the New Orleans Suspects & Breakestra at Brick and Mortar Music Hall, February 20, 2014

Parish Entertainment presents the New Orleans Suspects and Breakestra
2014-02-20
Brick and Mortar Music Hall
1710 Mission St, San Francisco, CA
9:00 PM, Thursday, February 20, 2014

[9:35 PM lights down, announcements]

1. [9:38 PM; deck rolling at 9:44] ? come on over » ? rap » ?
2. [10:04 PM] ?soul way of going / little miss funky soul » funky funky soul shake
3. [10:11 PM] Get Out of My Life Woman (w/Fred Tackett: guitar, vox; w/o Wolf) »
4. [10:17 PM] Honest Man (Tackett) »
5. [10:23 PM -FT +W] ? vamp »
6. [10;26 PM] ?lowdown funk »
7. [10:29 PM] ?the Breakdown » 10:30 Soul Man » 10:32 (meters groove) e's flat » 10:34 dj dub » 10:42 (add FT: trpt) » 10:46 ? we all need to dance
   [set ends ~11:00 PM]

[11:20 PM lights down, announcements]

1. [11:20 PM] Funky Miracle
2. [11:29 PM] Cigarette Smile
3. [11:36 PM] Tangled Up in Blue
4. [11:47 PM +FT: trpt] Flambeaux
5. [11:58 PM; FT: g] Down on the Farm
6. [12:07 AM +Fiver Brown:vox] Them Changes
7. [12:14 AM -FB; FT: vt] Hey Pocky Way
8. [12:27 AM -FT] Magdalena
9. [12:33 AM] Glad
   [show ends 12:41 AM, no Encore tonight]

the New Orleans Suspects

• Jake Eckert: guitar, lead and harmony vox;
• “Mean” Willie Green: drums;
• C R Gruver: keyboards, lead and harmony vox;
• Reggie Scanlan: bass;
• Jeff Watkins: tenor saxophone
  - with special guest -
• Fred Tackett: guitar, trumpet, vox.

Breakestra

• Afrodyete: vox, percussion;
• ?Chuck Boogie?: Hammond B-3, keyboards, percussion, beatboxing, rap vox;
• ?Nate Ketner or David Moyer?: baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute, harmony vox;
• ?Jud McDaniel or Pat Bailey?: guitar;
  * Miles Senzaki: drums;
• Miles “Music Man” Tackett: leader, bass, harmony vox;
• Josh Welchez: trumpet, harmony vox;
• Mixmaster Wolf: vox, rap vox, percussion;
• with special guest -
• Fred Tackett: guitar, trumpet, vox.

I was mildly worried about arriving late and missing part of this gig (due to our prior commitment at Miner Auditorium for the Superstar Quartet show. Turns out I had nothing to worry about, as we had plenty of time between the early jazz show and the later funk/rock spectacular.

Although the New Parish wasn't too crowded when we walked in a little after 9 PM, there were plenty of folks on hand by the time Breakestra began throwing down, and the crowd continued to swell throughout their funky set. Although given my infamiliarity with their repertoire, I found it darn near impossible to keep any sort of useful setlist – everything up above is subject to informed correction! After a generous set (too long!, grumped some of the older Suspects fans),

So what about the Suspects half of the show? It rocked! The boys seemed to be in good spirits, and it was a ttreat to have Fred Tackett sitting in, particularly as it allowed them to get into that guitar duel thang that's so fun to see and hear. Of course I'm slightly disappointed that we only got one set – and a short one at that! – but given the other events of the day, I can't really complain, and I'm ad I was able to attend!!!

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