Phil Lesh, Lebo & the Terrapin Family Band at Terrapin Crossroads, June 13, 2014

Phil Lesh,
  Dan "Lebo" Lebowitz,
  and the Terrapin Family Band
2014-06-13
Terrapin Crossroads
100 Yacht Club Drive, San Rafael, CA
8:00 PM, Friday, June 13, 2014

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[7:54 PM Phil out to noodle, off at 7:59 PM]
[8:08 PM lights down, same band as Tuesday except Scott Padden at the keyboards instead of Jason Crosby]

1. [8:11 PM] Liberty (GL)
2. [8:20 PM] Ohio $ (AK)
3. [8:26 PM] Hot Burrito #1 (L) »
4. [8:34 PM] Jack-a-Roe (RJ) »
5. [8:41 PM] Cold, Rain & Snow (PL)
6. [8:53 PM] Watching the River Flow (L)
7. [9:02 PM] Old Man $ (GL)
8. [9:09 PM] Gymnopedie No. 1 » Eyes of the World (PL) »
9. [9:28 PM] Try (L) (w/Shining Star tease)
10. [9:37 PM] Loose Lucy (AK)
11. [9:47 PM] You Are Not Alone (L)
12. [9:54 PM] Shakedown on 9th St # »
13. [10:01 PM] Not Fade Away
    [set ends 10:11 PM, all off for a few minutes]
     
    Encore
14. [10:15 PM Phil: Donor Rap; 10:17 PM] Bird Song (PL) $
    [show ends 10:29 PM; Phil introduces the band, group hug and bow, then off]

• [10:40 PM or so, over to the bar for Walking Spanish]
• [bar show ends ~11:50 PM]

• Dan "Lebo" Lebowitz: acoustic guitar, $ lap steel guitar, # baritone guitar, vox;
• Phil Lesh: bass, lead and harmony vox;

Terrapin Family Band

• Ross James: guitar, pedal steel guitar, lead vox;
• Alex Koford: drums, lead and harmony vox;
• Grahame Lesh: acoustic guitar, guitar, lead and harmony vox;
• Jordan Levine: drums;
• Scott Padden: keyboards, Hammond B-3 organ.

Walking Spanish

• Tom Gunterman: violin;
• Alexander Nelson: guitar, lead and harmony vox;
• Patrick Picchi: drums;
• Tim Picchi: bass;
  - with special guest -
• Danny Buttitta: guitar.

Interesting tonight to see that the pre-show is even mellower than Tuesday. Folks must be stuck on the highway or something. Strange also to see that two trap sets are set up; guess Alex and Jordan got tired of messing with the minimalist setup for the second drummer.

Several of the core tunes were presented in radically reworked versions. Jack-a-Roe was played at a fast tempo – rather like recent iterations of Cumberland Blues, and Ross' delivery was more sprachsang than singspiel (something Ting really didn't like).

The opening jam before Eyes (Erik Satie's Gymnopedie No. 1 according to the printed set list) sounded a lot like a mutation of the great Eyes jams of 1974. Very interesting! Easily my favorite section of the set, though Shakedown on 9th St comes in as a strong second – thoroughly rockin', that one!!

Closing the show with NFA and encoring Bird Song was also nice – good to get back to the core repertoire after trying out so many newish pieces earlier in the night. All in all, quite satisfactory for a Friday night!

After taking about ten minutes for hellos, chit-chat, and goodbyes in the Grate Room, we headed over to join the rest of the crowd for Walking Spanish in the bar. I was distracted for a good 20 minutes or so with hellos and buying tix to other shows (6/27 and 7/11) newly added to the schedule, so I didn't try keeping a setlist for this part of the night.

After grabbing a beer, it was time for vegging on the stairs while the young 'uns danced and shook their bones. They played a pretty nice Shakedown (“by request”, says Alex), followed by I'm Only Sleeping – quite an interesting juxtaposition! Last tune of the night was a surprisingly mellow version of the Mother Hips White Headphones, which I sort of mis-remembered (from Jackie Greene's recent show at the Fox), but attributed incorrectly to Chuck Prophet … thank God I have the internet available through my smartphone! Got that one fixed up before the tune was even half over!!

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