Los Lobos at the Fillmore, December 13, 2014

the Fillmore presents Los Lobos
2014-12-13
the Fillmore
805 Geary Blvd, San Francisco, CA
9:00 PM, Saturday, December 13, 2014

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[9:10 PM lights down, band introduction]
[unless otherwise noted, the band members are DH: Venezuelan cuatro; CL: guitarrón mexicano; LP: jarana; CR: acoustic guitar]

1. [9:11 PM] Canto a Veracruz (CR) ç
2. [9:14 PM] Colas ç
3. [9:17 PM +BE] El Cascabel (CR) ç
4. [9:21 PM +SB] La Pistola y el Corazon (DH) ¢@§
5. [9:24 PM] Los Ojos de Pancha (LP) @
6. [9:28 PM] El Cuchipe ¢
7. [9:31 PM] Arizona Skies ¢ »
8. [9:33 PM] Borinquen Patria Mia (LP) ¢
   [Steve off somewhere around here, Bugs off next tune? Dang, spacing out again! “Saint Behind the Glass” was listed here in the setlist, but if they played it, I wasn't paying attention, doh!]
9. [9:40 PM] Sabor a Mi (CR)
10. [9:45 PM] El Gusto (DH) !
11. [9:48 PM] Las Mamonales (DH) ×
12. [9:52 PM] El Pajaro Cu (DH) ÷
13. [9:57 PM] Canción del Mariachi (CR) ¢
14. [10:00 PM] La Feria De Las Flores (CR) ¢
15. [10:03 PM +SB] Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio ¢*
16. [10:07 PM +BE, SB flute, +? Scraper] Guantanamera (CL) *£
    [set ends 10:15 PM]

[10:42 PM lights down]

1. [10:43 PM] La Venganza de los Pelados (DH) $
2. [10:47 PM] Shakin' Shakin' Shakes (CR) ^
3. [10:52 PM] Will the Wolf Survive? (DH) %
4. [10:56 PM] Chuco's Cumbia (CR) $
5. [11:03 PM] Short Side of Nothing (DH) ¤%
6. [11:07 PM] Malaque (DH) $§
7. [11:13 PM] I Walk Alone (CR) %
8. [11:18 PM] Burn It Down (DH) @%+
9. [11:23 PM] Chains of Love (DH)
10. [11:38 PM] Kiko and the Lavender Moon @% (DH) »
11. [11:43 PM] Volver, Volver (CR) @$
12. [11:47 PM] I Got Loaded (with Lovelight tease) (DH) ^ »
13. [11:53 PM] Bertha (DH) % »
14. [12:00 AM] Mas y Mas (with Smoke on the Water tease) (DH)
    [set ends 12:07 AM; all off for awhile, back in a few]
     
    Encore
15. [12:11 AM] the Valley (DH) %
16. [12:18 AM; -SB] Politician (DH)
17. [12:25 AM; +SB] (blues intro) » Don't Worry Baby (CR) ^
    [show ends 12:30 AM]

• Steve Berlin: % keyboards, baritone saxophone, § soprano saxophone, ^ tenor saxophone, £ flute, + percussion;
• Enrique ‘Bugs’ Gonzalez: drums;
• David Hidalgo: guitar, ¢ acoustic guitar, @ accordion, ! violin, ‡ hidalguerra, ® requinto guitar, † percussion, ç Venezuelan cuatro, × mandolin, ÷ 12-string guitar, lead and harmony vox;
• Conrad Lozano: & guitarrón mexicano, bass, lead and harmony vox;
• Louis Perez: guitar, ¤ acoustic guitar, $ jarana, * drums, lead and harmony vox;
• Cesar Rosas: guitar, © acoustic guitar, # 12-string guitar, lead and harmony vox.

Another night of hectic traffic, but we got to the neighborhood just about 8 PM as planned, lucked out on a nearby parking spot, then walked up to the venue to find our buddy Phil Jaret selling his two extra tix. Wow, easy decision on that one! And typing things off, or buddy John helped out by securing a table in the balcony for us to share, so that we could rest our feet while listening to the wolves howl.

A little over an hour and more than a dozen songs for the first set made for a nice way to start things off. The band seemed to be enjoying themselves; I know I certainly had fun!

With almost two hours for the second set, you shouldn't be surprised to see that they played nearly 20 tunes. What surprised me was how many of my favorites weren't on that list! And I'm not complaining about the set by any means, just commenting that after 41 years, the boys have put together a remarkably vast book to pull songs from. I think my top choice from tonight has to be the slow burning blues of Chains of Love, which extended nearly 15 minutes from start to end , and features generous solos from all three guitarists.

Getting up this morning,a few days after the show,I was surprised to see an announcement that los lobos will be playing at Moe's in February – seems like a way too tiny place for them! Bet it will be fun!

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