# Painted Mandolin at Sunset Stage, September 20, 2024

Sunset Stage presents [Painted Mandolin](https://paintedmandolin.com/)  
[Felton, CA 95018 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Felton,+CA+95018+USA&hl=en)  
6:00 PM, Friday, September 20, 2024

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## Set One

[6:20 PM] {performers out; JC starts on violin; DR on contrabass}

01. [6:24 PM] _Not Fade Away_ »
02. [6:31 PM] _Red Rocking Chair_ (JC)  
[6:39 PM] {DR swap from contrabass to 6-string electric bass; JC swap to violin}
02. [6:40 PM] _Valerie_ (MH)  
[6:50 PM] {add SF: banjo, harmony vox; RH: vox; DR swap back to contrabass; JC: beatboxing}
03. [6:52 PM] _Net Zero Heroes_ (RH)  
[6:57 PM] {SF: lead vox; JC on percussion}
04. [6:58 PM] _White Freightliner Blues_ (SF)  
[7:03 PM] {LG: who loves rivers? Promo for tomorrow's show in Soquel by R+S; JC swaps to mandolin; SF: perc on banjo}
05. [7:04 PM] (unidentified tune, lyric snippets: "Yuba ... hips are made of stone" / "Sacramento ... arms are wide")  
[7:10 PM] {drop RH; SF story about learning the next tune from Jerry Garcia in 1969 when JG visited his elementary school}
06. [7:12 PM] _Pig in a Pen_ (JC)  
[7:16 PM] {drop SF; LG: how's it going? Nice to see y'all here; JC swaps to violin}
07. [7:17 PM] _Cryptical Envelopment_ (LG/MH) » [7:19 PM] _Cosmic Charlie_ (MH) » [7:22 PM] {JC swaps to percussion} _the Other One_ jam » [7:24 PM] {JC swaps back to violin} _Cosmic Charlie_ (reprise)  
[7:26 PM] {LG: that one's dedicated to the Cosmic Charlie campaign; JC swaps to percussion; DR swaps to 6-string bass}
08. [7:27 PM] _Reuben & Cerise_ (MH)  
[7:34 PM] {set ends}

## Set Two

[8:20 PM] {performers out; JC starts on mandolin; MH on guitjo; DR on contrabass}

01. [8:23 PM] _All We Can Be_ (LG) » _John Henry_ (JC) » [8:28 PM] _All We Can Be_ (LG) » [8:35 PM] {DR swaps to 6-string bass} » [8:36 PM] {JC swaps to percussion} »
02. [8:36 PM] _Sand_ (LG) » [8:43 PM] {dissolution; JC swaps to mandolin} »
03. [8:44 PM] _Boogie on Reggae Woman_ (MH)  
[8:51 PM] {monitor adjustments; LG back and fore announcements; JC on both percussion & mandolin during the next tune; MH swaps back to acoustic guitar; DR: swaps back to contrabass}
04. [8:53 PM] _Love in a Rose_ (MH)  
{JC playing both percussion & violin on the next tune}
05. [8:59 PM] _Sweet Rain_ (LG)  
[9:08 PM] {LG: "I wrote that one for my wife Rosemary"; DR swaps to 6-string bass}
06. [9:08 PM] _China Cat Sunflower_ (MH) »
07. [9:13 PM] _I Know You Rider_ (MH-LG) (double time finale)  
[9:16 PM] {Skippy serves schnapps to the band; pause for gig talk; JC needs a few for mandolin tuning, but then puts it away and starts on percussion instead; DR swaps to 6-string bass}
08. [9:20 PM] _Bird Dreams_ (LG) » [9:29 PM] {JC swaps to mandolin} » _Truckin'_ (teasing) »
09. [9:29 PM] _New Speedway Boogie_ (MH) » {JC swaps to percussion} »
10. [9:41 PM] _Not Fade Away_ (reprise)  
[9:44 PM] {set ends; thanks all around; words from Tom Pinney}  
   
**Encore**  
{JC swaps to mandolin for the encore}
11. [9:46 PM] _Forever Young_ (MH-LG)  
[9:52 PM] {show ends after another few rounds of thanks}


## Performers

[Painted Mandolin](https://paintedmandolin.com/)

* [Joe Craven](http://joecraven.com/): percussion, mandolin, violin, vox;
* Larry Graff: acoustic guitar, vox;
* [Matt Hartle](http://www.matthartle.com/): guitar, acoustic guitar, guitjo, vox;
* [Dan Robbins](http://danrobbinsmusic.com/): 6-string bass guitar, 5-string contrabass with low C extension, harmony vox.

### Special Guests
* [Sean Feder](https://myspace.com/seanfeder): dobro, banjo, acoustic guitar, lap steel guitar;
* [Rita Hosking](http://www.ritahosking.com/): acoustic guitar, vox.

## Notes

Friday traffic is a real monster today, and it takes us over two hours to get to Felton from Oakland. Ugh! You can imagine how happy we were to stumble out of the car and onto the hilltop greenery of Sunset Stage! We thought we were arriving late, but it turns out that other folks trickled in even more slowly.

The show didn't get started until nearly an hour later, as the sun was dropping behind the westward ridge, and the temperature dropped quickly while the late afternoon breeze whipped away whatever warm air was around. The calendar says it ain't fall yet, but the evening air would beg to differ if it had a voice! And hues of yellow and gold among the green foliage would make for a supporting vote from the plants...

_Not Fade Away_ was a great opener for today's show: everyone was up and dancing right away: perfect for generating a bit of heat against the chilly breeze. Rather than wrapping up the tune, they jammed it out, and after a few teases, segued seamlessly into an up-tempo rendition of _Red Rocking Chair_. With _Valerie_ being another rocker, the unspoken message was clear: it's a dance party tonight!

Sean Feder & Rita Hoskings joined Painted Mandolin for the next four tunes, alternating originals sung by Rita with classic covers led by Sean: fun stuff! If we lived nearby, Saturday's Ugly Mug show would certainly have been on our calendar!

Painted Mandolin continued the party by ripping through their mashup of the _That's It for the Other One_ suite with _Cosmic Charlie_, then closing the first set with _Reuben & Cerise_. Whew! Time to rest my bones awhile!

Towards the end of set break, JC leads the crowd assembled in the kitchen in an extended version of the Happy Birthday song for Tom, with MH accompanying on guitjo.

The party continued through set two, and happily, without the sunset breeze, the temperature seemed to be warmer than it was during the first set. I'm not a big Phish fan, but _Sand_ was really fun, and Dan's lead bass on _Boogie on Reggae Woman_ really took that cover over the top!

I was pretty sure that the band was going to play _Truckin'_ after _Brid Dreams_ -- the insistent intro riff is pretty hard to miss -- but I guess that was a fakeout, and they ended up playing _New Speedway Boogie_, punctuated by interludes reminiscent of _Spanish jam_ in-between the verses. As the outro jam bent towards the chunka-chunk Bo Diddley beat of _Not Fade Away), it became apparent that tonight's circle was nearly complete, and party time was almost over.

_Forever Young_ was a great way to wrap things up, and more than a few folks were belting along our felicitations to Tom during the choruses.

Twenty minutes later we'd made it down the hill to our car, and soon we were zooming off through the valleys: homeward bound! Traffic was much much lighter by now, and except for a few scattered moments of frustration (slowpokes, bumbaclots, and an utterly unexpected detour -- curse you CALTRANS, for failing to warn us of a critical exit closure!), the drive home was pretty pleasant for a Friday night!

## Photos

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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