Moonalice at the Mill Valley Memorial Day Parade/outside Sweetwater Music Hall, May 30, 2016

Sweetwater Music Hall presents Moonalice
2016-05-14
Sweetwater Music Hall
19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941 USA
12:00 PM, Monday, May 30, 2016

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[~10:30 AM; we've located ourselves at the corner of Throckmorton and Miller, where the wide curve affords us a good view of the parade. Eventually, things get going, and the various troops pass by ever so slowly, tossing candy to the kids (or political flyers to the adults – meh!). Soon enough the truck carrying Moonalice comes into view, and we enjoy about a minute or so of music before they head out of ear-shot down Miller Ave. We watch the parade a bit longer, but eventually grow bored, and so walk over to Sweetwater to hang out and chit-chat with friends until the band shows up again. More or less right at noon, the flatbed truck comes slowly up the street and then parks right in front of Sweetwater; the band has been playing all along the parade route (must have been a pretty long set! I'm gonna guess that they took a few breaks along the way), and soon wraps up American Dream Rag]

1. [12:00 PM] American Dream Rag (R)
2. [12:02 PM] Mr. Spaceman (R) » [12:09 PM] Sativa/Tequila » [12:11 PM] Mr. Spaceman reprise
3. [12:12 PM] Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon (R)
4. [12:23 PM] All for One (P) &ß
5. [12:31 PM] Last Frontier (P) &ß
6. [12:40 PM] Not Fade Away (R)
   [set ends 12:52 PM]

[1:08 PM announcements from Roger: “We're gonna play until the generator runs out!”]

1. [1:10 PM] Down the Road Apiece (P) ß% (no Jason)
2. [1:15 PM] ? “sow the seed spread the word” (P) &ß (Jason back)
3. [1:22 PM] You (R)
4. [1:30 PM] Let It Rain (R)
5. [1:41 PM] ? “pages turn / heed the Master's call” (P) &ß »
6. [1:51 PM] Tell Me It's OK (R)
   [set ends 2:04 PM; The boys climb down from the truck. Someone points out that the generator is still running… “80%! Four hours to go!!” After a minute's rest, the band climbs back up onto the truck to play us an Encore]
    
   Encore
7. [2:07 PM] Love Potion Number Nine (R)
8. [2:10 PM] White Lightning (J)
   [show ends 2:16 PM]

• Jason Crosby: keyboards (except s2t01), harmony vox;
• Chubby Wombat Moonalice AKA Roger McNamee: guitar, ß bass, lead and harmony vox;
• White Cloud Moonalice AKA John Molo: drums, harmony vox;
• Sir Sinjin Moonalice AKA Pete Sears: & guitar, bass, % keyboards, lead and harmony vox;
• Jesus H. Moonalice AKA Barry Sless: guitar.

Apparently Bob Weir acted as a parade judge … we were off to the side of the judges stand, and it didn't occur to me to go look to see if he was there or not!

The gig in front of Sweetwater was very cool. A sunny afternoon with a refreshing breeze to keep things from getting too hot. Plenty of kind folks in attendance, but not at all crowded. I'm glad we made it out!

Eventually archive media will be posted on the appropriate Moonalice web page: I'd like to see what I missed from set one – in retrospect, maybe I should have second-lined down the parade route behind the truck!

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