Oysterhead Fall 2001 Tour Note: Oysterhead features Trey Anastasio (of Phish), Les Claypool (of Primus, Flying Frog Brigade), and Stewart Copeland (formerly of the Police). 11/18/01 Stephen O'Connell Center - Gainesville, FL Set: 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## Enc: Changes###    * - w/ Les in goggles/helmet and Trey on the Matterhorn.    ** - long intro, w/ bass jam -> Whamola Stick jam    *** - Stewart finishes by throwing drumsticks    ^ - includes Moby Dick tease    # - Les chats about the end of "*the* funnest tour" he's ever done, and thanks the crew    ## - with Dueling Banjos tease by Les    ### - Stewart throws barrage of drumsticks before finding the pair he wanted to use.    New Orleans Klezmer Allstars opened the show. Post show music was "White Christmas". Thanks to oysterhead.org, who thank Agent Ultra with special thanks to Mikey, for the setlist, and to Rich for the updates. 11/17/01 Asheville Civic Center - Asheville, NC Set: 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 Enc: Immigrant Song    * Trey on Matterhorn ^ Les in flashlight goggles and dayglo-star helmet # Moby Dick (Led Zepplin) tease by Trey ## The Other One (Grateful Dead) tease by Trey ### Tommy the Cat (Primus) tease by Les    New Orleans Klezmer Allstars opened the show. Thanks to oysterhead.org, who thank Zac, Jan Rybnicek & Kevin Ritter for the setlist, and to Melissa Meloro for the update. 11/16/01 D.A.R. Constitution Hall - Washington, DC Set: 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 Enc: 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. Les teases opening bass line of "My Name is Mud" (Primus, from Pork Soda), and "Dueling Banjos".    __ opened the show. Thanks to oysterhead.org, who thank J.J. Cooze and Jon S. for the setlist, and to Jon Schroeder, Drew Freas, Amy Lamar, and Jeff Killion for the corrections; and Ed Degilio (for taking James Werner). 11/15/01 GE Building/Rockefeller Plaza - New York, NY Oz Is Ever Floating Performed on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. 11/14/01 Roseland Ballroom - New York, NY Set (79 min.): 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^^^ Enc (5 min.): 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    ^ - Stewart 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 teased "Master of Puppets" (Metallica) and "What You're Doing" (Rush). He then pointed to a girl in the front (who reportedly calls herself "Cosmic Funk Mama", and who had a bindi on her head) and said he was "speaking to you, YOU, in the front row who put that thing on your head... I want to hear YOU SING". Then he kneeled in front of her and pointed at her with both hands while she and somne boys around her sandg the chorus, leading to the full audience singing the chorus    Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos opened the show. Thanks to Rob Johnson for the post-show call, and Mike Pelczarski and Nicholas Karanasos for the updates! 11/13/01 Roseland Ballroom - New York, NY Set (94 min.): 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 Enc: Birthday Boys, Little Faces    * - Trey on Matterhorn, Stewart on percussion kit ** - Les on whamola, and doing Wildwood Weed rap    Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos opened the show. Thanks to Rob Johnson for the post-show call! 11/11/01 Tweeter Center - Camden, NJ Set: Polkda 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, Psuedo Suicide Enc: Mr. Oysterhead^^    * - with very extended jam    ^ - Les teased #9 (Beatles) and Henry the Eight Iam (?)    ** - Matterhorn/Whamola jam    *** - with bass/guitar duel    ^^ - Les teased Dueling Banjos (from Deliverance)    Lake Trout opened the show. Thanks to Scott and Jeff for the post-show call, and A Nagowski for the updates. 11/10/01 Tsongas Arena - Lowell, MA Set: Psuedo Suicide, Owner of the World, Shadow of a Man (fake start?) > Army's on Ecstasy, Grand Pecking Order, Rubberneck Lions, Oz is Ever Floating, ?* > Wheels of Faith, Birthday Boys**, Mr. Oysterhead*** Enc: Little Faces ^    * same spacey jam as "**" on Friday, with the Whamola and Matterhorn    ** 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    Lake Trout opened the show. Thanks to Hal for the post-show call!! 11/09/01 Utica Memorial Aud - Utica, NY Set: Oz is Ever Floating, Rubberneck Lions*, Little Faces ->** Army's on Ecstasy, Radon Balloon, Pseudo Suicide, Shadow of a Man > Wheels of Faith > Birthday Boys, Mr. Oysterhead Enc: Immigrant Song    * Les inquired about a "Les is Evil" sign in the audience, and said he wasn't sure that was fair, that if it meant that out of Trey Anastasio, Stewart Copeland, and himself, then he was probably the most evil, but that guys like Marilyn Manson and GG Allin are a heck of a lot more evil than he is. Les said "I'm evil like Evel Kneivel".    ** slow spacey jam with Les rambling something    Lake Trout opened the show. Preshow PA music (between Lake Trout and Oysterhead) was Zepplein (I). Thanks to Hal for the post-show call, and Erin Myers for the update. 11/07/01 Massey Hall - Toronto, Ontario Set: 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 Enc: Changes    * - Just before going into Shadow of a Man, they played a bit of Cygnus X-1 (Rush, from Farewell to Kings). Wearing his glowing eyes, Les sang the spacey distorted intro to the song that's about flying into the heart of a black hole. At some point later, Les made the comment that "All the Worlds a Stage" had been recorded at Massey Hall, where the show was taking place. "All the World's a Stage" was Rush's first live album released in 1977 and it had indeed been recorded at the musical landmark. A new power trio tipping their hats to Toronto's own power trio!    ** Trey said that he wanted to play another song for us, but he hadn't had a chance to learn it yet. The song he wanted to play was Big Joe Mufferaw by Stompin' Tom. Stompin' Tom Connors is a Canadian folksinger, sort of a goofy Johnny Cash. When the band came back on stage for the encore Les sang the opening words to Big Joe Mufferaw, and asked if anyone in the crowd knew Stompin' Tom.    Opening band was Dinner Is Ruined (rather than The Cancer Conspiracy). Thanks to www.oysterhead.org, who thank Matt (shakedown), for the setlist, and to Pete Wenger for the updates. 11/06/01 Cleveland State Theatre - Cleveland, OH Set: 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* Enc: The Israelites**, Little Faces    * N.I.B. (Black Sabbath) tease by Les    ** Desmond Dekker cover    Opening band was The Cancer Conspiracy. Thanks to www.oysterhead.org, who thank Kevin Gudat and Adam Davis, for the setlist. 11/04/01 Hill Auditorium - Ann Arbor, MI Set (85 min): 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 Enc (5min): Immigrant Song    Drums and Tuba opened. Thanks to oysterhead.org, who thank Agent Ultra, for the setlist. 11/03/01 Edward C. Elliot Hall of Music - West Lafayette, IN Set: 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*** Enc: 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.    **** - with "Dueling Banjos" and "My name Is Mud" (Primus) teases    Drums and Tuba opened. Thanks to to oysterhead.org, who thank Tim Deller and Possum Steve Helton, for the setlist, and to Scott Portugal for the additions. 11/02/01 Aragon Ballroom - Chicago, IL Soundcheck: Oz Is Ever Floating Set: Polka Dot Rose, Pseudo Suicide, Little Faces, Rubberneck Lions, Radon Balloon, Army's On Ecstasy*, Shadow Of A Man**, Wield The Spade**, Mr. Oysterhead*** Enc: Birthday Boys^, Owner Of The World    * - with Trey on matterhorn, Les on Steve the Bastard Whamola; included a Crazy Train (Ozzy Osbourne) tease    ** - with Trey on matterhorn    *** - Band faded out and let the crowd chant "when all else has been done and said..."    ^ - Trey acoustic, then Les joined with a banjo bass, and Trey said "All the way from Ottawa, Canada on drums, Stewart Copeland"; also, Trey was pumping up the rowdy crowd with his fists and the bullhorn fingers.    Drums and Tuba opened. Thanks to TripleKoRn (?), oysterhead.org, and Steve Helton for the setlist. 10/31/01 Fillmore Auditorium - Denver, CO Set: Little Faces*, Mr. Oysterhead**, Oz is Ever Flating, Rubberneck Lions, Radon Balloon, Pseudo Suicide, Army's on Ecstasy***, Wield The Spade****, Birthday Boys^, Owner of the World^^, God Bless America Enc: Them Changes    * - with extended intro (?)    ** - with "N.I.B." (Black Sabbath) tease    *** - with All Day and All of the Night (Kinks; Trey singing), and one verse of Walking on the Moon (Police; Les singing)    **** - with Tomorrow Never Knows tease    ^ - with Trey singing Henrietta songs, including Love You, Bike, and Cracklin' Rosie, then mentioning, "You too can own the entire Jon Fishman catalogue for only $19.95!". He introduced Les as "someone who really sucks" then Stewart and said "When I was 15 my biggest dream was to be in a band with Stewart Copeland. He was my cream dream. The guy who has sold way more recordings that Les or I, Stewart Copeland."    ^^ - with Stash tease (possibly also in Psuedo Suicide?)    Trey wore a Fishman dress, and Stewart had camoflage paint. Les wore a pig mask (as he did with the Frog Brigade) for two songs and then a black hat, but he also did both at other shows including Berkeley.    Drums and Tuba opened. Thanks to Hal Waterman and Matt for the initial report, and Dave D, oysterhead.org, Jack Hope, Justin Hurley, and others for updates. 10/30/01 Fillmore Auditorium - Denver, CO Set (90 min.): Army's on Ecstasy (16)*, Little Faces (9), **(2), Owner of the World (6), Grand Pecking Order (5), Birthday Boys (6), Psuedo Suicide (14)***, Polka Dot Rose (11), Shadow of a Man (9), Mr. Oysterhead (9)*** Encore (7 min.): Rubberneck Lions    * - Trey on Matterhorn (antlered guitar)    ** - Loves Me Like a Rock (Paul Simon, from 1973's There Goes Rhymin' Simon) jam while Les introduced the band    *** - Moby Dick (Led Zepplin) tease    **** - Voodoo Chile (Hendrix) and Rappers' Delight (Sugar Hill) teases    Drums and Tuba opened. Thanks to Hal Waterman, Bret, and Dov for the initial reports, and to Erik Swain, Rob Preta, Tom Stemrich, Ted Pelletier, and SJCarp for the updates. 10/27/01 Hollywood Palladium - Los Angeles, CA Set: Owner of the World, The Grand Pecking Order, Army's on Ecstacy, Little Faces, Polka Dot Rose, Shadow of a Man*, Rubbernecking Lions, Radon Balloon, Pseudo Suicide, Birthday Boys**, Oz Is Ever Floating Encore: Mr. Oysterhead    * - Trey on the Matterhorn    ** - Some fans were being noisy during this acoustic song, and Trey said, "I'm up to my old tricks again. This acoustic guitar I'm playing makes really cool sounds when it's played quietly." Then he adjusted the stage mic closer to the guitar to getter a better pick up.    North Mississipi AllStars opened. Thanks to Beeno and phans.com, who thanks Paul, Jim, Dan, and Brett, and to Dean Bushik for the updates. Note: This show was recorded for an episode of HBO's "Reverb" scheduled to air on 11/21, originally to be taped at the cancelled Irving Plaza show. The hour-long episode featured roughly 30 minutes of concert footage, and roughly 30 minutes of interviews with band members. 10/26/01 Greek Theater, Berkeley, CA Set (92 min): Oz is Ever Floating*, Army's on Ecstasy, Mr. Oysterhead**, Little Faces, Radon Balloon, Polka Dot Rose, Pseudo Suicide#, Shadow of a Man#***, Birthday Boys#****, Owner of the World^, Rubberneck Lions Encore: Enc (13 min): Whamola^^ Jam > Hello Skinny^^^, Changes^^^^    * - After Oz, Les said grew up a block and a half from the Greek with a cassette tape of the Police playing the Greek with Stewart yelling "I used to go here", and that he's glad SC's "back at his alma mater".    ** - With "Tommy the Cat" and "Dueling Banjos" teases by Les. Afterwards, Les introduced Trey as the Crimson Dago.    *** - with Trey on the antlered guitar and Les in spotlight glasses    # - with Stewart on the second drum/percussion kit    **** - Trey on acoustic alone for a few minutes, then Les joins on bass banjo and Stewart on his regular it. Les sang the last verse, rather than Trey. After the tune, Les said this is his "favorite place on the planet to play" and asked everyone to just look around the Greek for a moment.    ^ - with My Generation lyrics and teases    ^^ - Frog Brigade song, about which Les said "I don't know if its entertaining, but it's certainly damned interesting". Featuring Les on "Mr. Steve (the Bastard) Whamola" (a tall thin bass instrument for which the song was named) and Trey on "the matterhorn" (the antlered guitar).    ^^^ - cover, originally by The Residents    ^^^^ - from the Band of Gypsies album, which Les said he and Trey agree is one of the best, after a rambling discussion about how they got together to play, a "mutual love of fruits, vegetables, and various dairy products", and saying Phish Food is "a little rich for me".    North Mississipi AllStars opened.    Thanks also to Sapo, Andrew Rakow, Steve Russell, Sarah Jeanne, and Beeno for the corrections and clarifications. 10/24/01 Armoury Auditorium, Salem OR Soundcheck: (45 minutes; setlist on the way...) Set (91 min): Pseudo Suicide, Little Faces, Polka Dot Rose*, ?Money Chain?**, Radon Balloon, Army's on Ecstasy, Owner of the World, Shadow of a Man***, Oz is Ever Floating, Mr. Oysterhead^, Birthday Boyz, Rubberneck Lions Encore: Them Changes^^    * - Les said the first drummer with whom he ever played is now a painter living in the area, and added apparently referential lyrics about "kern, kern the butter churn"    ** - from Les' first album (not with Bret Hart, as previously reported)    *** - Trey on the matterhorn (antelered guitar)    ^ - with Thankyou Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin tease (again)    ^^ - Hendrix tune from the Band of Gypsys album (not Buddy Miles's "Them Changes" ala Worcester 97, as previously reported). Trey mentioned that the last time he was in the venue was fro Phish's 12/1/94 show (Editor's note: great show; go find it!).    North Mississipi AllStars opened. Thanks to Hal, Bret, and CK5! Thanks also to Mike Buck for the correction and Beeno for additional info. 10/23/01 Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia Soundcheck (45 min): Little Faces jam, Little Faces, Little Faces (2nd verse), All Day and All of the Night (tease), Polka Dot Rose jam, Owner of the World, Shadow of a Man jam, My Generation* jam, My Generation (2.5 times), Vodoo Chile**, Army's on Ecstasy Set (92 min): 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 (9 min): Wield the Spade# -> My Generation    * - from the CD; Trey asked Brad to play the album so the band could learn the tune    ** - played b/c Stewart said "We can playing anything by Cram, Hendrix, or Zepplin"    *** - Trey teasesd Oye Como Va    **** - Les repeated the lines "Ground control to Major Tom" from Bowie's Space Oddity before the song started    ^ - with "Tommy the Cat" tease    ^^ - Trey alone for the start, then Les (banjo bass) and Stewart (regular kit) join in. Les talked about not having smoked up yet that day, and thanked those in the front row for blowing some his way during "Shadow"    ^^^ - Les mentioned Oz Fritz, who recorded the Oysterhead album    ^^^^ - Les called Trey "Trey Antipasta", and said "Feel free to sing along because Stewart's used to that shit with the Police". Also included another "Tommy the Cat" tease    # - With Copeland (first vocals of the tour) standing with his hands behind his back, screaming into the mic    North Mississipi AllStars opened. Thanks to Hal, Bret, and CK5, and to phans.com for additional info. 10/21/2001 The Paramount Theater - Seattle WA Set (9:05-11:07): Oz Is Everfloating, Rubbernecking Lions (13 min!), Little Faces, Mr. Oysterhead*, Radon Balloon, Army's On Ecstacy**, Grand Precking Order^, Birthday Boys, Polka Dot Rose^^, Owner Of The World, Psuedo Suicide Encore: Shadow Of A Man^^^, Immigrant Song    Notes: Chris Kuroda on lights; Stewart had 2 drum sets. The North Mississippi All Stars opened the show.    * - with Thank You Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin tease    ** - with Smoke On The Water & Baracuda teases    ^ - Trey on guitar with antlers, using the antlers to control the sound    ^^ - w/ one verse of Walking on the Moon (by Trey and Les)    ^^^ - with Trey on the Matterhorn (antlered guitar)    North Mississipi AllStars opened. Thanks to Bret and Hal for the setlists, and Mitch for the timings.