Pat Metheny at Weill Hall, September 13, 2016

Weill Hall presents the Pat Metheny Quartet featuring Pat Metheny, Linda Oh, Antonio Sánchez, and Gwilym Simcock
2016-09-13
Weill Hall
Green Music Center, Sonoma State University, 1801 East Cotati Avenue, Rohnert Park, CA 94928 USA
7:30 PM, Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2016 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2016 event list! ☸ On to the next event!

[Hopefully I'll get some setlist help soon from the Metheny connoisseurs]

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[7:35 PM lights down, announcements, Pat out alone]

1. [7:39 PM] (unidentified tune #1 on Pikasso guitar)
   [add the band; Pat swaps to the Ibanez hollow-body electric after initiating the next tune]
2. [7:45 PM] (unidentified tune #2)
3. [7:51 PM] (unidentified tune #3 – an oldie I should be able to ID)
4. [7:59 PM] (unidentified tune #4)
5. [8:03 PM] (unidentified slow tune #5)
6. [8:09 PM] (unidentified fast tune #6)
7. [8:13 PM] (unidentified slow tune #7) #
8. [8:18 PM] (unidentified fast tune #8) @
   [8:24 PM Pat talks, introduces the band]
9. [8:26 PM] (unidentified tune #9) ¤
   [Pat switches back to the Ibanez]
10. [8:33 PM] (piano solo) » [8:36 PM] (unidentified tune #10)
11. [8:40 PM] (unidentified tune #11 – another older tune, redone with a reggae tinge) » [8:42 PM Pat switches to the Roland] ®
12. [8:48 PM] (Pat/Linda duo: unidentified tune #12 – possibly Insensatez)
13. [8:55 PM] (Pat/Gwilym duo: unidentified tune #13 – another older tune I ought to know)
14. [9:02 PM] (Pat/Antonio duo: unidentified tune #14 – another older tune I ought to know)
    [set ends 9:17 PM; Pat says thanks, re-introduces the band; all off]
     
    1st Encore
    [Pat returns alone with the Ovation guitar]
15. [9:18 PM] (Medley of several (?4-5) unidentified tunes – the first is another oldie I ought to know) ¤
    [ends 9:26 PM; Pat off]
     
    2nd Encore
    [the band runs back out; Pat straps on the Roland guitar]
16. [9:27 PM] (unidentified tune #15) ® [show ends 9:35 PM]

• Pat Metheny: pikaso guitar, Ibanez hollow-body electric guitar, @ acoustic guitar, ¤ Ovation acoustic guitar, ® Roland G-303 electric guitar;
• Linda Oh: contrabass, # bass;
• Antonio Sánchez: drums;
• Gwilym Simcock: piano.

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My strongest impression from tonight's show was that Pat was in the mood to play pretty – lots of beautiful, carefully plucked lines, and very little of the screaming, shredding guitar that he's also known for. This isn't a bad thing, I only mention it because I didn't expect to hear something so different. Another way of looking at things would be to say this is very much a quiet, acoustic band – very different from the large, eclectic ensembles of yore, and also quite different from the much more rocking Unity Band of the past few years.

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2016 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2016 event list! ☸ On to the next event!