# Dom Flemons at Rooster Stage, October 5, 2024

[Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 24](https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/schedule) presents Buddy Miller's _Cavalcade of Stars_, featuring [Dom Flemons](https://theamericansongster.com/)  
[Rooster Stage, Marx Meadow](http://sfrecpark.org/destination/golden-gate-park/ggp-marx-meadow-picnic-area/)  
[Golden Gate Park, 898 John F Kennedy Dr, San Francisco, CA 94121 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Golden+Gate+Park,+898+John+F+Kennedy+Dr,+San+Francisco,+CA+94121+USA&hl=en)  
2:00 PM, Saturday, October 5, 2024

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## Rooster Stage Schedule for the day

* [11:30 AM – 11:50 AM](:2024:2024-10:2024-10-05-1) ☸ [Red Dirt Boys](https://www.facebook.com/Red-Dirt-Boys-682981768560021/)
* [12:00 PM – 12:50 PM](:2024:2024-10:2024-10-05-2) ☸ [Jobi Riccio](https://www.jobiriccio.com/)
* [1:00 PM – 1:50 PM](:2024:2024-10:2024-10-05-3) ☸ [Teddy Thompson](http://www.teddythompson.net/)
* [2:00 PM – 2:50 PM](:2024:2024-10:2024-10-05-4) ☸ [Dom Flemons](https://theamericansongster.com/)
* [3:00 PM – 4:00 PM](:2024:2024-10:2024-10-05-5) ☸ [Carlene Carter](https://www.facebook.com/officialcarlenecarter)
* [4:15 PM – 5:15 PM](:2024:2024-10:2024-10-05-6) ☸ [Buddy Miller](http://buddymiller.com/)
* [6:00 PM – 7:00 PM](:2024:2024-10:2024-10-05-7) ☸ [Jackie Greene](https://www.jackiegreene.com/) & [Anders Osborne](http://andersosborne.com/)

## One Set

[2:00 PM] {Greetings & Introduction by Chuck Poling}  
[2:01 PM] {applause for entrance of Dom Flemons}  
[2:01 PM] {Greetings & comments by Dom Flemons about the first tune}

01. [2:02 PM] _Cindy Gal_ ([traditional])  
[2:04 PM] {DF credits Mike Seeger and Henry Thomas in his introduction to the next medley}
02. [2:05 PM] _Charmin' Betsy_ ([traditional])  
[2:10 PM] {DF introduces the next tune as a medley of Piedmont guitar-pickin' blues}
03. [2:11 PM] _Freight Train_/_Railroad Bill_/_the Cannonball_  
[2:14 PM] {applause at end of tune}  
[2:14 PM] {DF introduces the next tune as an original celebrating the black cowboy Nat Love}
04. [2:16 PM] _Steel Pony Blues_ (Dom Flemons)  
[2:20 PM] {DF talks about Eck Robertson and DeFord Bailey as he introduces the next tune}
05. [2:21 PM] _There's a Brown Skinned Girl Down the Road_ ([traditional])  
[2:24 PM] {applause at end of tune}  
[2:24 PM] {DF thanks; says that's it for the first half of the set; invites us to welcome the Red Dirt Boys onstage}  
[2:25 PM] {DF introduces the next song as a country waltz; pause for tuning}
06. [2:26 PM] _Slow Dance with You_ (with false start)_ (Dom Flemons)  
[2:29 PM] {DF talks about writing the next tune during the dead of winter}
07. [2:30 PM] _It's Cold Inside_ (Dom Flemons)  
[2:34 PM] {DF talks about how everybody loves food}
08. [2:35 PM] _Hot Chicken_ (Dom Flemons)  
[2:39 PM] {DF talk about GDTRFB; pause to make sure the Red Dirt Boys are ready to roll}  
[2:41 PM] {GDTRFB false start}  
[2:41 PM] {GDTRFB take 2: aborted again because DF thinks his guitar is out of tune}
09. [2:42 PM] _Going Down the Road Feeling Bad_ ([traditional])
[2:45 PM] {DF: thanks all around; time for one more tune}
10. [2:46 PM] _Til’ the Seas Run Dry_ (Dom Flemons)  
[2:50 PM] {applause at set end; final thx from DF}  
[2:51 PM] {CP lauds DF & the Red Dirt Boys; announcements; set ends}

## Performers

* [Dom Flemons](https://theamericansongster.com/): acoustic guitar, harmonica, quills, bones, vox;

### Special Guests

[Red Dirt Boys](https://www.facebook.com/Red-Dirt-Boys-682981768560021/)

* [Chris Donohue](https://chrisdonohue.me/): contrabass;
* [Fats Kaplan](http://www.deadreckoners.com/artists/fats_kaplin.html): pedal steel guitar;
* [Phil Madeira](http://philmadeira.net/): keyboards, accordion, harmony vox;
* [Eamon McLoughlin](https://www.facebook.com/eamon.mcloughlin.9): violin, mandolin, harmony vox;
* Bryan Owings: drums.

## Notes

It's always educational to hear Dom Flemons, and todays set was no different: he preceded nearly every tune with a short talk about it's origin, or about his instruments, or even his inspiration in writing the piece. Today I was in the mood for that sort of thing, but I understand that sometimes it might seem a little tedious hearing a three minute soliloquy about a two minute tune!

The addition of the Red Dirt Boys midway through Dom's set was a welcome surprise. It didn't sound to me as if they'd had much of a chance to rehearse, but the only big train wrecks happened because Dom's acoustic guitar kept slipping out of tune.

_Hot Chicken_ was the jauntiest tune of the set, and should have been good to whip up a proper dancing fever, only it was so hot at this point in the day that a sizeable portion of the audience had fled for shadier seats off on the hillside. Makes me think I should go see him when he appears at the Freight & Salvage later this year.

## Photos

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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