# Blind Boys of Alabama at Miner Auditorium, July 25, 2024

[SFJAZZ](https://www.sfjazz.org/tickets/productions/2024-summer-sessions/blind-boys-of-alabama/) presents [Blind Boys of Alabama](http://www.blindboys.com/), with opener, [Jon Cleary](http://www.joncleary.com/)  
[Robert M. Miner Auditorium](http://www.sfjazz.org/center)  
[SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=SFJAZZ+Center,+205+Franklin+St,+San+Francisco,+CA+94102+USA&hl=en)  
7:30 PM, Thursday, July 25, 2024

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## Set One: Jon Cleary

[7:31 PM] {Welcome from Greg Stern}  
[7:33 PM] {applause for entrance of Jon Cleary}

01. [7:33 PM] (New Orleans-flavored improvisation)
02. [7:36 PM] _I Ain't Mad At You_ (Huey Smith)
03. [7:39 PM] _When You Get Back_ (Jon Cleary)
04. [7:43 PM] _Moonburn_ (Jon Cleary)  
[7:45 PM] {applause; JC introduces the next tune as his hit from the 'Treme' TV show}
05. [7:46 PM] _Frenchmen Street Blues_ (Jon Cleary)  
[7:51 PM] {applause; JC introduces the next tune as over 100 years old}
06. [7:51 PM] _The Crave_ (Jelly Roll Morton)
07. [7:53 PM] _Po' Boy Blues_ (Jon Cleary) » [7:57 PM] {false ending} » _Po' Boy Blues_ (reprise)  
[7:58 PM] {applause at set end}

## Set Two: Blind Boys of Alabama

[8:20 PM] {applause at band entrance; dead air}  
[8:23 PM] {Introduction of the Blind Boys (offstage voiceover for about a minute while the band begins to play)}

01. [8:23 PM] _Do Lord (Remember Me)_  
[8:24 PM] {end voiceover}
02. [8:28 PM] _People Get Ready_ (Curtis Mayfield)
03. [8:31 PM] _Spirit in the Sky_ (Norman Greenbaum)  
[8:34 PM] {greetings}
04. [8:35 PM] _God Knows Everything_ (John B Leventhal & Marc Cohen)
05. [8:41 PM] _I Can See_  
[8:45 PM] {talk about the history of the group}
06. [8:46 PM] _Nobody's Fault But Mine_
07. [8:50 PM] _I'm a Soldier in the Army of the Lord_
08. [8:52 PM] _Way Down in the Hole_ (Tom Waits)
09. [8:56 PM] _God Is Real_ (Kenneth Morris)  
[9:02 PM] {add Jon Cleary at keyboard}
10. [9:02 PM] _Uncloudy Day_  
[9:06 PM] {lauding JC}
11. [9:06 PM] _Friendship_ (Homer Banks & Lester Snell) »  
[9:12 PM] {drop JC} »
12. [9:12 PM] _Heaven Help Us All_ (Ronald Norman Miller)
13. [9:15 PM] _Work Until My Days Are Done_
14. [9:20 PM] _Amazing Grace (House of the Rising Sun)_
15. [9:28 PM] _Send It on Down_  
[9:36 PM] {applause at set end}  
   
**Encore**  
[9:37 PM] {band back out for an encore; brief promo for BB-sponsored festival in ATL}
16. [9:38 PM] _Higher Ground_ (Stevie Wonder)  
[9:49 PM] {final applause; show ends}


## Performers

### Blind Boys of Alabama

[Blind Boys of Alabama](http://www.blindboys.com/)

* Sterling Glass: vox;
* Matt Hopkins: organ;
* Eric "Ricky" McKinnie: vox;
* Austin Moore: drums;
* Tracy Pierce: bass;
* John W. Smith: vox;
* Joey Williams: guitar, vox.

### Jon Cleary

* [Jon Cleary](http://www.joncleary.com/): upright piano, keyboard, vox.

## Notes

Well if you needs your spirit lifted, attending a show by the Blind Boys of Alabama is just the ticket! I'm certainly sad to see the older guys pass on, but I'm happy to say that the current group is carrying on the tradition with verve and fire! Go see 'em, you'll be glad you did!

## Photos

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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