Emmylou Harris at Banjo Stage, October 5, 2014

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass presents Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 14 featuring Emmylou Harris
2014-10-05
Banjo Stage, Hellman Hollow
Golden Gate Park, 50 Overlook Dr, San Francisco, CA 94122
5:45 PM, Sunday, October 5, 2014

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[5:45 PM announcements; Greetings from the Hellman kids]

1. [5:51 PM] Here I Am
2. [5:57 PM] Orphan Girl
3. [6:01 PM] Kern River
4. [6:06 PM] Red Dirt Girl
5. [6:10 PM] Heaven Only Knows
6. [6:14 PM] O Evangeline
7. [6:20 PM] One of These Days
8. [6:25 PM] My Name Is Emmett Till
9. [6:30 PM] Two More Bottles of Wine
10. [6:34 PM] Luxury Liner
11. [6:38 PM] Pancho and Lefty
12. [6:42 PM] Sweet Old World
13. [6:47 PM] Shores of White Sand
14. [6:51 PM] the Pearl
    [band intros]
15. [6:58 PM] Green Pastures ^
16. [7:02 PM] Save the Last Dance for Me
17. [7:05 PM] Born to Run »
18. [7:08 PM] ? (insanely hot jam)
    [set ends 7:11 PM]

• Steve Fishell: pedal steel, dobro;
• Emmylou Harris: acoustic guitar, vox;
• Byron House: bass, harmony vox;
• Jedd Hughes: guitar, ^mandolin, harmony vox;
• Jerry Roe: drums;
• Chris Suttle: accordion, keyboards.

As always, Emmylou's set was a highlight of thw weekend. The crowd was really mellow by this point in the weekend, so except for a few local talkers, I don't have any complaints on that front, and we had an absurd amount of dancing space, smack dab in the sweet spot.

The set was pretty much one solid hit after another, all delivered with flair and elan. No guests this time around, but they weren't necessary, Emmylou lifted us all with her soaring voice, and her crack band pushed us all even higher. Way too much fun, especially the final, transcendent jam out on the end of Born to Run. I'm definitely looking forward to hearing that one again on one of thos webstream captures.

I'd like to thank the folks posting at setlist.fm for the help correcting and confirming some of my guesses, but no one's contributed anything so far!

Last not not least – actually, this should be “first and foremost” – giant, humongous heaping piles of gratitude to my pals Ted and Ross for their motivation and stamina, getting up and out early every day to claim a killer patch of grass for us to enjoy the weekend's festivities. Without their generous friendship, I would have been one unhappy camper!

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2014 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2014 event list! ☸ On to the next event! ☸