moe. headlined Portland, OR’s Crystal Ballroom last night. Before the show, Cornmeal announced on their Facebook page that their fiddler Allie Kral would be joining moe. at the gig (Kral joked on her own Facebook page that Al Schnier asked her to bring her “tuba”). During moe.‘s first set, Kral emerged to play on “Backwoods” and remained onstage for moe.‘s first cover of The Band’s “Up on Cripple Creek” since October 22, 2006. She returned at the end of the night for the lone encore of “Waiting For The Punchline.”

moe. will perform at Eugene, OR’s McDonald Theatre this evening while Cornmeal will appear at Philadelphia’s World Cafe Live on February 2.

Here’s a look at Saturday’s setlist via our Box Scores section

Set I: Timmy Tucker, Yodelittle > Skrunk, Paper Dragon, Backwoods(*), Up On Cripple Creek (*^)

Set II: The Road > Ricky Marten > Time Ed, Shoot First > Yodelittle, Water > Rebubula

Enc: Waiting For The Punchline(*)

(*) with Allie Kral
(^) Last time played 10/22/06