SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Blaze On, Ghost, Lawn Boy, Halley’s Comet > Sand, Tide Turns, 46 Days > Breath and Burning,Limb By Limb > Cavern > Also Sprach Zarathustra
SET 2: Julius > Fuego > My Friend, My Friend, Samson and Delilah[1], Twist[2] > Miss You[3], West L.A. Fadeaway[3] > Playing in the Band[4]
ENCORE: Quinn the Eskimo[2]
SET 1: Petrichor[1], Ghost, Heavy Things, Home[2], Poor Heart, Bathtub Gin, 555, Horn, More[2]
SET 2: No Men In No Man’s Land > Down with Disease -> Cities[3] > Roggae > Twenty Years Later > Light >Free > Boogie On Reggae Woman > Harry Hood
ENCORE: Winterqueen, Tube > Rocky Top
I’m happy to present my latest poster, this time for Phish’s 2016 Fall Tour. Printed on multiple blocks, these prints are hand pulled, printed on 11×14 paper, and limited to a small edition of 20.
I hadn’t planned to do any posters for this tour (aside from the illustrated setlists) after having created 13 posters for each show/run of summer tour (having summers off gives me a lot of free time). With school back in session, and a bunch of new responsibilities (guess who’s mentoring the gifted students!) I didn’t think I’d have time to work on anything for this tour. That mentality didn’t last too long. I ended up creating this poster idea, inspired by the song “Cars Trucks Buses”. I wanted to try something new for this poster, the summer tour ones being ink and watercolor as well as digital. I decided to go back to block printing, having enjoyed working in that medium for my 2016 Riviera Maya posters.
I decided to try something new for this poster, so I opted for a multi block linocut. I had never done this before, so it was a bit of a challenge. I used 3 blocks, first one for the background, a second for the color of the car, truck, bus, and the banner, and the final for the linework. Registration was the trickiest thing, trying to make sure all the blocks lined up on the final print.
I had some fun with the background color, mixing around colors in the yellow-red range, the end result being that every background is unique for every print. Registration issues made the edition small, but I now have lots of freebies to give out with orders! I might also do a small color variant edition, as well as some hand colored version if there is a demand for them. Prints are available at www.phishart.com, as well as my etsy shop (where you can also check out my summer tour setlist posters.
I recently had the time to do some much needed maintenance to my Shop, as well as to this site. I’ve streamlined my shop, and at the same time added more items. Through the power of scroll-down menus, I was able to add setlists from previous years. I’ve also changed up this site, including updating the setlist archives. It’s now easier to go to a specific show or tour with endless scrolling.
I have previous year setlists on sale, including deals if you purchase multiple show runs! I also have 2016 show posters available for all the summer tour shows. Sadly, I doubt I’ll be able to do show posters for all of Fall tour (it’s been a busy school year so far) but I might do a poster for all of tour, possibly a block print. I’ll of course be creating setlists for fall, and with them new song illustrations. I’m also opening up commissions for any show setlists for only $25! You tell me the show, I create the setlist with header art, at a very limited edition of 10. I can also do multiple shows for a discounted price. You can contact me below if interested, or hit me up on various forms of internet (FB, IG,Twitter links on the side menu). And as always, a dollar from every setlist sold is donated to Mockingbird Foundation as a thank you for allowing me to use their setlist notes for my setlist art!
SET 1: Ghost, No Men In No Man’s Land , Breath and Burning, Undermind, Heavy Things, Stash, Ass Handed[1] > The Wedge, Alaska > 46 Days
SET 2: Run Like an Antelope, Mercury > Seven Below > Birds of a Feather, Wombat, Tweezer > Runaway Jim > Suzy Greenberg
ENCORE: Bug > Tweezer Reprise
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.
Not just reading the book, 