the Rock Collection at the Grate Room at Terrapin Crossroads, June 23, 2017

Terrapin Crossroads presents the Rock Collection
the Grate Room at Terrapin Crossroads
100 Yacht Club Drive, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA
8:00 PM, Friday, June 23, 2017

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2017 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2017 event list! ☸ On to the next event!

[Craig was already playing when I walked in about 7:45 PM, so I took the lazy way out and skipped any sort of serious setlist. Seemed to me like he mostly played originals. 'Raising Hell with the Hippies and the Cowboys', Heavens to Betsy, and a Woody Guthrie cover I Ain't Got No Home were all in there somewhere]

[8:52 PM band out]

1. [8:56 PM] (unidentified instrumental #1: sounds kinda like Booker T's: Hang 'em High, but not as twangy; the LMA page gives the title as Melting Pot)
2. [9:11 PM] Fearless (SA) $
3. [9:26 PM] Try (L)
4. [9:36 PM] (unidentified instrumental #2: funky and bright; the LMA page gives the title as Summer Jam)
5. [9:56 PM] Presence of the Lord (SA) »
6. [10:10 PM] Watching the River Flow (L)
   [set ends 10:22 PM]

[11:04 PM lights down, band out]

1. [11:06 PM] Tear Tags off Mattresses
2. [11:21 PM] Years to Come (L)
3. [11:32 PM] Down by the Seaside (SA) $
   [pause to sing Happy Birthday to Robert Hunter]
4. [11:47 PM] Home on the Range (L)
   [show ends 12:03 AM; band intro by Dan, no encore tonight]

• Stu Allen: guitar, vox;
• Greg Anton: drums;
• Dan "Lebo" Lebowitz: acoustic guitar, $ lap steel guitar, vox;
• John-Paul McLean: bass, harmony vox;
• Melvin Seals: piano, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards.

Tonight's Rock Collection gig is perfectly suited to my mood: words fail me, but I'm captivated, and the greedy kid inside tries to get me to buy tickets to tomorrow night's show too. Hard to resist that voice sometimes, but this time around, moderation prevails: gotta have an off night every now and then, no?

So anyways, I'm totally psyched about this show, even if they manage to mystify me on half of the tune choices. I gotta quiz Lebo or Jon Hart about those titles next time we get together… they're just a little too convenient.

Moving on, I'm pretty sure that this was the first time I've heard Years to Come; apparently Robert Hunter wrote it awhile ago, and Greg set it to music, but as far as I know, it hasn't been officially released anywhere yet. It was interesting … kinda wordy in a Dylanesque, spit-them-all-out-as-soon-as-possible way. I wouldn't mind hearing it again… and now after waiting a few weeks, that's possible, with thanks to Jon Hart, who posted a stereo mixdown from his multitrack masters to the Live Music Archive.

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2017 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2017 event list! ☸ On to the next event!