Jim Campilongo Trio with Nels Cline at Yoshi's, July 24, 2018

Yoshi's and Guitar Player present a record release show for Live At Rockwood NYC by Jim Campilongo with Nels Cline, Josh Dion, & Chris Morrissey
Yoshi's
Jack London Square, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland, CA 94607-3506 USA
8:00 PM, Tuesday, July 24, 2018

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[8:00 PM lights down, announcements, band out]

1. [8:01 PM] Caravan
2. [8:07 PM] Hot 'Lanta
3. [8:14 PM] Chopin: Minute Waltz
   [Jim yacks, says “hi” to mom]
4. [8:22 PM] (unidentied tune #1: lots of low-string-bends; might have segued to a new tune with a spacey, bitches-brew jam at 8:26 PM, but seemed to return to the original head at 8:33 PM)
5. [8:35 PM] Denise
6. [8:39 PM] (unidentied tune #2: “let's go swim?”)
   [pause while Jim yacks about Flabbergasted]
7. [8:47 PM] Flabbergasted
8. [8:53 PM] Alien Star
9. [9:03 PM] Pennies on the Floor (JD)
10. [9:08 PM] Let the Sky Fall (JD)
11. [9:14 PM] Sal's Waltz
    [set ends 9:21 PM]
    
    Encore
12. [9:23 PM] Cock & Bull Story
    [show ends 9:31 PM]

• Jim Campilongo: guitar, slide guitar;
• Nels Cline: guitar;
• Josh Dion: drums, vox;
• Chris Morrissey: bass.

After seeing a great show from these guys at Yoshi's last summer, I was all in as soon as I saw this listing pop up in Yoshi's “coming shows” announcements earlier this spring. And apparently, many other folks had the same idea, 'cuz the show was totally sold out, and there were plenty of local musicians in the crowd to listen.

• Opening with Duke Ellington, then launching into a screaming ABB jam, and then following that up with a bit of Chopin? Nuts!
• The whole darn show was flabbergastingly good!
• I would have been happy to enjoy another hour or so of music, but I guess the schedule called for an early night.
• Thanks to Jeremy for correcting my ABB attribution when I asked him about it after the show!
• Unidentified #1 is the same as the opening tune from this set at YouTube
• Just before launching into #2, Jim said something like “Hey Nels, ready to go swimming” … I jotted “let's go swim” in my notes, but that's not exactly what he said, and it didn't really sound like a song title anyways.

Dave Pehling posted a nice interview with Jim as a promo for the gig.

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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