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The
Philosophy of Phix (why we do what we do (or did)...if you've never
seen us before, or even if you're an old friend, you might want
to start here.)
What's up with Phix: 2009 recap- 2009 saw Phix taking their semi-retirement seriously! Just one weekend of public shows back in February before Phish came back and then a quick set at Chris' wedding in July and one at Paul's wedding in September. This Halloween marked the 8th anniversary of Phix's first shows and to commemorate that historic moment, Phish hosted the aptly named Festival 8 in Indio, CA over Halloween weekend. Thank you Phish!
2010 plans: Phix does have a couple shows scheduled at the moment - January 23, 2010 at the Winterfest on the Mountain Festival in Nederland, Colorado. That's about as local as it gets for us and it features many other great "local" artists including Emmitt/Nershi, Adam & Ben from Yonder Mountain, Great American Taxi and Elephant Revival, as well as "honorary locals" Todd Schaeffer of Railroad Earth, Greensky Bluegrass, Split Lip Rayfield and many, many more. Come out and fly your freak flags!
The other show we have coming up is Sunday, January 24th at 320 South in Breckenridge, CO. In case you haven't heard, the ski town of Breckenridge became one of the first places in the country where marijuana has been de-criminalized. We applaude this display of common sense and progessive thinking and as a reward we will be having our only club show for the forseeable future in Breckenridge to help the locals celebrate!
Phinally! The Boys are back. Like most of you we have been enjoying the shit out of Phish 3.0 - the new tunes, the old tunes, the jams, the new friends, the old friends - it all seems to be hitting on all cymbals and we are totally stoked for everyone! We made many shows over the summer and it was great to see many old friends out on the road. We'd like to say thanks again to everyone for making our experience in Phix such a special one. We look forward to the upcoming Phish tours, festivals and life-changing moments for many years to come.
2008 - What a year!
Seeing how we meant to stop playing in 2007, 2008 turned out to be what you would call "icing on the cake." If someone had sat us down in 2001 when we first got together and told us that in 2008 Phix would be playing the Langerado festival, the High Sierra Music Festival, the 10,000 Lakes Festival, the Mishawaka Amphitheater AND our 500th show at the Boulder Theater, we wouldn't have believed it (maybe because two of those festivals didn't exist in 2001?!) We are humbled and flattered to have been invited to all of these amazing events, and we want to extend our deepest gratitude to the organizers of these festivals who invited us to re-unite and play, as well as all of the fans who came out. 2008 was an amazing bonus year for us. What next?
Follow
the lines going south!
We
had an amazing time playing at the 2008 Langerado
Festival at the Big Cypress Indian Reservation. We started
right at 11:55 pm and played until we were cut short by bad weather
at about 3:45 am. You can see the setlist from the evening here
and pictures
here. The YouTube video to the right does a decent job of showing
how cool it was, but not really - it was definitely the coolest
thing we've ever done. We'd like to send our most sincere thanks
to the folks at Langerado for having us down - it was great to
be back together.
"So,
are you guys getting back together, or what?"
The fact that Phix has reunited for a couple of shows since our "retirement" in 2007 begs the question of whether or not Phix is going to be
touring again. Therefore, we feel the need to clarify to everyone
that Phix is no longer an active, touring project. We sold the
van and trailer, and no longer all even live in the same state. However,
we have been having a BLAST at the occasional events that we've
been invited to (namely Langerado, High Sierra, and 10KLF), and we are
likely to play an occasional festival or other special event in
the future as well. Mostly though, we are looking forward to the real thing and having the chance to go and enjoy the music purely as fans again.
New
projects for Phix guys
We've
all been keeping busy since Phix's "pharewell." Chris (drums), Brian (bass), and Paul (guitar) are all in Colorado and involved in several various projects, and Derek (keyboards) is living in the Chicago area with his family, teaching piano lessons and playing occasional shows. Here's the rundown of everyone's current projects:
Great American Taxi (Chris and Brian). A nationally touring outfit based out of the Boulder County Mountains that features Vince Herman of Leftover Salmon fame and an all-star cast of characters playing their version of "Americana without borders." http://www.greatamericantaxi.com
The
Ethereal Plane (Paul and sometimes Brian). Funky fusiony jamband
with some killer musicianship, based in Boulder. http://www.myspace.com/theetherealplane
Mason's Children (Paul and sometimes Chris). A Grateful Dead tribute band, intending to focus on the Dead's more obscure and complex material, as well as freaky-deaky psychedelic jams. http://www.myspace.com/masonschildren
Magnolia Row (Paul and sometimes Brian). Bluegrass in Boulder with singer/songwriter Daniella Katsir and others. http://www.myspace.com/magnoliarow
Recording
(and downloading) Phix Shows Everyone
is welcome to record Phix shows (audio or video). If you recorded
any of our shows, please send us a copy and we will share it with
other folks! Just don't sell it. You can also upload it to archive.org,
where there are already many live phix shows you can listen to.
Last time we checked, there have been over 125,000 downloads
of Phix shows on Archive.org - thanks for listening!
Booking
Phix Phix
is done touring and playing regular shows. The band may be available
for festivals and private shows through the year 2012. Please
contact us and let's put on a show!
2008 - What a year!