Bob Weir & Wolf Bros at Sweetwater Music Hall, February 10, 2020

Sweetwater Music Hall presents Bob Weir & Wolf Bros
Sweetwater Music Hall
19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941 USA
8:00 PM, Monday, February 10, 2020

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[8:07 PM lights down, important announcements from Big Steve; 8:12 PM band out]

1. [8:13 PM] Cassidy » Let it Grow jam » Cassidy
   [8:23 PM Weir swaps to acoustic guitar]
2. [8:24 PM] Gonesville
3. [8:30 PM] When I Paint My Masterpiece
   [Bob swaps back to electric]
4. [8:37 PM] Maggie's Farm
   [Rebound to the acoustic; brief yack with AJ]
5. [8:45 PM] Friend of the Devil
   [Bob swaps back to electric for the rest of the set]
6. [8:52 PM] Ramble on Rose >
7. [9:00 PM] All Along the Watchtower >
8. [9:08 PM] Deal
   [set ends 9:15 PM]

[9:48 PM AJ pranks us… Still not time, dang!
Then bang, Now's the time!
Lights down, band out, Bob on D'Angelico electric]

1. [9:49 PM] Ashes & Glass »
2. [9:57 PM] Don't Let Go »
3. [10:04 PM] Ashes & Glass >
4. [10:07 PM] Playin' in the Band » Supplication tease » Playin' in the Band >
5. [10:16 PM] I Need a Miracle >
6. [10:22 PM] Playin' in the Band reprise
7. [10:24 PM] Franklin's Tower >
   [Bob swaps to acoustic guitar]
8. [10:35 PM] A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
   [10:45 awkward swap back to Fender electric AFTER starting Sugar Mag on acoustic]
9. [10:44 PM] Sugar Magnolia
   [set ends 10:55 PM]
   
   Encore
10. [10:56 PM] It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
    [show ends 11:04 PM, no group bow]

• Jay Lane: drums, percussion, harmony vox;
• Don Was: contrabass, harmony vox;
• Bob Weir: guitar, acoustic guitar, vox.

Hum baby, well, what's there to say. If you're not a fan of Bob Weir, then seeing him in this stripped down trio is probably a waste of your time and money. On the other hand, if you're a fan of his unique approach to music, then a small group show in a tiny venue is gonna ring your bells just right!

It's taken me a long time – 30 or 40 years! – to really learn to listen to Bobby, but now that I'm hip to his strange magic, I'm happy to cut him slack for a multitude of short-comings.

My vague recollection is that in the setlist above, I intentionally used double guillemet, “ » ”, for what I perceived to be proper, improvisatory segues between songs. By contrast, a hasty, ill-considered left turn segue is demarked by a single greater-than symbol, ' > '. Can you tell which kind I prefer?

Happily, thanks to Weir Wednesdays, the entire show is available to view and listen to at Youtube, yay!

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2020 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2020 event list! ☸ On to the next event!