the New Orleans Suspects at Leo's Music Club, December 6, 2014

Parish Entertainment Group presents the New Orleans Suspects and Mission Delirium
2014-12-06
Leo's Music Club
5447 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94609
9:00 PM, Saturday, December 6, 2014

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[9:36 PM lights down, most of the band parades in to the front of the floor from the back]

1. [9:37 PM] ?
2. [9:41 PM] ?
3. [9:46 PM] ?
4. [9:49 PM] ZX
5. [9:56 PM] Tandy
6. [10:01 PM] ?
7. [10:06 PM] ?
8. [10:11 PM] ?
9. [10:15 PM] ?
10. [10:21 PM] ?
11. [10:26 PM] ?
12. [10:30 PM] ? Got to Believe in Something / Believe in Me
13. [10:34 PM] ?
    [set ends 10:39 AM]

[10:52 PM blammo! Willie lays into the drums and we're off]

1. [1052 PM] Grits
2. [11:03 PM] Real Mother for Ya
3. [11:09 PM] Carnivale
4. [11:18 PM] Tico Tico
5. [11:25 PM] Soothe Me
6. [11:30 PM] Sacred Ground
7. [11:40 PM] Sailing Shoes »
8. [11:46 PM] Hey Julia »
9. [11:49 PM] Sneaking Sally Through the Alley
10. [11:59 PM] ?
11. [12:08 AM] It's All Over Now
12. [12:14 AM] Hey Pockey Way
13. [12:27 AM] Country Side of Life
    [set ends 12:31 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.

Mission Delirium

• ?: percussion no. 1;
• ?: percussion no. 2;
• ?: percussion no. 3;
• ?: percussion no. 4;
• ?: Sousaphone no. 1;
• ?: trombone;
• ? Alex: trumpet no. 1;
• ?: trumpet no. 2;
• ?: trumpet no. 3;
• ?: alto saxophone;
• ?: baritone saxophone;
• ?: sousaphone no. 2;

Another fine night with the Suspects! The opener, Mission Delirium seemed to have pulled a pretty big crowd – guess that's a little easier when the band is so big, right? You just have all the significant others bring two or three friends and just like that, there's 50 people dancing around. The band put on a fun set, with plenty of fast paced eastern European brass band riffing, fine choreography and enthusiastic audience participation, though like the Brass Boppers last night, the overall entertainment value isn't yet at a consistently high enough level to convince me it's worth paying for!

The Suspects, on the other hand, have me solely in the go column. I know that even when I'm feeling low, like last night, a few tunes worth of that driving beat from Willie Green and that solid continuo from Reggie and I'm going to flipping about like an otter playing in the water. It's sheer bliss to spend a few hours with these guys, and I look forward to doing it again soon!

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