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08. [8:29 PM] _Be Careful_ | 08. [8:29 PM] _Be Careful_ | ||
09. [8:33 PM] _Senegal Rekk_ | 09. [8:33 PM] _Senegal Rekk_ | ||
- | [the tune aborts when a fire alarm goes off at 8:35 PM... the house is cleared very slowly. As best as I can tell, there is no danger. Soon thereafter, a fire truck shows up with lights flashing and siren blaring. But the guys inside aren't moving all that quickly once they park. Must have been notified that it's just a drill or mistake. Soon we get the all clear, and we're back inside at our seats by 8:49 PM, waiting for the rest of the crowd to file in. Strangely, the couple to our right has departed, so we end up with lots of extra dancing room for the rest of the show. Yay!] | + | [the tune aborts when a fire alarm goes off at 8:35 PM] |
## Set Two | ## Set Two | ||
- | [8:55 PM lights down, announcements, band out] | + | [8:55 PM lights down, band returns to hearty applause] |
01. [8:55 PM] _Senegal Rekk_ (aborted tune restarts) | 01. [8:55 PM] _Senegal Rekk_ (aborted tune restarts) | ||
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06. [9:39 PM] _Bamba_ | 06. [9:39 PM] _Bamba_ | ||
07. [9:45 PM] _Set_ | 07. [9:45 PM] _Set_ | ||
- | [9:50 PM Youssou N' | + | [9:50 PM Youssou N' |
[9:53 PM Thierno Sarr and Moussa Sonko off] | [9:53 PM Thierno Sarr and Moussa Sonko off] | ||
[9:54 PM the drummers wind things down, then all off] | [9:54 PM the drummers wind things down, then all off] | ||
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## Performers | ## Performers | ||
- | * Ibrahima Cisse: keyboards; | + | * [Ibrahima Cisse](https:// |
* [Birame Dieng](https:// | * [Birame Dieng](https:// | ||
* Babacar Faye: emcee, percussion; | * Babacar Faye: emcee, percussion; | ||
* El Hadji Oumar Faye: percussion; | * El Hadji Oumar Faye: percussion; | ||
* Moustapha Baidy Faye: keyboards; | * Moustapha Baidy Faye: keyboards; | ||
- | * [Moustapha Gaye](https:// | + | * [Moustapha Gaye](https:// |
- | * Pascale Kalemeni Kamga: harmony vox; | + | * Pascale Kalemeni-Kamga: harmony vox; |
* [Abdoulaye Lo](https:// | * [Abdoulaye Lo](https:// | ||
* [Youssou N' | * [Youssou N' | ||
* Pape Oumar Ngom: guitar, @ acoustic guitar; | * Pape Oumar Ngom: guitar, @ acoustic guitar; | ||
* [Alain Rodrigue Oyono](https:// | * [Alain Rodrigue Oyono](https:// | ||
- | * Thierno Sarr: bass; | + | * [Thierno Sarr](https:// |
- | * Moussa Sonko: dancer; | + | * [Moussa Sonko](https:// |
- | * [Assane Thiam](https:// | + | * [Assane Thiam](https:// |
## Notes | ## Notes | ||
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Busy work day, then long slog on BART to Union City and DB Express bus across to Palo Alto in order to meet Ting for dinner at Umami Burger. Tonight we went vegan, splitting an [Impossible Burger](https:// | Busy work day, then long slog on BART to Union City and DB Express bus across to Palo Alto in order to meet Ting for dinner at Umami Burger. Tonight we went vegan, splitting an [Impossible Burger](https:// | ||
- | We drove up Palm Drive and parked between Bing Hall and the Biz School quad, then walked in to Bing to take our seats a few minutes before the show started. Chris Lorway came out soon for opening announcements, | + | We drove up Palm Drive and parked between Bing Hall and the Biz School quad, then walked in to Bing to take our seats a few minutes before the show started. Chris Lorway came out soon for opening announcements, pointing out that tonight' |
Although Babacar and Youssou both commented to the audience that we were welcome to get up and dance, the typically staid Stanford crowd took awhile -- four or five songs? -- to get hip to the groovy mbalax beat. It's way more fun to get up and dance for real than to sit still and try to keep the dancing confined inside my head. | Although Babacar and Youssou both commented to the audience that we were welcome to get up and dance, the typically staid Stanford crowd took awhile -- four or five songs? -- to get hip to the groovy mbalax beat. It's way more fun to get up and dance for real than to sit still and try to keep the dancing confined inside my head. | ||
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+ | About 45 minutes into the show, something strange happens: the PA drops out (which leaves the drummers in charge!), the house lights come half-way up, and a minder comes out from side stage and waves frantically until Babacar notices him, hears his message, and communicates to the rest of the band that there' | ||
Hampered by my inability to understand Wolof, I probably wouldn' | Hampered by my inability to understand Wolof, I probably wouldn' |