Mike Gordon, Friday, 02/11/2011
NBC Television Studios, Studio 6B, New York, NY

Set 1: Horizon Line

Notes: Mike and his band were the musical guests on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

Musicians: Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski, Craig Myers, Tom Cleary, Todd Isler

Mike Gordon, Saturday, 03/05/2011
McDonald Theatre, Eugene, OR

Set 1: Horizon Line, Middle of the Road, Traveled Too Far, Willow Tree, Sailin' Shoes, Be Good and You'll Be Lonely, Babylon Baby^[1]

Set 2: Funky Bitch, Andelmans' Yard, The Grid, Cruel World, Crumblin' Bones, Pretend, She Said She Said, What Things Seem, Dig Further Down

Encore: Mound^[2]

[1] Debut.
[2] Mike Gordon debut.

Notes: This tour-opening gig featued the debut of "Babylon Baby," and though played over ninety times by Phish, the Mike Gordon debut of "Mound."

Musicians: Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski, Craig Myers, Tom Cleary, Todd Isler

Mike Gordon, Sunday, 03/06/2011
Van Duzer Theatre, Arcata, CA

Set 1: Another Door, The Walls of Time, Emotional Railroad, Spiral, Got Away^[1], No One Receiving > Susskind Hotel > Revelator > Susskind Hotel, Down to the Nightclub

Set 2: Can't Stand Still, Jones > Meat > Black Tambourine^[2], The Void, Nobody's Home > River Niger, Morphing Again, Idea

Encore: Takin' It to the Streets

[1] Debut.
[2] Mike Gordon debut.

Notes: This gig featured the debut of the Mike original "Got Away" and the Mike Gordon debut cover of Beck's "Black Tambourine."

Musicians: Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski, Craig Myers, Tom Cleary, Todd Isler

Mike Gordon, Monday, 03/07/2011
Crystal Bay Club Crown Room, Crystal Bay, NV

Set 1: Sound, Couch Lady, Just a Rose, Radar Blip, Easy To Slip, Fire From a Stick, Babylon Baby, Cities, Mound

Set 2: Horizon Line, Balloon^[1], Hand in My Pocket, Only A Dream, Midnight, Crumblin' Bones, What Things Seem, Traveled Too Far

Encore: Going Up Home to Live in Green Pastures^[1], Soulfood Man

[1] Mike Gordon debut.

Notes: This show featured the Mike Gordon debuts of "Balloon" (Leo Kottke, from Sixty Six Steps) and "Going Up Home to Live in Green Pastures" (Ralph Stanley).

Musicians: Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski, Craig Myers, Tom Cleary, Todd Isler

Mike Gordon, Tuesday, 03/08/2011
Rio Theatre, Santa Cruz, CA

Set 1: Andelmans' Yard, Can't Stand Still, Rhymes, Voices, The Beltless Buckler, Makisupa Policeman, I Miss My Mind, Meat, Lit O Bit, Hap-Nappy

Set 2: I'm Deranged > The Field, Got Away, Jaded, Sugar Shack, Black Tambourine, River Niger > Funky Bitch, Dig Further Down

Encore: Skin It Back

Musicians: Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski, Craig Myers, Tom Cleary, Todd Isler

Mike Gordon, Wednesday, 03/09/2011
House of Blues, San Diego, CA

Set 1: Horizon Line, Cities, Morphing Again, Can't Stand Still, River Niger, Jones > Meat, Babylon Baby

Set 2: Mound, Balloon, Willow Tree, Traveled Too Far, Nobody's Home, Susskind Hotel > La La La > Susskind Hotel, Hand in My Pocket, Another Door

Encore: The Time For Loving Is Now

Musicians: Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski, Craig Myers, Tom Cleary, Todd Isler

Mike Gordon, Friday, 03/11/2011
Orpheum Theater, Flagstaff, AZ

Set 1: Sound, Dig Further Down, Jones > Sailin' Shoes, What Things Seem, Exit Wound, Alphabet Street, Crumblin' Bones, Only A Dream^[1]

Set 2: The Void, Access Me^[2], 15 Step, Heavy Metal^[3] > Got Away, Couch Lady > Wave the Ocean, Voices -> She Said She Said -> Voices > Black Tambourine

Encore: Down to the Nightclub, Sugar Shack

[1] "Whole Lotta Love" teases.
[2] Mike Gordon debut.
[3] Debut.

Notes: "Only a Dream" contained "Whole Lotta Love" teases. This gig featured the debut of the Craig Myers-penned "Heavy Metal" and the Mike Gordon debut of "Access Me."

Musicians: Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski, Craig Myers, Tom Cleary, Todd Isler

Mike Gordon, Saturday, 03/12/2011
Sheridan Opera House, Telluride, CO

Set 1: Radar Blip, Idea, Rhymes, Babylon Baby, I Miss My Mind, Middle of the Road, Soulfood Man > Traveled Too Far, Mound^[1]

Set 2: Mound^[2], Can't Stand Still, The Walls of Time, Cruel World, The Grid > Andelmans' Yard, Be Good and You'll Be Lonely, Meat, Susskind Hotel > Mound^[3] > Susskind Hotel

Encore: Down to the Nightclub

Encore 2: Hand in My Pocket

[1] Incomplete.
[2] Completes version from first set.
[3] "Got My Mojo Working" tease.

Notes: An incomplete "Mound" ended the first set, was completed to begin the second set, and then was reprised later in the second set including a "Got My Mojo Working" tease.

Musicians: Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski, Craig Myers, Tom Cleary, Todd Isler

Mike Gordon, Sunday, 03/13/2011
Belly Up, Aspen, CO

Set 1: Another Door, The Void, Pretend, Spiral, Meat^[1], Sailin' Shoes^[1], Crumblin' Bones^[1], Flashback^[2], Dig Further Down

Set 2: Mount Philo > Horizon Line, Just a Rose, Easy To Slip > River Niger > Only A Dream, Going Up Home to Live in Green Pastures, Cities, Lit O Bit, Sugar Shack

Encore: Soulfood Man

[1] Victor Wooten on second bass.
[2] Debut.

Notes: Victor Wooten sat in on a second bass guitar for "Meat," "Sailin' Shoes" and "Crumblin' Bones." This gig featured the debut of Mike's original "Flashback."

Musicians: Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski, Craig Myers, Tom Cleary, Todd Isler, Victor Wooten (Guest)

Mike Gordon, Monday, 03/14/2011
The Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO

Set 1: Andelmans' Yard, Balloon, Black Tambourine, Willow Tree, Fire From a Stick, Ain't Love Funny > Kryermaten > Ain't Love Funny, Jaded^[1], Alphabet Street^[1], Down to the Nightclub^[1]

Set 2: Sound, Susskind Hotel > River Niger > Rock On > Susskind Hotel, I Miss My Mind, Hap-Nappy, Got Away, Hand in My Pocket, Mound

Encore: Jones^[1], Things That Make You Go Hmmm...^[1]

[1] With Tony Hall, Ivan Neville, Ian Neville and Raymond Weber.

Notes: Mike intrdoced the Leo Kottke original "Balloon" as a tribute to Leo, and offered that any audience member who could write a book report about what this song was about would get free tickets to the next five shows! Dumpstaphunk members Tony Hall, Ivan Neville, Ian Neville, and Raymond Weber sat in on "Jaded" though the end of the first set as well as the entire encore.

Musicians: Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski, Craig Myers, Tom Cleary, Todd Isler, Raymond Weber (Guest), Tony Hall (Guest), Ivan Neville (Guest), Ian Neville (Guest)

Mike Gordon, Tuesday, 03/15/2011
The Bottleneck, Lawrence, KS

Set 1: Can't Stand Still, Flashback, Just a Rose, Access Me, What Things Seem, Nobody's Home, She Said She Said, Swamp Music^[1], Babylon Baby

Set 2: Traveled Too Far, Couch Lady, Meat > The Walls of Time, Cruel World, Skin It Back, Middle of the Road, Hand in My Pocket > Sugar Shack, Idea

Encore: Takin' It to the Streets

[1] One verse of "Possum."

Notes: "Swamp Music" contained one verse of "Possum."

Musicians: Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski, Craig Myers, Tom Cleary, Todd Isler

Mike Gordon, Thursday, 03/17/2011
The Pageant, St. Louis, MO

Set 1: Andelmans' Yard, Sound, The Walls of Time, Babylon Baby, Cities, Crumblin' Bones, Mound, Hand in My Pocket > Sugar Shack, Dig Further Down

Notes: This show was a co-bill with Galactic and both band's sets were streamed live on iclips. After "Andelman's Yard," Mike wished everyone a "Happy SPD." After "Walls of Time," Mike tossed a fan a Kaossilator to test out. 

Musicians: Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski, Craig Myers, Tom Cleary, Todd Isler

Mike Gordon, Friday, 03/18/2011
Mercy Lounge, Nashville, TN

Set 1: Horizon Line, Jaded, Emotional Railroad -> Rock On -> Funky Bitch > Susskind Hotel > The Spiritual Jam^[1] > Funky Bitch, Got Away, It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry^[2], Can't Stand Still

Set 2: Radar Blip, I'm Deranged, Spiral, Soulfood Man, Flashback > Meat > Jones > Hap-Nappy, I Miss My Mind, Voices

Encore: Idea

[1] Debut.
[2] Mike Gordon debut, one verse only.

Notes: This gig featured the debut of the Craig Myers-penned "The Spritual Jam" and the Mike Gordon debut of Bob Dylan's "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry."

Musicians: Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski, Craig Myers, Tom Cleary, Todd Isler

Mike Gordon, Saturday, 03/19/2011
Center Stage Theater, Atlanta, GA

Set 1: Another Door, The Void -> Heavy Metal -> Fixin' to Die^[1] > The Void > Rhymes, Exit Wound, She Said She Said, Be Good and You'll Be Lonely, Cities

Set 2: Balloon, Only A Dream -> God Put a Smile Upon Your Face, Just a Rose > Pretend, Nobody's Home, The Beltless Buckler, Traveled Too Far, Mound

Encore: Down to the Nightclub

[1] Col. Bruce Hampton on vocals.

Notes: After "Another Door" Tom Cleary performed a mini "song" on the Kaossilator that he had written backstage before the show about that evening's Supermoon. Mike introduced "The Void" as a "song about the feeling the first person that ever walked on the moon had when taking that... step." Atlanta-fixture Col. Bruce Hampton provided vocals for "Fixin' to Die." 

Musicians: Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski, Craig Myers, Tom Cleary, Todd Isler, Col. Bruce Hampton (Guest)

Mike Gordon, Sunday, 03/20/2011
The Orange Peel, Asheville, NC

Set 1: Morphing Again, What Things Seem, 15 Step^[1] -> The Grid -> Makisupa Policeman, Fire From a Stick, I Miss My Mind, River Niger, Flashback > Babylon Baby

Set 2: Andelmans' Yard, Easy To Slip -> The Field > Access Me -> Revelator, Spiral, No One Receiving > Weekly Time -> Susskind Hotel^[2]

Encore: Mound^[3]

[1] "Take Five" teases from Mike.
[2] "Swingtown" tease from Tom.
[3] "Odd Couple theme" tease from Tom.

Notes: "15 Step" contained "Take Five" teases from Mike. "Suskind" featured a "Swingtown" tease and "Mound" featured an "Odd Couple theme" tease, both from Tom.

Musicians: Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski, Craig Myers, Tom Cleary, Todd Isler

Mike Gordon, Tuesday, 03/22/2011
Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY

Set 1: Idea, The Walls of Time, Sugar Shack, Cities, Can't Stand Still, Heavy Metal > The Spiritual Jam, Crumblin' Bones, Black Tambourine, Hap-Nappy

Set 2: Horizon Line, The Void^[1], Cruel World, Got Away, Middle of the Road, Susskind Hotel > La La La > Susskind Hotel

Encore: Meat

[1] Dance contest.

Notes: "The Void" included a dance "contest" with audience members. "Call to the Post" was teased before Horizon Line.

Musicians: Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski, Craig Myers, Tom Cleary, Todd Isler

Mike Gordon, Wednesday, 03/23/2011
Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY

Set 1: Andelmans' Yard, Sound, I'm Deranged > Willow Tree, River Niger, Balloon, Be Good and You'll Be Lonely, You're No Good^[1], Mound

Set 2: Traveled Too Far, Flashback > Funky Bitch, Pretend, What Things Seem > Hand in My Pocket, Couch Lady

Encore: Takin' It to the Streets

[1] Mike Gordon debut; Dude of Life on vocals.

Notes: The Mike Gordon debut of "You're No Good" featured Steve Pollak (The Dude of Life) on vocals.

Musicians: Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski, Craig Myers, Tom Cleary, Todd Isler, Steve Pollak ("The Dude of Life") (Guest)

Mike Gordon, Friday, 03/25/2011
State Theatre, Falls Church, VA

Set 1: Spiral, Soulfood Man^[1] > Jones > Ain't Love Funny > Kryermaten > Ain't Love Funny, Heavy Metal > The Spiritual Jam, Fire From a Stick, Sugar Shack

Set 2: Mount Philo, The Time For Loving Is Now, Nobody's Home, Easy To Slip, Jaded > On a Bad Day, Emotional Railroad -> Lit O Bit, Meat, Idea

Encore: Things That Make You Go Hmmm...

[1] "Smoke on the Water" tease.

Notes: "Soulfood Man" contained a "Smoke on the Water" tease.

Musicians: Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski, Craig Myers, Tom Cleary, Todd Isler

Mike Gordon, Saturday, 03/26/2011
Higher Ground, South Burlington, VT

Set 1: Susskind Hotel > Horizon Line, Just a Rose, Flashback > Black Tambourine, I Miss My Mind, River Niger^[1], Down in the Flood^[2], Weekly Time^[1], Mound

Set 2: Babylon Baby, Hap-Nappy, Cities, Heavy Metal > The Spiritual Jam, Got Away, Down to the Nightclub, Crumblin' Bones, Can't Stand Still, Hand in My Pocket, Idea

Encore: Skin It Back

[1] Bob Wagner on second guitar
[2] Mike Gordon debut; Bob Wagner on second guitar

Notes: "River Niger" through "Weekly Time" featured Bob Wagner on second guitar. This show marked the Mike Gordon debut of Bob Dylan's "Down in the Flood." During setbreak, front of house engineer and bass tech Rachel Bischoff was proposed to on stage (she accepted).

Musicians: Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski, Craig Myers, Tom Cleary, Todd Isler, Bob Wagner (Guest)

Mike Gordon, Saturday, 04/16/2011
Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park, Live Oak, FL

Set 1: Sound, Can't Stand Still, Babylon Baby, Jones, The Walls of Time^[1] > Black Tambourine^[1] > Down to the Nightclub^[1] > Susskind Hotel^[1] > Black Tambourine^[1], I Miss My Mind, Horizon Line, Just a Rose > Mound

Encore: Sugar Shack

[1] Oteil Burbridge on a second bass.

Notes: This single-set performance was part of the Wanee Music Festival that also included Widespread Panic, The Allman Brothers Band, Ween and Galactic, among many others. Oteil Burbridge performed on a second bass for "The Walls of Time" through (the second) "Black Tambourine."

Musicians: Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski, Craig Myers, Tom Cleary, Todd Isler, Oteil Burbridge (Guest)

Warren Haynes Band, Tuesday, 09/13/2011
Higher Ground, South Burlington, VT

Set 1: On Your Way Down^[1], That's What Love Will Make You Do^[1]

[1] Mike on bass.

Notes: Mike sat in on bass for covers of Allen Toussaint's "On Your Way Down" and Little Milton's "That's What Love Will Make You Do."

Musicians: Warren Haynes, Mike Gordon (Guest)

George Porter, Jr. & Friends, Friday, 09/16/2011
Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY

Set 1: Africa^[1]

[1] Mike on bass.

Notes: Mike joined George Porter, Jr. & Friends on bass for a rendition of The Meters' "Africa."

Musicians: George Porter, Jr., Eric Krasno, Adam Deitch, Neal Evans, Mike Gordon (Guest)

Jackie Greene, Tuesday, 10/11/2011
Higher Ground, South Burlington, VT

Set 1: Sugaree^[1]

[1] Mike on bass.

Notes: Mike sat in on bass with Jackie Greene for the Grateful Dead's "Sugaree."

Musicians: Jackie Greene, Mike Gordon (Guest)

Spin Doctors, Sunday, 10/16/2011
Higher Ground, South Burlington, VT

Set 1: Refrigerator Car^[1]

[1] Mike on bass.

Notes: Mike sat in on bass for Spin Doctor's original "Refrigerator Car" from Pocket Full of Kryptonite.

Musicians: Mike Gordon (Guest)

Marco Benevento Trio, Friday, 10/21/2011
Radio Bean, Burlington, VT

Set 1: Green Onions^[1] > Twin Killers^[2]

[1] Mike on bass.
[2] Mike on bass; "Rhapsody in Blue" and "Bathtub Gin" teases.

Notes: Mike sat in on bass (replacing Dave Dreiwitz) for the Booker T. & the M.G.'s classic "Green Onions" and Deerhoof's "Twin Killers," the latter featuring "Rhapsody in Blue" and "Bathtub Gin" teases.

Musicians: Marco Benevento, Andrew Borger, Mike Gordon (Guest)

Mike Gordon, Saturday, 11/12/2011
The Music Hall, Portsmouth, NH

Set 1: Horizon Line, Spiral, Exit Wound > The Walls of Time, Hand in My Pocket > Fire From a Stick, Crumblin' Bones, Couch Lady, Susskind Hotel

Set 2: Dig Further Down, Skin It Back, Willow Tree, Can't Stand Still, Be Good and You'll Be Lonely, Revelator, Traveled Too Far > Won't Get Fooled Again^[1]

Encore: Hap-Nappy > Down to the Nightclub

[1] Mike Gordon debut.

Notes: "Won't Get Fooled Again" (The Who) was a Mike Gordon debut.

Musicians: Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski, Craig Myers, Tom Cleary, Todd Isler

Mike Gordon, Sunday, 11/13/2011
Lebanon Opera House, Lebanon, NH

Set 1: Another Door, Cruel World, Sideways^[1], The Way It Goes^[2], What Things Seem, I Miss My Mind -> River Niger, Things That Make You Go Hmmm... > Babylon Baby

Set 2: Sailin' Shoes, Just a Rose -> Black Tambourine, Andelmans' Yard, Meat > Sound, Sugar Shack, Idea

Encore: Funky Bitch > Won't Get Fooled Again

[1] Debut.
[2] Mike Gordon debut.

Notes: This performance featured the debut of "Sideways" (Gordon, Linitz) and the Mike Gordon debut of "The Way It Goes" (Gillian Welch). After "Another Door" Mike noted that "there is something special about this place... accoustically as well as karmically...I don't know what it is, usually it's a round room, you stand right in the middle of a round room, and you can hear yourself talking from behind the back of your head? You should try it!" Before "Andelman's Yard" Mike noted that "this next one is a little song I wrote with Henry Rollins... and Judy Collins."

Musicians: Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski, Craig Myers, Tom Cleary, Todd Isler

Mike Gordon, Friday, 12/09/2011
The Met, Pawtucket, RI

Set 1: Traveled Too Far -> Sugar Shack -> Traveled Too Far -> Sugar Shack -> The Field -> Ain't Love Funny > Kryermaten -> Traveled Too Far -> Sugar Shack, I Miss My Mind > The Void > La La La -> Traveled Too Far

Set 2: Cities, Susskind Hotel -> Cruel World > The Void^[1] > She Said She Said^[2], Sugar Shack -> The Walls of Time, No One Receiving -> Susskind Hotel^[3], Hap-Nappy

Encore: Clone^[4]

[1] Alternate lyrics "Sugar Shack in The Void."
[2] "Susskind Hotel" teases and "Swingtown" quotes.
[3] "Heartbreaker" tease.
[4] "Sugar Shack" teases from Scott.

Notes: "The Void" contained alternate lyrics "Sugar Shack in The Void." "She Said" contained "Susskind Hotel" teases and "Swingtown" quotes. "Hap-Nappy" contained a "Heartbreaker" tease. "Clone" contained "Sugar Shack" teases from Scott.

Musicians: Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski, Craig Myers, Tom Cleary, Todd Isler

Mike Gordon, Saturday, 12/10/2011
Calvin Theatre, Northampton, MA

Set 1: Dig Further Down, Sideways, Willow Tree, Meat, Andelmans' Yard, Barika^[1], Don't Do It^[1], The Beltless Buckler^[2] > Sailin' Shoes, Soulfood Man^[3]

Set 2: Couch Lady, Jones^[4] > Down to the Nightclub > Can't Stand Still, Be Good and You'll Be Lonely, Sound, What Things Seem, Black Tambourine^[3], Another Door

Encore: Things That Make You Go Hmmm...

[1] Mike Gordon debut.
[2] "Godfather" theme tease from Mike.
[3] "Chameleon" tease.
[4] "Last Child" quotes from Mike.

Notes: This setlist is unconfirmed. This show featured the Mike Gordon debuts of the instrumental "Barika" (by the band also named Barika, written by Craig Myers) and "Don't Do It" (Marvin Gaye, popularized by The Band). "The Beltless Buckler" featured a "Speak Softly Love (Love Theme from The Godfather)" tease from Mike. "Soulfood Man" and "Black Tamborine" contained "Chameleon" teases. "Jones" contained "Last Child" (Aerosmith) quotes from Mike.

Musicians: Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski, Craig Myers, Tom Cleary, Todd Isler

Mike Gordon, Sunday, 12/11/2011
The Egg, Albany, NY

Set 1: Horizon Line, Only A Dream, I'm Deranged^[1] -> The Way It Goes^[2], Just a Rose^[1] > Voices^[3], River Niger^[4], Don't Do It -> Horizon Line

Set 2: Funky Bitch, Sugar Shack, Hand in My Pocket -> Dig Further Down^[1] -> Dream Song 22 - 'Of 1826'^[5] -> Dig Further Down, Crumblin' Bones, Skin It Back -> Hap-Nappy, Won't Get Fooled Again

Encore: Suzy Greenberg^[6]

[1] "May The Force Be With You" teases from Tom.
[2] "Traveled Too Far" tease from Scott.
[3] "Black Water" tease from Scott.
[4] "Chameleon" tease from Tom.
[5] Mike Gordon debut.
[6] Mike Gordon debut, with Steve Pollak on vocals.

Notes: "I'm Deranged," "Just a Rose," and "Dig Further Down" included "May The Force Be With You" ("The Force Theme" from Star Wars) teases from Tom. "The Way It Goes" contained a "Traveled Too Far" tease from Scott. "Voices" contained a "Black Water" (Doobie Brothers) tease from Scott. "River Niger" contained a "Chameleon" tease from Tom. This gig featured the Mike Gordon debut of "Dream Song 22 - 'Of 1826'," a poem by John Berryman from The Dream Songs, which was delivered as spoken word by Tom. "Suzy Greenberg" was a Mike Gordon debut and featured Steve Pollak ("The Dude of Life") on vocals.

Musicians: Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski, Craig Myers, Tom Cleary, Todd Isler, Steve Pollak ("The Dude of Life") (Guest)