Midnight North at Beach Park, November 22, 2020

Terrapin Crossroads presents Midnight North
the Backyard Stage in Beach Park at Terrapin Crossroads
100 Yacht Club Drive, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA
4:00 PM, Sunday, November 22, 2020

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

[4:06 PM] {band onstage; everyone on electrics; Phil watching from a seat behind the mixing board}

1. [4:07 PM] The Highway Song (EP)
   [4:12 PM] {GL: Thanks for Coming out today!}
2. [4:13 PM] Roamin'(GL/EP)
   [4:22 PM] {EP: That's Jason Crosby!; CO swaps to electric contrabass}
3. [4:22 PM] Dry Town (EP) ¹
   [4:26 PM] {CO swaps back to bass; GL talks about the new album & songs}
4. [4:26 PM] the Sailor & the Sea (GL/EP)
5. [4:33 PM] Give Away the Ghost (EP) ¹
   [4:39 PM] {EP: That one was inspired by JazzFest}
6. [4:39 PM] Stars Falling (GL)
   [4:44 PM] {This one's for our friends on the boats over there}
7. [4:45 PM] Out Sailing (EP) ¹
   [4:49 PM] {the Big Switch: JC > violin; NG > banjo; GL > acoustic guitar; CO > e contrabass; “This is one of NG's songs”}
8. [4:51 PM] Silent Lonely Drifter (NG/GL/EP)
   [4:55 PM] {CO > mandolin; GL thanks Jon Hart for bringing a capo - “makes it easier to play in C#”; JC teases GL about cheating with frets}
9. [4:56 PM] Coyote (EP)
   [5:00 PM] {Swapping back: JC > keys; NG > dr; GL > g; CO > b}
10. [5:01 PM] Caledonia Mission
    [5:07 PM] {JC > violin; GL > acoustic guitar}
11. [5:08 PM] Good Days (GL/EP)
    [5:12 PM] {NG > banjo; CO > e contrabass; EP > tambourine}
12. [5:13 PM] The Wild Card (GL)
    [5:19 PM] {During prev song: JC > keys; NG > dr. At break: GL > guitar; CO > bass}
13. [5:21 PM] Midnight in Harlem (EP)
    [5:29 PM] {Thanks again for coming out!}
14. [5:30 PM] Mississippi River (EP)
    [5:36 PM] {GL: Hope we see you all again real soon!; JC > violin; CO > electric contrabass}
15. [5:36 PM] We're Not Alone (GL)
    [5:44 PM] {that's all folks!}

Midnight North

• Nathan Graham: drums, banjo, lead & harmony vox;
• Grahame Lesh: guitar, acoustic guitar, lead & harmony vox;
• Connor O'Sullivan: bass, electric contrabass, mandolin;
• Elliott Peck: guitar, tambourine, lead & harmony vox;
  - with special guest -
• Jason Crosby: Nord keyboard, 6-string violin.

Another Sunday evening with Midnight North. Seems like most of the new songs got repeated, but in different places, and possibly with different arrangements. Still figuring them out, I gather! It would be nice if they'd share names with us (assuming the tunes are finished enough to have names already!); for now, you'll see my lyric snippets above instead.

My favorite tonight was Midnight in Harlem – Elliott sings it beautifully, and the languid, unhurried pace was just perfect, even if it wasn't anywhere near midnight when they played it! Grahame's slide playing was also a treat: Derek Trucks is a fine role model if he's looking for experts to emulate.

I was surprised that many folks in the audience today seemed unprepared for the chill of a November evening … it ain't that hard to keep track of the weather!

Ting found that Midnight North posted the setlist on Facebook, identifying three of the tunes (marked by '¹' above) as premiere performances. Dry Town was further identified as a Gillian Welch cover (great choice!). Grahame mentioned that night that Out Sailing came from Elliott's 2018 solo album, “Further from the Storm”.

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

Whoa! This section is incomplete for now, sorry!

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