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Oysterhead
11/18/01
Stephen O'Connell Center
Gainesville, FL

New Orleans Klezmer Allstars opened

Polka Dot Rose, Oz Is Ever Floating, Rubberneck Lions, Shadow Of A Man*, Owner Of The World**, Birthday Boys, Pseudo Suicide > Little Faces***, Army's On Ecstasy, Wield The Spade# > Mr. Oysterhead##

encore: Changes###

*Les wearing light goggles and Trey on the Matterhorn.
**long intro, included bass jam that culiminated in Whamola Stick jam
***Stewart finishes by throwing drumsticks
#Les chats before song about the end of tour, "the funnest, if not *the* funnest tour" he's ever done, and thanks the crew, and that the tour wouldn't be complete without some words from Stewart...Wield The Spade;
##with Dueling Banjos tease
###Stewart unleashes a barrage of drumsticks across the back of the stage before finding the pair he wanted to use.

Post show music was White Christmas

Setilist courtesy of Agent Ultra, with special thanks to Mikey.

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Oysterhead
11/17/01
Asheville Civic Center
Asheville, NC

New Orleans Klezmer Allstars opened

Owner Of The World, Polka Dot Rose, Oz Is Ever Floating, Shadow Of A Man*^, Army's On Ecstasy*, Wield The Spade, Birthday Boys, Pseudo Suicide#, Little Faces##, Rubberneck Lions###, Mr. Oysterhead

Encore: Immigrant Song

* Trey on Matterhorn
^ Les wearing flashlight-eyed helmet
# Moby Dick tease by Trey
## Possible The Other One tease by Trey?
###Possible Tommy the Cat tease in Rubberneck Lions (from Les' bassline and
unintelligble lyrics)?

About 1 hour 42 minutes.

Thanks to Zac, Jan Rybnicek & Kevin Ritter for the setlist.

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Oysterhead
11/16/01
D.A.R. Constitution Hall
Washington, DC

New Orleans Klezmer Allstars opened

Polka Dot Rose, Oz Is Ever Floating*, Little Faces, Shadow Of A Man** > Radon Balloon , Pseudo Suicide***, Rubberneck Lions > Birthday Boys > Clickity Clack Claypool^ > Birthday Boys, Wield The Spade > Owner Of The World, Army's on Ecstasy

E: Mr. Oysterhead^^

* Les says that this is the fanciest venue he has ever played. Being a Primus Guy, he's more used to playing at places that smell like Vomit. He added, "Maybe I'll make this place smell like vomit later tonight."
** Trey on Matter horn, Les with flash light goggles and day-glo star helmet
*** Les says that Trey plays fancy guitar and is a fancy man. CK5 makes smiley face in lights behind band.
^Trey introduces Clickity Clack Claypool and says that Les is training to tapdance and play at the same time.
^^ Smiley face returns, eyes widening at Les‚ Bass Innovations. Included "My Name Is Mud" (Primus) and "Dueling Banjos" teases.

Thanks to J.J. Cooze, Jon S., and Amy Lamar for the setlist.

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Oysterhead
11/15/01
Conan O'Brien
New York, NY

Oz Is Ever Floating

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Oysterhead
11/14/01
Roseland Ballroom
New York, NY

Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos opened

Army's On Ecstasy, Polka Dot Rose*, Grand Pecking Order^, Oz
Is Ever Floating, Rubberneck Lions**, Owner Of The World, Shadow Of A
Man***^ > Birthday Boys^^, Pseudo Suicide, Mr. Oysterhead^^^

Encore: Immigrant Song

* Les talked about having played the Roseland and tied one on many times,
then about being in a funk the previous night for having lots of toxins in
his body, but having sweated many of them out
^ Stuart on kit
** with slow a capella intro
*** Trey playing the Matterhorn with a slide, and Les in the army hat with
Day-Glo stars and flashlight goggles
^^ Trey acoustic, Les on banjo, as usual
^^^ Les speaking to "You, you in the front row with the dollar bill on your
forehead. I want to hear YOU sing", leading to the full audience singing the
chorus

Approx. 84 minutes

Thanks to Ellis and the Phish.net for the setlist!

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Oysterhead
11/13/01
Roseland Ballroom
New York, NY

Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos opened

Polka Dot Rose, Army's On Ecstasy, Owner Of The World, Shadow Of A Man* > jam** > Oz Is Ever Floating, Rubberneck Lions, Radon Balloon, Pseudo Suicide, Wield The Spade, Mr. Oysterhead

Encore: Birthday Boys, Little Faces

* Trey on Matterhorn, Stewart on percussion kit
** Les on whamola, and doing Wildwood Weed rap

Approx. 94 minutes

Thanks to Ellis and the Phish.net, who thank Rob Johnson for the call!

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Oysterhead
11/11/01
Tweeter Center
Camden, NJ

Lake Trout opened

Polk Dot Rose, Little Faces, Oz Is Ever Floating, Rubberneck Lions*, Shadow Of A Man ->** Grand Pecking Order, Owner of the World***, Radon Balloon, Army's On Ecstasy, Birthday Boys, Pseudo Suicide

Encore: Mr. Oysterhead

* with very extended jam
** Matterhorn/Whamola jam
*** with bass/guitar duel

Thanks to Ellis and the Phish.net who thank Scott and Jeff.

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Oysterhead
11/10/01
Tsongas Arena
Lowell, MA

Lake Trout opened

Pseudo Suicide, Owner of the World, Shadow Of A Man (fake start?) > Army's On Ecstasy, Grand Pecking Order, Rubberneck Lions, Radon Balloon, Oz Is Ever Floating, ?* > Wield The Spade, Birthday Boys**, Mr. Oysterhead***

Encore: Little Faces ^

* same spacey jam as "**" on Friday, with the Whamola and
Matterhorn, perhaps Hello Skinny as noted by John Beatty? email us if you know
** band got the whole crowd clapping; performed acoustic >
electric, but then also back to acoustic
*** began with Les looking for the guy in the audience with
a Mr. Oysterhead hat, then saying "He's a crafty
individual. This one's for you, sir"
^ ended, with the band walking offstage, with the Trey loop
that begins the track on the studio release

Thanks to Ellis and Phish.net who thank Hal, Bob Rafferty, and James Tierney for corrections.

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Oysterhead
11/09/01
Utica Memorial Auditorium
Utica, NY

Lake Trout opened

Oz Is Ever Floating, Rubberneck Lions*, Little Faces -> Hello Skinny** -> Army's On Ecstasy, Radon Balloon, Pseudo Suicide, Shadow Of A Man > Wield The Spade > Birthday Boys, Mr. Oysterhead

Encore: Immigrant Song

* Trey points out and inquires about a "Les is Evil" sign
in the audience
** Residents cover

Preshow PA music was Led Zeppelin (I).

Thanks to Ellis and Phish.net who thank Hal, and John Beatty for corrections.

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Oysterhead
11/07/01
Massey Hall
Toronto, ONT

Dinner Is Ruined opened (instead of The Cancer Conspiracy)

The Grand Pecking Order, Pseudo Suicide, Owner Of The World, Radon Balloon, Army's On Ecstasy, Polka Dot Rose, Shadow Of A Man, Oz Is Ever Floating, Wield The Spade, Birthday Boys, Rubberneck Lions, Mr. Oysterhead

Encore: Changes

Thanks to Matt (shakedown) for the setlist.

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Oysterhead
11/06/01
Cleveland State Theatre
Cleveland, OH

The Cancer Conspiracy opened

Owner Of The World, Army's On Ecstasy, Polka Dot Rose, Radon Balloon, Pseudo Suicide, Shadow Of A Man, Oz Is Ever Floating, Rubberneck Lions, Wield The Spade, Birthday Boys, Mr. Oysterhead*

Encore: The Israelites**, Little Faces

*N.I.B. (Black Sabbath) tease by Les
**Desmond Dekker cover

Thanks to Kevin Gudat and Adam Davis for the setlist.

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Oysterhead
11/04/01
Hill Auditorium
Ann Arbor, MI

Drums And Tuba opened

Little Faces, Army's on Ecstasy, Owner Of The World, Pseudo Suicide, Radon
Balloon, Rubberneck Lion, Shadow Of A Man, Polka Dot Rose, Birthday Boys, Mr. Oysterhead

Encore: Immigrant Song

About 1hr 30min.

Thanks to Agent Ultra for the setlist.

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Oysterhead
11/03/01
Edward C. Elliott Hall of Music
West Lafayette, IN

Drums And Tuba opened

Pseudo Suicide, Little Faces, Army's On Ecstasy *, The Grand Pecking Order, Owner Of The World, Radon Balloon, Polka Dot Rose**, Shadow Of A Man > Birthday Boys, Mr. Oysterhead***

Encore: Oz Is Ever Floating

* Be My Girl (The Police) tease
** During Polka Dot Rose, Les pointed out someone wearing a shirt that said Vermont on it and asked if he was wearing it because Trey is from Vermont. After his response, Les said to him, "Bless you heart." Trey then blew the fan a kiss.
*** God Of Thunder (KISS) tease by Les at start of bass solo

Thanks to Tim Deller and Possum Steve Helton for the setlist, and Corey Nowlin for additions.

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Oysterhead
11/02/01
Aragon Ballroom
Chicago, IL

Drums And Tuba opened

Polka Dot Rose, Pseudo Suicide, Little Faces, Rubberneck Lions, Radon Balloon, Army's On Ecstasy > jam*#^, Shadow Of A Man*, Wield The Spade*, Mr. Oysterhead**

Encore: Birthday Boys***, Owner Of The World

* Trey on Matterhorn
# Les on the Steve Whamola
^ Crazy Train (Ozzy Osbourne) tease
** Band faded out and let the crowd chant "when all else has been done and said..."
*** Trey was pumping up the rowdy crowd with his fists and the bullhorn fingers.

Thanks to Steve Helton for the setlist!

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Oysterhead
10/31/01
The Fillmore Auditorium
Denver, CO

Drums And Tuba opened

extended intro-> Little Faces, Mr. Oysterhead, Oz Is Ever Floating, Rubberneck Lions, Radon Balloon, Pseudo Suicide, Army's On Ecstasy-> You Really Got Me*-> Walking On The Moon**-> Army's On Ecstasy, Shadow Of A Man-> Wield The Spade, Birthday Boys#, long intro jam-> Owner Of The World##

Encore: Them Changes

Trey wore Fishman's signature dress, Les wore a pig mask for the first two songs, then a wore a black hat. Stewart's face was painted

*The Kinks cover (Trey and Les sang one chorus)
**The Police cover (Les sang 1 verse)
# Trey was very chatty. He played his "musical costume" and sang lyrics to several Jon Fishman classics including "Love You," "Bike," and "Cracklin' Rosie." Trey then mentioned that "you too can own the entire Jon Fishman catalogue for only $19.95!" Trey then introduced Les as "someone who really sucks" and introduced Stewart and said "When I was 15 my biggest dream was to be in a band with Stewart Copeland. He was my cream dream. Stewart 'The guy who has sold way more recordings than Les or I' Copeland."
##Trey quotes much of "Stash" in jam, ends with Les singing last line of "God Bless America"

Show had a very special vibe to it. The band was visibly animated and festive. Total running time approx. 1:58

Thanks to Jeff Waful and Agent Ultra for the setlist.

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Oysterhead
10/30/01
Fillmore Auditorium
Denver, CO

Drums And Tuba opened

Army's On Ecstasy*, Little Faces, Owner Of The World, The Grand Pecking Order*, Birthday Boys, Pseudo Suicide**, Polka Dot Rose, Shadow Of A Man*, Mr. Oysterhead***

Encore: Rubberneck Lions

*w/Trey on the Matterhorn (Antler Guitar)
**Moby Dick and Revolution 9 teases
***Rapper's Delight and Voodoo Chile teases

Thanks to Agent Ultra and Topher Kollmar for the setlist.

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North Mississippi Allstars opened

Owner Of The World, The Grand Pecking Order, Army's On Ecstacy, Little Faces, Polka Dot Rose, Shadow Of A Man, Rubberneck Lions, Radon Balloon, Pseudo Suicide, Birthday Boys, Oz Is Ever Floating

Encore: Mr. Oysterhead

Show was taped for HBO's "Reverb" and is due to air Nov. 21.

Thanks to Jim for the setlist

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Oysterhead
10/26/01
Greek Theatre
Berkeley, CA

North Mississippi Allstars opened

Oz Is Ever Floating, Mr. Oysterhead, Little Faces, Army's On Ecstasy, Radon Balloon, Polka Dot Rose, Pseudo Suicide, Shadow Of A Man, Birthday Boys*, Owner Of The World**, Rubberneck Lions

Encore: Hello Skinny***, Changes

* with Les on banjo for the second half and singing the ending lyrics ("You can come around...")
** Les says that the Greek is the coolest place in the world to play, absolutely his favorite venue ever; with 'My Generation' teases
*** Residents cover, 1st verse only sung over a jam with Les on his Whamola Stick ("electric upright bass thingy") and Trey on the antler guitar; included teases of the Frog Brigade's 'Whamola'; Les talked about how he got together with Trey

1 hour 52 mins.

Thanks to Phantasy Phish, Andrew Rakow, Mikey Calore, and Steve Dolley for the setlist!

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Oysterhead
10/24/01
Salem Armory Auditorium
Salem, OR

North Mississippi Allstars opened

Pseudo Suicide, Little Faces, Polka Dot Rose, Radon Balloon, Army's on Ecstasy, Owner of the World, Shadow of a Man*, Oz Is Ever Floating, Mr. Oysterhead, Birthday Boys**, Rubberneck Lions

Encore: Changes***

*Trey on his weird antler guitar
**Trey on acoustic with Stew and Les on his bass-banjo joining in
***Buddy Miles cover, from Jimi Hendrix's Band Of Gypsies album

1 hour 46 mins.

Thanks to Bryan Johnson and Jason Mosher for the setlist!

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Oysterhead
10/23/01
Orpheum Theatre
Vancouver, B.C.

North Mississippi Allstars opened

Army's On Ecstasy, Owner Of The World*, Little Faces, Shadow Of A Man**, Pseudo Suicide, Radon Balloon, Rubberneck Lions, Birthday Boys, Oz Is Ever Floating, Mr. Oysterhead

Encore: Wield The Spade*** > My Generation#

*with Oye Como Va quotes by Trey
**Les wearing frog glasses, repeating "ground control to Major Tom" over intro
***with Stewart screaming vocals, reportedly "You all will FREAK when you hear how they do this song live!!!!! So silly sick!!!!"
#The Who cover, with Les on lead vocals

show ran approx. 90 mins.

Thanks to Jason Mosher for setlist and review

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Oysterhead
10/21/01
The Paramount
Seattle, WA

North Mississippi Allstars opened

Oz Is Ever Floating, Rubberneck Lions, Little Faces, Mr. Oysterhead, Radon Balloon, Army's On Ecstasy, The Grand Pecking Order, Birthday Boys, Polka Dot Rose (with Walkin' On The Moon tease), Owner Of The World, Pseudo Suicide

Encore: Shadow Of A Man, Immigrant Song

*Walkin' On The Moon (The Police) tease

Approx 1 hr 45 min.

Setlist culled from rec.music.phish posts

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Oysterhead
9/15/01
Trey's Barn
Vermont

Please email us the setlist.

Alan Hertz and Friends
5/20/01
Fourth Street Tavern
San Rafael, CA

Oysterheads Les Claypool and Trey Anastasio sit in with Alan Hertz and Friends at the Fourth Street Tavern. The band consisted of Alan Hertz (drums), Joel Behrman (trumpte), Ed Ivey (bass), Tal Morris (guitar), and Byron Rynes (guitar). Reportedly, Les and Trey sat in for most of the third set, with only 3-4 dozen people in attendance and at least one taper running a 4 Mic Mix On Stage:

Rode NT2 (Cardioid) + Crown PZM -> Behringer MX1604A -> Sony SBM-1 -> Dat (Sony D8)

Update...

Thanks to Brian and Dankseeds for providing the full setlist and additional info:

Alan Hertz Project - 5/20/01
4th Street Tavern - San Rafael, CA

Mics: Set 1: Rode NT2 Cardioids, on stage, front
center, about 3 feet high.
Sets 2 & 3: 4-mic on stage mix(Rode NT2
Cardioids+Crown SASS-P PZM). Rode's were left front center,
Crown's right front center, both about 3 feet high
Source: mics>Behringer MX1604A>Sony SBM-1>Sony
D8(44.1kHz)
Transfer: Sony 670>Zoltrix Nightengale via optical
cable> Samplitude v5.32>CDWAV v1.6>mkwACT v.97b1
(seek tables appended) *NO DAE*
Edits: None
Note: There are what sound like errors on d2t02 at
09:25 and 09:28 - these are both noise from the stage. There
is also a slight volume adjustment at 01:48 of d1t01,
which exists on master DAT. Master DAT also clips a few
times.
Taped and mixed by Charlie Miller
Transferred and seeded via Dankseeds by Brian Feller

Disc 1 56:41
Set 1
01. Theme 1 07:21
02. Theme 2 07:31
03. Theme 3 08:38
04. Theme 4 05:03
05. Theme 5 14:52
06. Theme 6 06:07
07. Theme 7 07:07

Disc 2 71:49
01. Tuning Up 02:22
02. 17:12
03. Anorexia 10:59
04. Madagascar 09:41
05. 11:13
06. Better Get Hit in 09:42
Your Soul
07. Band Intros 01:18
08. Doin' It to Death 09:18

Disc 3 - Set 3 52:51
01. Trey gets the tour* 02:48
02. Jam 1* 13:02
03. Listen Here# 13:21
04. Jam 2% 11:51
05. Cissy Strut% 10:03
06. Post show thanks 01:44

*w/ Trey instead of Tal
#w/ Les and Tal, no Trey or Bryon
%w/ Trey and Les, no Byron

Alan Hertz - drums
Ed Ivey - bass and horns
Tal Morris - guitar
Byron Rynes - guitar and bass
Joel Behrman - trumpet and trombone
Special guests for set 3 Trey Anastasio (guitar) and
Les Claypool (bass)

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Colonel Les Claypool's
Fearless Flying Frog Brigade
9/30/00
The House Of Blues
Mandaley Bay
Las Vegas, NV

Set I:
Thela Hun Ginjeet (King Crimson)
Shattering Song (Sausage, w/Riders On The Storm lyrics)
Hendershot (Les)
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pink Floyd)
Riddles are Abound Tonight (Sausage, w/Jerry Was A Race Car Driver > Winona's Big Brown Beaver lyrics)

Set II: (Pink Floyd's "Animals")
Pigs on the Wing (Part 1)
Dogs
Pigs (3 Different Ones)
Sheep
Pigs on the Wing (Part 2)

Encore:
Used To Be The Owner of the World -> Smoke On The Water -> Used To Be The Owner of the World (Oysterhead, performed by Oysterhead)
Tomorrow Never Knows (Beatles, performed by FFFB & Oysterhead)

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Oysterhead
May 4, 2000
Saenger Theatre, New Orleans, LA
(one set only)

I Am Oysterhead
Mr. Oysterhead >
Floyd jam >
Rubberneck Lions >
Used To Be The Owner Of The World
Blue Ginger
Happiness In My Pants >
Wildwood Weed >
Happiness In My Pants
Sinkin' Down
Pseudo Suicide >
Jerry Was A Race Car Driver (Primus) >
Reba (Phish: chorus only) >
Pseudo Suicide

Encore 1: Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin), The Israelites (Desmond Dekker), All Day And All The Night (The Kinks)

Encore 2: House Of The Rising Sun

The show ran from approximately 11:05 pm to 12:55 am

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2/21/2000 -- Pre-Oysterhead Appearance

Trey Anastasio takes the stage at a Primus show in Burlington, VT, introduced as "Edward Van Halen."

Primus
02/21/2000
Burlington, VT
UVM Fieldhouse (a.k.a. Patrick Gymnasium?)

Blue Collared Tweekers > Communication Breakdown The above songs from the show featured Trey Anastasio on guitar. He was introduced as "Edward Van Halen."

Frizzle Fry
In the Flesh
Anti Pop
Sgt. Baker
Greet the Sacred Cow
Damn Blue Collar Tweekers > (with Trey)
Communication Breakdown > (with Trey)
Dueling Banjos >
Toys go winding down >
Damn Blue Collar Tweekers
Jerry was a Racecar Driver
My Name is Mud
Final Voyage of the Liquid Sky
Laquer Head
Crazy Train >
Harold of the Rocks >
Tommy the Cat >
Awakening >
Tommy the Cat
Hello Skinny >
Pork Soda
Electric Uncle Sam
Too Many Puppies >
Hello Skinny >
Too Many Puppies

Perhaps the first Oysterhead appearance ever, but sans Copeland.

At least one taper reportedly archived this show with a Radio Shack Tape Deck

(Info from the Primus Setlist Database at http://www.liath.org/primus/)

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