Hot Tuna at the Fillmore, February 22, 2020

Live Nation presents Hot Tuna & the David Bromberg Quintet
the Fillmore
1805 Geary Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94109-7217 USA
9:00 PM, Saturday, February 22, 2020

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50 Years of Hot Tuna!

[8:58 PM lights down, band out: electric guitars for DB & MC]

1. [8:59 PM] Big Road Blues
2. [9:03 PM] I'll Take You Back
   [MC swaps to acoustic guitar]
3. [9:14 PM] Hills of Isle au Haut
   [MC swaps back to electric guitar]
4. [9:19 PM] Who Will the Next Fool Be?
   [DB swaps to acoustic guitar; MC swaps to acoustic mandolin]
5. [9:24 PM] The Loving of the Game
   [Both guys back to electric guitar]
6. [9:27 PM] Just Because You Didn't Answer
   [DB swaps to acoustic guitar; MC swaps to acoustic mandolin]
7. [9:33 PM] A Maiden's Prayer »
   [DB swaps to acoustic mandolin; SZ sits out]
8. [9:36 PM] ? (unidentified fiddle tune) > [9:38 PM NG swaps to mandolin]
   [JK brings the old mic up front, everyone gathers 'round for an a capella number]
9. [9:40 PM] Standing in the Need of Prayer
   [DB swaps to acoustic guitar; drop band; add Jorma Kaukonen: acoustic guitar]
10. [9:42 PM] Buddy Brown's Blues
    [Drop JK; band returns; next tune begins with JK & SZ only (on harmony vox), backing DB]
11. [9:48 PM] Medley: the Strongest Man Alive » [9:50 PM; MC on acoustic guitar; JK & SZ back to drums & bass] Maydelle’s Reel » Jenny’s Chickens
    [set ends 9:53 PM]

• David Bromberg: guitar, acoustic guitar, violin, vox;
• Mark Cosgrove: guitar, mandolin, harmony vox;
• Nate Grower: violin, guitar, mandolin, harmony vox;
• Josh Kanusky: drums, harmony vox;
• Suavek Zaniesienko: bass, harmony vox.

• Jorma Kaukonen: acoustic guitar.

[10:17 PM lights down, welcome, band out; JK starts on Gibson Chet Atkins electro-acoustic guitar]

1. [10:18 PM] Serpent of Dreams
2. [10:26 PM] Second Chances
3. [10:31 PM] Barbeque King
   [JK swaps to Gibson Firebird guitar]
4. [10:38 PM] Walkin' Blues
   [Back to the Chet Atkins]
5. [10:47 PM] That'll Never Happen No More
6. [10:53 PM] I Am the Light of This World
   [JK swaps back to the Firebird]
7. [10:57 PM] Bowlegged Woman, Knock Kneed Man
8. [11:11 PM] Rock Me Baby
   [Back to the Chet Atkins]
9. [11:19 PM] Sea Child
10. [11:25 PM] Good Shepherd
    [JK swaps back to the Firebird]
11. [11:35 PM] Hit Single #1
12. [11:41 PM] Baby What You Want Me to Do
    [set ends 11:47 PM; bye from both Jorma and Jack; they don't really head off stage as much as take a few steps to the back, then turn around]
    
    1st Encore
    [JK now on a Gibson cherry burst SST electro-acoustic]
13. [11:48 PM] Bar Room Crystal Ball
    [11:55 PM thanks again; now they really head off; Jack back in two, Jorma back with the Firebird]
    
    2nd Encore
14. [11:57 PM] Funky #7
    [show ends 12:09 AM, whew!]

• Jack Casady: bass;
• Justin Guip: drums;
• Jorma Kaukonen: guitar, electro-acoustic guitar, vox.

Typical busy Saturday night traffic heading into SF, but nothing worse than we bargained for, and we end up walking into the Fillmore about 8:30 PM, exactly when we planned.

It's filling up decently well, with a relatively thick crowd about half way back into the room, but Ting uses her slinky ways and we squirm into a nice spot dead center, about 15' back from the stage. Cowabunga! Let's hope now that it remains relatively idiot-free (present company excepted!).

Turns out that my prayer was answered: only had one drink spilled on my all night, and only one talkative idiot too. Guess I got lucky! Of course, the massive volume put out by Hot Tuna probably helped quite a bit. That old Maxell commercial of the guy getting blown away? Yeah, live electric Hot Tuna is kinda like that, but with more face-melting. Good thing I had my extra-super-duper ear plugs tonight. It's an interesting experience to watch Jack thumping on his bass and then realize that your chest is getting walloped by low frequency, high pressure sound waves that cause you to resonate like some strange bell. Not the sorta thing I want to do too often, but every now and then, yeah! That's the ticket!

Getting blown away by Jack & Jorma

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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