently on their 51st issue, which covers and will be available during Phish’s west coast run, as well as online.
Phish: Sun, Jul 10, 2016Set 1: The Landlady, Blaze On, Ha Ha Ha, Friends, Tube, Destiny Unbound > My Friend, My Friend >The Mango Song > Timber > Timber (Jerry) > Timber, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan > Mound, Winterqueen, Bold As Love
Set 2: Drowned > Twist > Waste > Piper > Simple > Breath and Burning, Rocky Top > Martian Monster[1] > Golgi Apparatus > Frankenstein
Encore: Character Zero
[1] Trey on Marimba Lumina; Mike on guitar; Page on bass.
Setlist/notes © 1990-2016 The Mockingbird Foundation, Inc.
Phish: Sat, Jul 09, 2016Soundcheck: Let Me Lie, Pigtail, Pebbles and Marbles, Unknown song
Set 1: Pigtail, The Moma Dance, Birds of a Feather, Meat, Vultures > Free, Let Me Lie, Halley’s Comet> Julius, You Enjoy Myself[1]
Set 2: Down with Disease[2] > Sand > Tela, Carini > Twenty Years Later > Run Like an Antelope >Backwards Down the Number Line
Encore: The Lizards, Loving Cup
[1] Trey on Marimba Lumina, Page on bass, Mike on keys for portion of the jam.
[2] Unfinished.
Notes: The Birds was quoted at the end of BOAF. Let Me Lie was last performed on August 10, 2010 (229 shows). Portions of the YEM jam featured Trey on Marimba Lumina, Mike on keys, and Page on bass. DWD was unfinished.
Setlist/notes © 1990-2016 The Mockingbird Foundation, Inc.
Phish: Fri, Jul 08, 2016Set 1: Party Time > 46 Days, Poor Heart, The Dogs, Bathtub Gin, Fast Enough for You, How Many People Are You, Strange Design, Fuego, Cities[1], Space Oddity
Set 2: Ghost > Light > Wolfman’s Brother[2], Chalk Dust Torture, Saw It Again > Back on the Train >Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: I Am the Walrus
[1] Trey broke a string and switched guitars mid-song, also introducing his guitar tech, Brian Brown. Trey then switched to Marimba Lumina and Mike played Trey’s guitar.
[2] Vocal jam, during which the PA cut out and the band left the stage. Unfinished.
Notes: Eine kleine Nachtmusik was teased prior to Party Time. During Cities, Trey broke a string, switched guitars, and introduced his guitar tech, Brian Brown; Trey then switched to Marimba Lumina while Mike played Trey’s guitar. Wolfman’s contained a vocal jam, during which the PA cut out and the band left the stage. Wolfman’s was unfinished, and after several minutes the band resumed with CDT.
Show posters available at in my etsy and bigcartel shops.
Setlist/notes © 1990-2016 The Mockingbird Foundation, Inc.
Phish: Wed, Jul 06, 2016Set 1: Grind, Cars Trucks Buses > Blaze On, Yarmouth Road, Kill Devil Falls, The Sloth, Billy Breathes, My Friend, My Friend, Heavy Things, 555, Things People Do, The Line, Stash
Set 2: First Tube > Tweezer > Guyute, Mike’s Song > Tide Turns > Devotion To a Dream, Wingsuit >Bittersweet Motel > Fluffhead > Weekapaug Groove
Encore: Contact > Tweezer Reprise
Notes: Bittersweet Motel was last played on July 4, 2012 (146 shows).
Not just reading the book, 