Jim Irsay Band at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, December 10, 2022
- One Set
- Performers
  - Jim Irsay Band
  - Special Guests
- Notes
- Photos

Jim Irsay Band at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, December 10, 2022

Bill Graham Civic Auditorium presents the Jim Irsay Band with special guests Ann Wilson, Buddy Guy, Stephen Stills, & John Fogerty
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
99 Grove St, San Francisco, CA 94613-1301 USA
7:00 PM, Saturday, December 10, 2022

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2022 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2022 event list! ☸ On to the next event!

One Set

[8:38 PM] {I'm distracted by crowd control issues and ignore Jim's tune #1: a cover of Springsteen's Born to Run}

[8:41 PM] Lawyers, Guns & Money (JI)
[8:44 PM] {drop Jim; add Ann Wilson}
[8:45 PM] {AW dedicates the next tune to Christine McVie; notes that TL is playing big Mac's bass!}
[8:45 PM] the Chain (AW)
[8:50 PM] {drop AW; swap out the bass guitar}
[8:50 PM] Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) (TN)
[8:56 PM] {drop TL; swap in Mike Mills on bass; add harmony vox quartet}
[8:56 PM] (Don't Go Back to) Rockville (MM)
[9:01 PM] Superman (MM)
[9:04 PM] {KWS goofs up the next intro (too soon for Buddy!)}
[9:04 PM] You're No Good (CR)
[9:08 PM] {now KWS introduces Buddy Guy; CR swaps to violin; add BG & Billy Branch}
[9:09 PM] Damn Right I've Got the Blues (BG)
[9:14 PM] {KWS quick conference with BG}
[9:15 PM] Talk to Me Baby (KWS)
[9:22 PM] {KWS: this one's a Texas shuffle}
[9:22 PM] Down for Love (KWS)
[9:32 PM] {drop BB & BG; swap TL in/MM out; add JI & two former Colts stars; football tosses to the crowd; players off; JI story about Neil Young trying to counsel Kurt Cobain}
[9:40 PM] Hey Hey, My My
[9:43 PM] {add string section; JI introduces the next tune}
[9:44 PM] Hurt (JI)
[9:48 PM] {drop JI, hvox 4 & strings; swap MM back in; add AW}
[9:49 PM] Rock and Roll (AW)
[9:53 PM] Immigrant Song (AW)
[9:56 PM] {AW comments; TN swap to tenor saxophone}
[9:56 PM] Into the Mystic (AW)
[10:01 PM] {drop AW; TN swap back to guitar; swap TL in/MM out; add BB; JI out to introduce Garcia's Tiger (first time played in public?); JI story about John Belushi & Hunter's lyrics}
[10:03 PM] West LA Fadeaway (KWS)
[10:10 PM] {drop BB; Tiger off; KWS introduces Stephen Stills; add AW}
[10:11 PM] Carry On (SS)
[10:16 PM] {add BB}
[10:16 PM] For What It's Worth (SS)
[10:24 PM] {drop BB, SS; MM swaps back in; JI recites part of Wish You Were Here; yacks}
[10:26 PM] Comfortably Numb (JI)
[10:34 PM] {drop JI; KWS calls up John Fogerty (who isn't ready, doh! so we wait…)}
[10:36 PM] Up Around the Bend (JF)
[10:39 PM] Suzie Q (JF)
[10:44 PM] {brief pause for JF to swap to acoustic guitar}
[10:44 PM] Have You Ever Seen the Rain (JF)
[10:47 PM] {JF back on electric guitar}
[10:47 PM] Down on the Corner (JF)
[10:50 PM] {JF introduces most of the band…}
[10:51 PM] Fortunate Son (JF)
[10:54 PM] Proud Mary (JF)
[10:58 PM] {drop JF; add BB, JI, AW; swap in MM for TL}
[10:59 PM] Gimme Shelter (JI)
[11:05 PM] {that's our show, thanks! All line up for a big bow, then photos onstage while the crowd disperses into the drippy night}
[11:07 PM] {show ends, Don McLean's American Pie blasting from the PA}

Performers

Jim Irsay Band

Kenny Aronoff: drums;
Billy Branch: harmonica;
Tom Bukovac: guitar;
Jim Irsay: vox;
Tony L: bass;
Mike Mills: bass, lead & harmony vox;
Danny Nucci: acoustic guitar, tenor saxophone, lead & harmony vox;
Michael Ramos: piano, keyboards, organ;
Carmella Ramsey: violin, mandolin, lead & harmony vox;
Kenny Wayne Shepherd: guitar, lead & harmony vox;
Mike Wanchic: guitar, acoustic guitar, harmony vox;
four female harmony singers, not identified, not present for all songs;
eight strings: two cello, two? viola, four? violins added for Hurt – ID'd as SFS players, but I didn't recognize them.

Special Guests

John Fogerty: guitar, acoustic guitar, vox;
Buddy Guy: guitar, vox;
Stephen Stills: guitar, acoustic guitar, vox;
Ann Wilson: vox.

Notes

Whoa! This section is incomplete for now, sorry!

Photos

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!