Midnight North at Beach Park, April 24, 2021

Terrapin Crossroads presents Midnight North
the Backyard Stage in Beach Park at Terrapin Crossroads
100 Yacht Club Drive, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA
1:00 PM, Saturday, April 24, 2021

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[1:14 PM] {band onstage and getting ready. GL with his ES-335; CO starting on bass guitar; EP with guitar}

1. [1:15 PM] Earthquakes (GL)
2. [1:22 PM] Good Days (GL/EP)
3. [1:26 PM] Only Children (GL/EP)
   {GL swaps to SG}
4. [1:32 PM] Playing a Poor Hand Well (EP)
   {GL back to ES-335; EP moves to Nord keyboard}
5. [1:39 PM] San Francisco Rain (GL)
   {EP swaps back to guitar}
6. [1:46 PM] Mississippi River (EP)
   {GL swaps to SG; CO switches to the electric contrabass}
7. [1:53 PM] We're Not Alone (GL)
   {GL back to ES-335}
8. [2:01 PM] Dry Town (EP)
   {CO back to bass}
9. [2:05 PM] Stars Falling (GL)
   {NG swaps to banjo; GL to acoustic guitar; CO back to the electric contrabass}
10. [2:10 PM] Silent Lonely Drifter (NG/GL/EP)
    {CO swaps to mandolin}
11. [2:15 PM] Coyote (EP)
    {GL swaps to SG; CO back to the electric contrabass}
12. [2:20 PM] Wild Card (GL)
    {GL announces Eric Krasno as special guest: EK plays guitar for the rest of the set}
    {NG starts next tune on banjo, then swaps to drums mid-tune}
13. [2:28 PM] Roamin' (GL)
    {EP starts next tune on tambourine, then swaps to keyboards mid-tune}
14. [2:40 PM] Sway (EP)
    {EP back to guitar}
15. [2:46 PM] the Sailor & the Sea (GL/EP)
16. [2:54 PM] Greene County (EP)
    [3:01 PM] {set ends; thanks and see you later from Grahame, no encore}

Midnight North

• Nathan Graham: drums, banjo, lead and harmony vox;
• Grahame Lesh: Gibson SG guitar, Gibson ES-335 guitar, acoustic guitar, lead and harmony vox;
• Connor O'Sullivan: bass, electric contrabass, mandolin;
• Elliott Peck: guitar, Nord keyboard, tambourine, lead and harmony vox;
  with special guest (t13-t16):
• Eric Krasno: guitar.

Originally scheduled for Sunday at 5 PM, this show got moved up (on Wed 4/21) to Saturday brunch in order to avoid the tropical rainstorm forecast to sweep in on Sunday. I'm sure the band had that date swap in mind when they opened today's gig with Earthquakes, which features the refrain, “a storm is coming,” and then followed with Good Days – Good call, 'cuz unless you're a duck or a beaver, it's hard to enjoy a show in the cold and wet.

Grahame then introduced Only Children, a Jason Isbell cover, as a premiere for today. Sounded great! Isbell certainly knows how to put a powerful message into his songs, and I look forward to having him out this way once general touring resumes: maybe an invitation from Grahame would convince him to put a Grate Room show or two onto his calendar!

As much as I enjoyed the first part of the set, I really enjoyed things once Eric Krasno joined them, as the energy level for the rest of the show just blasted off skyward. Sway is a great cover choice for letting Grahame show off some of the slide guitar licks that he's picked up, and I thought that Elliott added a cool Nicky Hopkins vibe to with her electric piano – very nice! Let's do it again in a few weeks, shall we?

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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