Phil Lesh at Beach Park, April 19, 2021

Terrapin Crossroads presents Phil Lesh & The Terrapin Allstars featuring Stu Allen, Jason Crosby, Nathan Graham, & Lebo
the Backyard Stage in Beach Park at Terrapin Crossroads
100 Yacht Club Drive, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA
5:00 PM, Monday, April 19, 2021

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[5:06 PM] {Phil onstage for a minute or two to check on his gear}
[5:17 PM] {band out, getting plugged in and ready}

1. [5:20 PM] Shakedown Street (L) » [~5:30 PM] Cissy Strut tease » [5:32 PM] Good Lovin' (fragment) » Shakedown Street (reprise)
2. [5:39 PM] Althea (SA)
3. [5:52 PM] Alabama Getaway (SA)
4. [6:00 PM] China Cat Sunflower (L) »
5. [6:06 PM] I Know You Rider
6. [6:14 PM] New Speedway Boogie (L)
7. [6:28 PM] All Along the Watchtower (SA) »
8. [6:37 PM] Mason's Children
9. [6:47 PM] Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds (SA)
   {Lebo swaps to lap steel guitar}
10. [6:55 PM] Days Between (SA) »
    {Lebo back to acoustic guitar}
11. [7:06 PM] Uncle John's Band
    [7:17 PM] {show ends; final words and band introduction from Phil; no donor rap; no encore}

• Stu Allen: guitar, lead & harmony vox;
• Jason Crosby: Nord keyboard, harmony vox;
• Nathan Graham: drums;
• Dan "Lebo" Lebowitz: acoustic guitar, lap steel guitar, lead & harmony vox;
• Phil Lesh: bass, lead & harmony vox.

I'm reasonably sure that Phil doesn't know Cissy Strut, but a reasonable alternative would be to say that he heard what the other guys were playing as a lead-in to Good Lovin', and so headed there, whereupon they followed. This being an unplanned diversion, it didn't last especially long (no one was ready to sing lead?! C'mon now…), and so the jam instead veered back into Shakedown for resolution. Musical catastrophe narrowly averted!

During New Speedway Boogie, I thought I heard the jam as heading towards the Other One, but it ended up as merely a flirtation, not even a serious tease.

I was expecting a bit of primal Dead for Bicycle day. While Mason's Children was the closest we got, that one certainly fits the call for psychedelic weirdness! Following up with Lucy in the Sky was a terrific surprise – I can't remember the last time I've heard that from Phil. Gotta be at least a few years!

And while it was getting a little chilly, what with the ocean air pushing fog through the bay, it felt like we got a special bonus with the last two songs, making today the longest show yet from Phil this year.

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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