# Emmylou Harris & Red Dirt Boys at Banjo Stage, October 6, 2024

[Hardly Strictly Bluegrass](https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/schedule) presents Sunday Soundcheck Church featuring [Emmylou Harris](http://www.emmylouharris.com/) & [Red Dirt Boys](https://www.facebook.com/Red-Dirt-Boys-682981768560021/)  
[Banjo Stage, Hellman Hollow](http://sfrecpark.org/destination/golden-gate-park/ggp-helman-hollow-picnic-area/)  
[Golden Gate Park, 50 Overlook Dr, San Francisco, CA 94122 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Golden+Gate+Park,+50+Overlook+Dr,+San+Francisco,+CA+94122+USA&hl=en)  
9:00 AM, Sunday, October 6, 2024

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## One Set

{word from other church-goers is that Soundcheck actually started before 9 AM this year, dang! So 2-3 songs are missing??}

[9:11 AM] {I'm seated and taking notes! EH working with the sound crew on her vocal mix}

01. [9:12 AM] _Red Dirt Girl_ (fragment) (Emmylou Harris)  
[9:11 AM] {EH cuts the tune short; EH greets the crowd}
02. [9:13 AM] _Get Up John_ (incomplete) (Bill Monroe / Marty Stuart / Jerry Sullivan)  
[9:16 AM] {EH cuts the tune short; pause to set guitar levels for EH}
03. [9:17 AM] _Tulsa Queen_ (incomplete) (Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell)  
[9:20 AM] {banter about sausage-making & dead air}
04. [9:22 AM] _Right Now_  (incomplete) (Mark Knopfler)  
[9:26 AM] {applause and off-mic band discussion}
05. [9:26 AM] _Right Now_ (fragmentary take 2) (Mark Knopfler)  
[9:27 AM] {WK noodling while band talks things over}  
[9:29 AM] {EH tells some HSB history}
06. [9:29 AM] _Return of the Grievous Angel_ (Gram Parsons & Beau Brown)  
[9:34 AM] {applause and dead air while another mic is set up for the trio vocal}
07. [9:36 AM] _Bright Morning Stars_ (traditional)  
[9:38 AM] {applause & final comments from EH}  
[9:39 AM] {done}

## Performers

* [Chris Donohue](https://chrisdonohue.me/): bass, contrabass;
* [Emmylou Harris](http://www.emmylouharris.com/): acoustic guitar, vox;
* [Will Kimbrough](http://willkimbrough.com/): guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo, bass, resonator guitar, accordion, harmonica, vox;
* [Phil Madeira](http://philmadeira.net/): keyboards, accordion, acoustic guitar, acoustic slide guitar, vox;
* [Eamon McLoughlin](https://www.facebook.com/eamon.mcloughlin.9): violin, mandolin, vox;
* Bryan Owings: drums.

## Notes

I was a little disappointed that Sunday entry wasn't adjusted to let us get to the banjo stage in time for the start of church with Emmylou. Oh well: sometimes the system is stacked against ya!

Emmylou made a funny comment after greeting us that it was weird to be out in shirt sleeves instead of parkas. Indeed! It was downright toasty in the morning sunshine: very weird for SF to be fog free this whole weekend!

Each of the tunes before _Return of the Grievous Angel_ were cut off somewhere in the middle. I wasn't close enough to see how this was being done, but most (all?) of the stops were coordinated, so clearly the musicians were watching and/or expecting to stop mid-song.

Later Emmylou made a comment how we we're getting to see how the musical sausage was made, but with most all of the onstage banter being done off-mic, I'll complain that I was left with mystery meat: most of the time it was really hard to follow anything about what was going on during the periods in-between the regular performances.

All in all, I'm still glad we rallied and got up early to hear the soundcheck: it might not be advertised, but you know it's gonna happen: might as well get there in time to hear it!

## Photos

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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