July 3, 2009, 7:55 pm EST  












All photos taken at the Fox Theatre in Boulder, CO by Stephen Miller.

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The Philosophy of Phix (why we do what we do...if you've never seen us before, or even if you're an old friend, you might want to start here.)

Phinally!
The Boys are back. A couple of us were lucky enough to have been at the Phish reunion in Hampton back in March, and the shows were incredible. We just want to say how happy we are that the real deal is back in action, and that we are looking forward to summer tour in a big way. In these difficult times, it feels really good to have Phish shows to look forward to again. Thanks, fellas, for pulling it together and getting back out on the road...a lot of us have really, really missed your music for these last 5 years, and we are glad to have the opportunity to hear you guys play again. BRING IT!

Now, does anyone have some extra Red Rocks tickets for us?




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. This has been a year that none of us will ever forget and if it turns out we never play together again, it would be ok because this year was so great.


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 this year 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 reuniting in the upcoming year 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). 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 (Brian). Funky fusiony jamband with some killer musicianship, based in Boulder. http://www.myspace.com/theetherealplane

Mason's Children (Chris and Paul). 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 (Brian and Paul). Bluegrass in Boulder with singer/songwriter Daniella Katsir and others.
http://www.myspace.com/magnoliarow

Mountain Jam (Chris). An Allman Bro's tribute based in Colorado, featuring some great musicians. http://www.myspace.com/allmanstribute

The Two Good (Paul). An acoustic duo with Trevor, the singer-songwriter from The Higher Good. http://www.myspace.com/thetwogood

 

Upcoming Phix-related shows

We will reserve this space to keep you posted
on the non-Phix shows that we're all playing.
Look to your left for links to each bands' web pages.

Chris has too many upcoming shows with Great American Taxi to list them all here. Check out www.greatamericantaxi.com to see them all.

Tues., April 7 Brian and Paul w/ Magnolia Row @ Three 20 South., Breckenridge CO. Opening up for HOT BUTTERED RUM.

Friday, April 10 Brian and Paul w/ Magnolia Row @ The Pioneer Inn, Nederland CO

Sat., April 18 Brian w/ Ethereal Plane @ First Street Pub, Nederland CO.

Sun., April 19 Brian w/ Ethereal Plane @ Vine Street Pub, Denver CO.

Monday, April 27 Brian and Paul w/ Magnolia Row @ Sancho's Broken Arrow, Denver

Sunday, May 3 Paul & Brian w/ Treefus (= Two Good + Brian Adams) @ The Pearl St. Pub, Boulder

Thurs., May 7 Chris and Paul w/ Mason's Children @ Quixote's True Blue, Denver. POST-DEAD @ PEPSI CENTER.

Fri., May 8 Brian w/ Los Bastardos (PRIMUS IMPERSONATORS) @ The High Life, Springfield MO.

Sat., May 9 Brian w/ The Lunchbox Allstars @ Patton Alley Pub, Springfield MO.

Wed., May 13 Brian and Paul w/ Magnolia Row @ Pearl St. Pub, Boulder.

Sun., May 17 Brian and Paul w/ Magnolia Row @ West End Tavern, Boulder (show is 6-9pm).

Read more about why Phix stopped:
Phix MySpace blog and A personal note from Paul

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!

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