Vetiver at Mather Redwood Grove, UC Botanical Garden, August 9, 2018

6:15 PM announcements about the grove from Eric Siegel, director of the UC Botanical Garden
6:17 PM Christine Aralia from Save the Redwoods talks awhile
6:20 PM Christine Manoux talks about the garden and a new show, then introduces the band.

One Set

[6:22 PM introduction, band out, waiting]

[6:23 PM] Oh Papa
[6:30 PM] I Know No Pardon
[6:37 PM] Everyday
[Andy swaps to electric guitar]
[6:41 PM] I Must Be in a Good Place Now
[Andy tells us that was a Bobby Charles tune as he swaps back to acoustic guitar]
[6:46 PM] Been So Long
[Andy teases the crowd for being too quiet: “Please take the moments between songs to eat crunchy things”]
[6:50 PM] Maureen
[6:54 PM] Rolling Sea
[Andy swaps back to electric guitar for the rest of the show]
[7:00 PM] Current Carry
[7:06 PM] Another Reason
[7:09 PM] Strictly Rule
[7:16 PM] You May Be Blue
[7:24 PM] Wonder Why
[7:28 PM] Wishing Well
[7:33 PM] More of This
[set ends 7:36 PM; thanks and final announcements from Christine Manoux]

Andy introduced everybody at some point, but I wasn't listening carefully enough to verify whether or not the bass player was Nick Alves; maybe someone will help me out there!
Although the sound was terrific for the first half-dozen tunes (and the crowd was happily attentive), I thought it got much harder to hear Andy's voice once the band started to rock more … too much volume from the amps and not enough vocal reinforcement from the outward-aimed PA. Could have used a center-facing vocal wedge right in front of Andy to fix that!
It was also kind of lame that people decided it was OK to talk once the band started rocking. I'm glad they listened during the quiet stuff, but heck, what's so hard about being quiet for a whole hour? Idjuts!
I really liked it once they stepped up the volume and tempo: Jeremy is a good guitar player, and I liked how he traded licks with Andy.
Seemed kind of funny to me to notice that most of the rocking tunes ended with the same sort of short jam or rave up, followed by a sudden stop. It was catchy the first time I noticed it, but a little trite by the third or fourth time.
Overall, I was really happy I attended this show, and I think I'll continue paying attention to the Botanical Garden gig schedule in the future!

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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