Bob Weir & Wolf Bros at Sweetwater Music Hall, February 15, 2020

Sweetwater Music Hall presents Bob Weir & Wolf Bros
Sweetwater Music Hall
19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941 USA
9:00 PM, Saturday, February 15, 2020

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[9:11 PM lights down, announcements and tour stories from Big Steve, 9:22 PM band out; Bob on Fender to start]

1. [9:23 PM] Tennessee Jed
2. [9:32 PM] Loose Lucy
   [9:40 PM] add Jeff Chimenti
3. [9:40 PM] Row Jimmy
   [Jeff off; waiting for the next guest until Bob realizes that's not the plan]
4. [9:51 PM] Me & My Uncle
5. [9:56 PM] Black-Throated Wind
   [JC back for the rest of the set]
6. [10:03 PM] the Music Never Stopped »
7. [10:10 PM] Easy Answers » 10:17 PM “Baby Hold On” from Jay, just ducking with Bob »
8. [10:20 PM] the Music Never Stopped reprise
   [add Matt Jaffe]
9. [10:22 PM] Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
   [set ends 10:28 PM; brief comments from Big Steve]

[Jeff's keyboard is hauled out nearly as soon as the stage is clear. Dang!]
[Shortly thereafter, a roadie appears with a pedal steel guitar, and Barry Sless walks out to start tuning it up. Hot dog!]

[10:49 PM Steve out for more stories]
[10:54 PM lights down; band out with Barry, Bob on Fender]

1. [10:55 PM] You Win Again
2. [10:59 PM] the Race Is On
   [drop BS; add MJ]
3. [11:02 PM] Bertha
   [drop MJ]
4. [11:11 PM] Two Djinn
   [Pause for AJ to chase phantom noises and futz with Bob's rig]
5. [11:22 PM] Estimated Prophet > (Bob's guitar rig is screwed up again) jam > Days Between (Bob aborts it immediately, exclaiming, “Oh shit, I can't sing this song”) >
6. [11:32 PM] Standing on the Moon >
7. [11:42 PM] China Cat Sunflower »
8. [11:47 PM] I Know You Rider
   [set ends 11:55 PM; all off while the audience hoots and hollers for more; then back in two, with Matt Jaffe in tow; Bob on grey D'Angelico]
   
   Encore
9. [11:58 PM] One More Saturday Night
   [show ends 12:03 AM]

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

• Jeff Chimenti: keyboards;
• Matt Jaffe: guitar, harmony vox;
• Barry Sless: pedal steel guitar.

Funny how things work out. Tickets for this run of shows sold out in a flash, and being lunk-heads, both Ting and I forgot to be ready to buy until it was too late. So we signed up on some waiting lists and put the word out that we were interested in getting in and then waited. What else you gonna do?

The end of January rolls around and it looks like we're in for one night, first of the run on Monday the 10th. Sweet! One and done is a lot better than being shut out, right?

And then a strange miracle occurs … I get notified that we've been bumped up from the wait list to CONFIRMED for Saturday at the same time that one of Ting's Facebook friends asks her to buy a pair that she can't use. Well, yeah, OF COURSE WE'LL GO TWICE! If it's worth being there, it's worth being there again, right?

So we put the word out and rally Peter and Carrie to come join the party and yeah, we're all gonna have a real gone time. Tonight's show is completely different from Monday. Certainly much more of a party vibe (hey, it's Saturday night!). I'm not entirely thrilled with notion of guests (more competition for my limited listening attention!), but on the other hand, Bob's voice sounds wrecked – he must have overdone it earlier in the week, or caught a winter bug or something. So right on, guests! And with voice problems, you'd think he'd bring in a singer, but no…. Matt Jaffe is a fine singer, but he barely even sings harmony … just plays a little guitar. And even not much there. Maybe he's not ready for duty with Bob? I'd have liked to hear Barry play a few more songs, but ya takes what ya gets (and then you get to bitch and moan about it to all of your friends).

I might have been bummed if this was the only night of the run for me, but a bonus? Heck yeah, it was a fun time! Let's do it again soon!!

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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