Jason Crosby's 40th Birthday Celebration at Sweetwater Music Hall, June 2, 2014

Jason Crosby's 40th Birthday Celebration
with Stu Allen, Dan "Lebo" Lebowitz, Reed Mathis, Shana Morrison and surprise guests!
2014-06-02
Sweetwater Music Hall
19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, CA
8:00 PM, Monday, June 2, 2014

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[8:09 PM lights down; JC out alone with his acoustic guitar]

1. [8:11 PM] Dear Laughing Doubters (JC)
2. [8:13 PM] Blues on a Holiday (JC)
3. [8:16 PM] Wot's…Uh the Deal (JC)
4. [8:21 PM] the Division (JC)
   [+Lebo]
5. [8:23 PM] Rough on Rats (JC)
6. [8:26 PM] I'm Down and This Town Is a Nuisance (JC)
7. [8:30 PM] Lazy River Road (JC)
   [-Lebo; +Reed Mathis, +Cochran McMillan]
8. [8:36 PM] No Good Trying (JC)
9. [8:4m PM] Toll Takes Itself (JC)
   [JC to keyboards; +Lebo: lap steel]
10. [8:44 PM] ? “Nature Made You Music” (Introduced as “a new song in the key of O”; RM lead)
    [JC and Lebo back to the acoustic guitars]
11. [8:52 PM] Blackbird Chain (JC)
    [-Lebo, +Jimmy Leslie]
12. [8:56 PM] One of Those Places (JC)
13. [9:01 PM] Heaven's Ladder (JC)
    [-CM, -JL; +Stu Allen, +Ezra Lipp; Lebo switches to lap steel]
14. [9:06 PM] Fearless (JC) [+JL harmony vox at end] »
15. [9:12 PM] Sorry (JC)
16. [9:18 PM] Umbrella (JC)
    [JC back to keyboard; Lebo to guitar; +Leslie Grant]
17. [9:24 PM] Try (L) [9:27 PM +CM: percussion]
18. [9:32 PM] Grandma's Hands (LG)
    [-LG; JC back to acoustic guitar]
19. [9:41 PM] Mashup: Friend of the Devil/Lithium (JC)
    [set ends 9:49 PM w/BD watermelon]

[10:18 PM lights down]
[Terrapin Allstars: Alex Koford; Craig MacArthur; Scott Padden; Ross James; JC: acoustic guitar]

1. [10:19 PM] Gigolo Aunt (JC)
2. [10:25 PM; CM switches to lap steel] True Love Will Find You in the End (JC)
3. [10:29 PM] Strap on Your Icicle Helmets (JC) »
4. [10:33 PM; JC: trumpet, keys] El Paso (RJ)
   [10:37 pause, all off but JC]
   [JC switch to violin; ADD: Danny Click; Shana Morrison; Paul Olguin; Beth Reynolds; Dawn Richardson]
5. [10:41 PM] Sweet Thing (SM)
6. [10:49 PM] Will the Circle Be Unbroken? (SM)
   [-Dawn; JC to keyboard; +SA]
7. [10:59 PM] Scarlet Begonias (SA)
   [-Danny, -Shana, -Paul, -Beth; +Greg Anton; +Pete Lavezzoli; +Lebo on acoustic guitar; +RM; +Jon Trafton]
8. [11:11 PM] Eyes of the World (SA)(11:22 Lebo swaps to lap steel) »
9. [11:27 PM +ES] West LA Fadeaway (ES)(11:33 Lebo swaps to acoustic guitar)
   [-ES, -Lebo]
10. [11:37 PM] Crazy Fingers (PL)
    [-GA, -PL, -JT; JC to acoustic guitar; Lebo to lap steel; +EL; +James Nash]
11. [11:49 PM] Now That Your Dollar Bills Have Sprouted Wings (JC)
    [-JC; Lebo to acoustic guitar]
12. [11:54 PM] Born Under a Bad Sign (L)(11:59 PM JC back at keyboard, trumpet)
13. [12:05 AM] Butter Biscuit (12:07 AM +GA)
14. [12:09 AM; JC to acoustic guitar] Wrong Side of the Road (JC) »
15. [12:17 AM] Kashmir (& other Led Zeppelin) teases »
16. [12:19 AM; JC to keyboard] Shakedown Street (SA) (unidentified PFunk tease at end)
    [-GA; JC to acoustic guitar; +CM, +JL; +LG]
17. [12:34 AM] We All Wear Cloaks (JC) [show ends with 12:39 AM thanks from JC]

• Stu Allen: guitar, lead (s2 t07-t08, t16) and harmony vox;
• Greg Anton: percussion (s2 t08-t10, t13-16);
• Danny Click: guitar (s2 t05-t07);
• Jason Crosby: keyboards (s1: t10, t17; s2: t04, t07-t10, t12-t13, t16), 6-string violin (s2 t05-t06), acoustic guitar (s1: t01-t09, t11-t16, t18-t19; s2: t01-t03, t11, t14-t15, t17), trumpet (s2 t04, t12), lead (s1: t01-t09, t11-16, t19, s2: t01-t03, t11, t13-14, t17) and harmony vox;
• Leslie Grant: lead (s1 t18) and harmony vox (s1 t17, s2 t17);
• Ross James: guitar (s2 t01-t04), lead vox (s1 t04);
• Alex Koford: drums (s2 t01-t04);
• Pete Lavezzoli: drums (s2 t08-t10), lead vox (s2 t10);
• Dan "Lebo" Lebowitz: acoustic guitar (s1: t05-t07, t11-t13, t17-19; s2 t08-09, t12-17), lap steel guitar (s1: t10, t14-t16; s2 t08-t09, t11), lead (s1 t17, s2 t12) and harmony vox;
• Jimmy Leslie: guitar (s1 t12-t13), harmony vox (s1 t14), percussion (s2 t17);
• Ezra Lipp: drums (s1 t14-t19; s2 t11-t17);
• Craig MacArthur: keyboard (s2 t01), lap steel guitar (s2 t02-t04), harmony vox;
• Reed Mathis: bass (s1: t08-t19; s2: t08-t17), lead vox (s1 t10);
• Cochran McMillan: drums (s1: t08-t13), percussion (s2 t17);
• Shana Morrison: lead vox (s2 t05-t07), harmony vox (s2 t08);
• James Nash: guitar (s2 t11-t17);
• Paul Olguin: bass (s2 t05-t07);
• Scott Padden: bass (s2 t01-t04);
• Beth Reynolds: harmony vox (s2 t05-t06);
• Dawn Richardson: drums (s2 t05-t07);
• Emily Sunderland: lead vox (s2 t09);
• Jon Trafton: guitar (s2 t08-t10).

We arrive around 7:40 or so, snag a parking spot, then walk in to find that things are still pretty darn mellow for a show supposedly starting in less than 20 minutes. The time passes pleasantly as we hang out and chit chat with the other folks. Eventually Jason walks out alone, picks up his acoustic guitar, and almost apologetically, begins what ultimately amounts to an epic show.

Jon Hart & Bob Cogswell ran a multitrack recording, and thanks to Jon's effort, you can listen to the show by visiting the live music archive. Three cheers for Jon & Bob!

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