Jason Crosby's 42nd Birthday Party at the Grate Room at Terrapin Crossroads, June 2, 2016

Terrapin Crossroads presents Jason Crosby's 42nd Birthday Celebration featuring Jason Crosby and a cast of thousands
2016-06-02
the Grate Room at Terrapin Crossroads
100 Yacht Club Drive, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA
8:00 PM, Thursday, June 2, 2016

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[8:03 PM lights down, Jason out alone]

1. [8:04 PM] ? (unidentified classical piano piece)
2. [8:08 PM; Jason on guitjo] Old Shanghai (JC)
   [add Tim Bluhm: acoustic guitar, vox; Elliott Peck: guitjo, vox; Jason swaps to an ukulele]
3. [8:12 PM] ? “you could stay very long” / “take the final step” (JC)
   [EP takes off the guitjo; JC swaps to acoustic guitar]
4. [8:15 PM] ? “take it on home” / “pay it back slow” (JC)
   [-EP; JC swaps to violin]
5. [8:20 PM] California Ways (TB)
6. [8:24 PM] ? (TB) “cashing in / there is no doubt this has to end”
   [add the band: Stu Allen, Jay Lane, Cochrane McMillan, Lebo and Steve Adams, plus Greg Loiacono]
7. [8:29 PM] If We Make It Through December (TB)
   [Steve swaps from contrabass to bass]
8. [8:34 PM] Living With the Shades Pulled Down (TB)
   [-TB, GLo; Lebo swaps from lap steel to acoustic guitar]
9. [8:42 PM] No Quarter (SA) » [8:46 PM; +DE: Hammond B-3] Shakedown Street (SA/JC/L) » [8:53 PM] Jungle Boogie tease » [8:54 PM] Shakedown jam » [8:55 PM] No Quarter reprise
10. [9:01 PM; +BR: bass; SRA: lead vox] Falling Dominoes (SRA)
    [-DE, SRA; +EP]
11. [9:09 PM] Beware of Darkness (JC)
    [-BR; +SRA, Michael F: dr; Cochrane swaps to congas/percussion; JC swaps to the B-3]
12. [9:13 PM] You Can Make It If You Try (EP)
    [SRA swaps from bass to contrabass; JC back to keyboards]
13. [9:17 PM] When You're Smiling (JC; JC trumpet solo at 9:19 PM)
    [-MF, EP; +?redbeard: percussion; Cochrane back to St L traps; SRA back to bass; JC to acoustic guitar]
14. [9:22 PM] Bike (JC) »
    [-JL; +AJ: B3; Greg Anton takes Jay's trap set]
15. [9:24 pm] Friend of the Lithium (JC; JC swaps to piano at 9:27 PM)
    [set ends 9:30 PM; “we'll be back in twenty minutes, don't be late!”]

[I head to the bar for a break, then stay a few minutes to catch a fine rendition of You Ain't Going Nowhere from the Kate Gaffney Band before returning to the Grate Room to reclaim my spot on the rail]

[9:53 PM lights down, band out, plus Elliot Peck: vox; with Graham Lesh & Greg Loiacono: acoustic guitars: Jason on violin]

1. [9:54 PM] Helpless (GLe/GLo/EP)
2. [9:58 PM] Incredible Man (GLo)
   [-GLe, GLo, EP; +Will: Didjeridu]
3. [10:04 PM] (? unidentified instrumental – maybe an AWB jam?) » [10:10 PM, JC to congas]
   [-Will; JC swaps to the Hammond B-3]
4. [10:14 PM] ? “Better Beware” / “guy who's got everything” (L)
   [-CM; JC swaps back to keys; +EP, Eric DiBerardino: vox; Danny Eisenberg: B-3; Sean Nelson: drums]
5. [10:22 PM] Mothership Connection (ED)
   [-ED, DE, EP, SRA, SN; Lebo swaps to lap slide guitar; +CM; Scott Guberman: B-3; Reid Genauer: acoustic guitar, vox; Brian Rashap: bass]
6. [10:29 PM] Arkansas Line (RG) » [+? redbeard: congas; James Nash: guitar]
7. [10:34 PM] Althea (RG) [-SG, RG, BR; +SRA: contrabass; Lebo swaps back to guitar]
8. [10:45 PM] Armando's Rhumba (another unidentified instrumental – I think I got it right)
   [-JN, CM, SRA; redbeard swaps to drums; Lebo swaps to lap slide guitar; +DE, GLe, Connor O’Sullivan: bass]
9. [10:54 PM] Bertha (GLe) » [10:56 PM JC swaps to acoustic guitar; +SG at keyboards] » [10:59 PM JC swaps to congas]
   [-DE, SG, CO; Lebo swaps back to guitar; redbeard swaps back to congas; JC back to keyboards; +CM, SRA; Jay starts out rapping behind his kit, but comes out front after a minute or so]
10. [11:02 PM] Ancient Astronauts (JL) » [11:04 PM add Alex Jordan: Hammond B-3; ?John H? (not Hofer): drums]
    [-JH; Jay swaps back to his kit; +EP, SG, JN, CO+BR: percussion]
11. [11:10 PM] ? “the old soft show” / “your face will shine” (JC) »
    [+ED: harmony vox; GLe: percussion]
12. [11:14 PM] We All Wear Cloaks (JC)
    [show ends 11:18 PM, no encore tonight]

• Stu Allen: guitar, acoustic guitar, vox;
• Jason Crosby: piano, keyboards, 6-string violin, guitar, acoustic guitar, vox;
• Jay Lane: drums, percussion;
• Dan "Lebo" Lebowitz: acoustic guitar, lap steel guitar, vox;
• Cochrane McMillan: drums, percussion;

• Greg Anton: drums (s1t15);
• Eric DiBerardino: lead (s2t05) and harmony (s2t12) vox;
• Danny Eisenberg: Hammond B-3 organ (s2t03, t05);
• Michael F: drums (s1t12-t13);
• Reid Genauer (s2t06-t07): acoustic guitar, lead vox;
• Scott Guberman: keyboards (s2t09), Hammond B-3 organ (s2t06-07, t11), harmony vox;
• ?John H?: drums (s2t10);
• Alex Jordan: Hammond B-3 organ (s2t10), harmony vox;
• Grahame Lesh: acoustic guitar (s2t01-t02), percussion (s2t12), lead vox (s2t01);
• Greg Loiacono: guitar (s1t07-t08), acoustic guitar (s2t01-t02), lead vox (s2t01-t02);
• James Nash: guitar (s2t07-t08, t11-12);
• Sean Nelson: drums (s2t05);
• Connor O’Sullivan: bass (s2t09), percussion (s2t11-t12);
• Elliott Peck: guitjo (s1t03), lead (s1t11, s2t01) and harmony (s1t03-t04, s1t12, s2t02, s2t05, s2t11-12) vox;
• Brian Rashap: bass (s2t06-t07);
• ?(redbeard): drums (s2t09), percussion (s1t14-t15, s2t07-t08, s2t10-t12);
• Will ?: didjeridu (s2t03).

As seems to be the case with any variety show, it was extremely difficult keeping track of all the coming and going and who-was-doing-what-when. I tried to be pretty detailed with my notes, but I'm certain that I missed somethings or made transcription errors (autocorrect? more like autoconfuse or autowreck!). Jon Hart assured me the he was on top of things, I'm sure I'll be able to fix it all up better once I get a chance to compare against his notes. Until then, this is what ya' get!

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