Phil Lesh at Beach Park, November 9, 2020

Terrapin Crossroads presents Songs to Phil the Air! featuring Phil Lesh,
with Stu Allen, Jason Crosby, Alex Koford, and Grahame Lesh
the Backyard Stage in Beach Park at Terrapin Crossroads
100 Yacht Club Drive, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA
4:00 PM, Monday, November 9, 2020

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[4:10 PM] {Band onstage and noodling}

1. [4:13 PM] He's Gone (SA)
2. [4:25 PM] New Speedway Boogie (GL)
   [4:40 PM] {pause for a few minutes}
3. [4:42 PM] Can't Find My Way Home (AK)
   [4:50 PM] {Happy Birthday to Robbie & David}
4. [4:51 PM] Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodle-oo (PL)
   [5:01 PM] {brief pause}
5. [5:02 PM] Bertha (SA)
   [5:11 PM] {dead air}
6. [5:12 PM] Liberty (GL)
   [5:21 PM] {brief pause}
7. [5:22 PM] Dancing in the Streets (SA)
   [5:30 PM] {pause for a few minutes}
8. [5:32 PM] Rockin' in the Free World (AK)
   [5:39 PM] {show ends; thanks and request from Phil to stay seated until he makes his exit}
   [5:42 PM] {done – no Encore}
   

• Stu Allen: guitar, lead & harmony vox;
• Jason Crosby: Nord keyboard, harmony vox;
• Alex Koford: guitar, lead & harmony vox;
• Grahame Lesh: guitar, lead & harmony vox;
• Phil Lesh: bass, lead & harmony vox.

Originally scheduled for Sunday, Nov 8th; this show was postponed a day after unanticipated rainstorms doused the Beach Park stage and equipment. Today is bright and cold – about 61 F as we pull into the parking lot, with a light afternoon breeze until a bit after sunset (4:50-ish local time, on account of Mt. Tam).

The PA expansion from ALO has been retained, and upgraded with a bit more dressing: festive tie-dye covers over the flight cases and milk crates used to raise the Meyer pairs at each side of the Beach Park stage. At our fourth row table tonight, the addition of the outer wedges (one large Meyer stage wedge placed out 20' to outside of PA on both L & R) makes a huge improvement in creating a sense of spatial envelopment by the sound. Hopefully the neighbors won't complain about the additional volume!

I'll whine again about the lack of drums – who thought it was a good idea to add Alex as a third guitar? I'm not slagging on him in that capacity, just unhappy to be deprived of the standard rock and roll combo: drums are a necessary component! And Alex is a good drummer! Maybe it's those neighbors… no drums outdoors during the week?

Anyway, I've probably been on Twitter too much over the past few weeks, but it's hard for me not to read tonight's setlist as a statement on the current political scene. If so, I approve!

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!