Alison Brown Quintet at Golden Gate Park, October 5, 2013

Alison Brown Quintet
2013-10-05
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass #13
Banjo Stage, Hellman Hollow,
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA
12:10 PM, Saturday, October 5, 2013

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[12:08 PM introduction]

1. [12:10 PM] ? (inst 1)
2. [12:16 PM] Road to Corossol
3. [12:21 PM] Dancing Queen
4. [12:26 PM] Steam-Powered Aeroplane >
5. [12:28 PM] ? (inst 2 – or SPA variations?)
6. [12:35 PM] Shake and Howdy
7. [12:39 PM] Under the Five Wire
8. [12:44 PM] Are You from Dixie? (Cause I'm from Dixie Too) ^
9. [12:47 PM] Sally Ann
   [set ends 12:50 PM]
    
   Encore
10. [12:51 PM] the Magnificent Seven [show ends 12:56 PM, announcements]

• Alison Brown: banjo;
• Brian Lawrence: drums;
• Tyson Rogers: keyboards;
• Christian Sedelmyer: violin;
• Garry West: bass;

• Brendan Brown West (age 6): lead vox;

At over a year's remove, it's hard to recall much of anything about this set, much less the entire day. Looking at the setlist above I can say, “Oh yeah, uh-huh, I vaguely recall hearing some of those tunes,” but my chief impression is that of overly smooth, melodic compositions in major tonality, relatively removed from the keening, high lonesome sound of classic bluegrass, or the rougher, darker compositions characteristic of the Appalachians. You won't find any murder ballads here – this is music for the sunny side of the street! And that's pretty much a perfect choice for a sunny October afternoon – I'm glad I was there to witness it with my assembled family of music-lovers.

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