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OYSTERHEAD Covers PRIMUS, PHISH, CREAM & THE POLICE At First Show In 14 Years

Les Claypool and the dudes are back for a brief time.

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Oysterhead, the band featuring bassist Les Claypool (Primus), guitarist Trey Anastasio (Phish), and drummer Stewart Copeland (The Police), hit the stage for the first time since 2006 over the week at The 1st Bank Center in Broomfield, CO. The band played two sets that included covers of "Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers" by Primus, "White Room" by Cream, "46 Days" and "First Tube" by Phish, and "Voices Inside My Head" by The Police.

The setlists were as follows.

February 14
Little Faces
Mr. Oysterhead
Polka Dot Rose
Radon Balloon
The Grand Pecking Order
Rubberneck Lions
Jam
Shadow of a Man
Army's on Ecstasy
Wield the Spade
Birthday Boys
Oz Is Ever Floating
Pseudo Suicide
Voices Inside My Head (The Police cover)
46 Days (Phish cover)
Owner of the World (w/ "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple snippet)

February 15
Mr. Oysterhead
Oz Is Ever Floating
The Grand Pecking Order
Rubberneck Lions
Whamola & Matterhorn Jam
Shadow of a Man
White Room (Cream cover)
Birthday Boys
Little Faces
Polka Dot Rose
Wield the Spade
Radon Balloon
Army's on Ecstasy
Owner of the World
Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers (Primus cover)
First Tube (Phish cover w/ "Southbound Pachyderm" intro)
Pseudo Suicide

You can check out some of those covers below, and stream the audio from the shows here. Oysterhead still has a few remaining shows in their reunion run.

04/18 Stanford, CA – Frost Amphitheater
04/24-26 Atlanta, GA – SweetWater 420 Fest
06/11 Manchester, TN – Bonaroo Music & Arts Festival
07/02-05 Scranton, PA – The Peach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfBCvehb-vg

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