Big Head Todd & the Monsters at Bankhead Theater, September 27, 2016

Bankhead Theater presents Celebrating the songs of Willie Dixon featuring Big Head Todd & the Monsters with special guests Ronnie Baker Brooks, Billy Branch, Larry Mud Morganfield
2016-09-27
Bankhead Theater
2400 First Street, Livermore, CA 94550-3139 USA
7:30 PM, Tuesday, September 27, 2016

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[7:35 PM lights down, announcements by Scott K, brief pause, then band out]

1. [7:37 PM] I Want to Be Loved (MM)
2. [7:43 PM] Good Advice ® (MM)
3. [7:48 PM; -MM] Bring It on Home (BB)
4. [7:54 PM; -BB] Seventh Son (BHT)
5. [8:00 PM; -BHT, RS] My Love Will Never Die (RBB)
   [all off, BHT returns with an acoustic guitar]
6. [8:06 PM] Spoonful @ (BHT)
7. [8:10 PM; +BB, RBB, MM] Hoochie Coochie Man ®ρ (MM)
8. [8:19 PM; -BB, BHT; +JL, BN, RS] Midnight Lover (MM)
9. [8:26 PM; -MM, JL; +BHT] Pretty Thing ® (BHT)
10. [8:30 PM; +BB, EB, JL] The Same Thing (BHT/EB) »
11. [8:33 PM] Insane Asylum (EB)
12. [8:36 PM; -BB, EB] Wee Baby Blues (RBB)
13. [8:44 PM; -RBB] Hidden Charms (BHT)
14. [8:47 PM; +RBB] Sittin' and Cryin' the Blues (RBB)
15. [8:51 PM; +BB, EB] It Don't Make Sense (You Can't Make Peace)
16. [9:01 PM; -EB] Crazy Mixed Up World
17. [9:04 PM; +MM] You Need Love (MM)
    [set ends 9:12 PM; all off for a minute or two]
     
    Encore
18. [9:14 PM] Little Red Rooster (BB)
19. [9:18 PM; +EB] Someday Baby (MM)
20. [9:21 PM] Wang Dang Doodle (EB)
    [show ends 9:25 PM; applause, group bow, then done for the night]

Big Head Todd & the Monsters

• Jeremy Lawton: keyboards, harmony vox;
• Brian Nevin: drums, percussion, harmony vox;
• Todd Park Mohr: lead vox, guitar, ® resonator guitar, @ acoustic slide guitar, harmonica;
• Rob Squires: bass guitar, harmony vox.

• Ronnie Baker Brooks: guitar, ρ resonator guitar, vox;
• Erica Brown: vox;
• Billy Branch: harmonica, vox;
• Alex Dixon: speaker;
• Larry Mud Morganfield: vox.

Try as I might, I'm pretty sure that I goofed up a little with these notes … there was just too much going on to stay on top of all the changes. Anyways, I tried my best!

The show was pretty darn fun, though slightly pale and bloodless … likely the result of transplanting the blues from a juke joint to a performing arts center, where standing and dancing seemed to be highly discouraged (unless you wanted to go way over on the side aisles). The guys got up a nice head of steam here and there, but I bet it would have been more fun to catch them in a nightclub instead. Gotta remember that for next time!

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