Charles Lloyd & the Marvels at Bing Concert Hall, September 21, 2018

Stanford University Live presents Charles Lloyd & the Marvels with Lucinda Williams
Bing Concert Hall
Stanford University, 327 Lasuen St, Stanford, CA 94305-5005 USA
7:30 PM, Friday, September 21, 2018

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[7:34 PM lights down, announcements from Chris Lorway; 7:36 PM band out]

1. [7:37 PM] Defiant
2. [7:46 PM] ? Sombrero Sam »
3. [7:48 PM] Ramblin'
   [8 PM Charles introduces the band, apologizes for not stopping to let folks come in/out, yacks awhile]
4. [8:04 PM] Shenandoah
5. [8:14 PM] Blues for Langston and LaRue £
6. [8:29 PM] La Llorona
   [8:38 PM add Lucinda Williams]
7. [8:39 PM] Place in My Heart
8. [8:45 PM] Dust
9. [8:50 PM] Ventura
10. [8:56 PM] We've Come Too Far to Turn Around
    [drop EH & RR for the last tune]
11. [9:02 PM] Angel
    [set ends 9:09 PM; all back for the group bow, then off]
    
    Encore
    [band back, no LW for the rest of the gig]
12. [9:10 PM] ? (unidentified tune #5, maybe Barche Lamsel) †
13. [9:20 PM] ? (unidentified tune #6, maybe Monk's Mood)
    [show ends 9:25 PM]

• Bill Frisell: guitar;
• Eric Harland: drums, percussion;
• Greg Leisz: pedal steel guitar;
• Charles Lloyd: tenor saxophone, £ alto flute, † percussion;
• Reuben Rogers: bass;
• Lucinda Williams: vox.

Although I recognized a few melodies, the only instrumental I could identify with 100% certainty last night was Shenandoah. Guess I'll have to rely on someone else to fill me in about all those questions marks!

I thought the multiple false starts to Angel were a distracting way to wrap up the show. It really crushed my excitement (generated when Lu mentioned they were going to finish with a Hendrix cover), and the slightly off-kilter rearrangement didn't really grab me – I guess I've internalized the original version so strongly that hearing something different was a dissonant experience. It wasn't bad, just not like what I expected. Kind of like biting into a truffle and finding out it's mincemeat instead of chocolate.

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It was a nice treat to run into various friends before and after the show, and a surprisingly short line afterwards to wait and get autographed merch and fan pix with the principals.

Program Notes or program notes

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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