ALO at the Fillmore, March 25, 2023

Live Nation presents Silver Saturday Soiree featuring ALO, with opener, Ron Artis II
the Fillmore
1805 Geary Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94109-7217 USA
8:00 PM, Saturday, March 25, 2023

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2023 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2023 event list! ☸ On to the next event!

{Doh! We missed Ron's set, on account of Dr. Dom's 70th BD Party!}

[9:32 PM] {lights down, PA, performers out}

1. [9:33 PM] Make It Back Home (ZG)
   {ZG toast to the fans}
2. [9:39 PM] Blew Out the Walls (ZG) »
3. [9:48 PM] Need You Tonight (ZG)
4. [9:53 PM] Keep On Giving Jane (EL)
5. [10:00 PM] Try (Lebo) » Lights » Try
   [10:11 PM] {ZG talk about SRA}
6. [10:13 PM] Rare Air (SRA)
   [10:17 PM] {pause; Zach opens the egg}
7. [10:18 PM] Cowboys and Chorus Girls (ZG)
   [10:30 PM] {ZG: Is everybody OK after that one?}
8. [10:31 PM] Maria (ZG)
   [10:45 PM] {set ends}

[11:18 PM] {lights down, announcements, performers out}

1. [11:20 PM] Hot Damn (ZG)
   [11:25 PM] {ZG swap to ukulele}
2. [11:26 PM] Plastic Bubble (ZG)
   {ZG back to keys, now wearing furry Russian hat}
3. [11:34 PM] Sparrow (Lebo) + sparkle helmets
   [11:42 PM] {helmets off; add Ron Artis, II}
4. [11:43 PM] I Wish (RA)
   {RA off; Lebo banter; ZG now wearing yacht cap}
5. [11:51 PM] Rewind (Lebo)
   [12:02 AM] {add Nat Keefe: acoustic guitar; Eric Yates: resonator guitar; Bo Carper: acoustic guitar; Mookie Siegel: keyboards; ZG swap to accordion}
6. [12:04 AM] Touch of Grey (Lebo/NK/EL/EL/EY/ZG)
   [12:12 AM] {guests off; Ezra jokes about ending the show early: y'all had enough, right?}
7. [12:13 AM] Girl I Wanna Lay You Down (ZG)
8. [12:21 AM] Barbeque (ZG) »
9. [12:25 AM] Room for Bloomin’ (ZG back in disco helmet)
   [12:36 AM] {set ends}
   
   Encore
   [12:38 AM] {album art presentation; ZG Greek word story}
10. [12:40 AM] Suspended (ZG) »
11. [12:47 AM] Devine Falls (ZG)
    [12:58 AM] {Ezra one big day speech; Lebo swap to pedal steel}
12. [1:00 AM] Goodnight Song (EL)
    [1:05 AM] {show ends}

ALO

• Steven Rue Adams: bass, lead & harmony vox;
• Zach Gill: keyboards, accordion, ukulele, toys, lead & harmony vox;
• Dan "Lebo" Lebowitz: acoustic guitar, lap steel guitar, lead & harmony vox;
• Ezra Lipp: drums, MIDI pad, lead & harmony vox.

• Ron Artis II: guitar, acoustic guitar, vox;
• Bo Carper: acoustic guitar, vox;
• Nat Keefe: acoustic guitar, vox;
• Mookie Siegel: keyboards, vox;
• Erik Yates: resonator guitar, vox.

ALO really blew the roof off tonight, wow, what a show!!

We lucked out and made the transition from Dom's party in Los Altos to the Fillmore in SF with an absolute minimum hassle except for security seizing my empty plastic water bottle in the search at the door. It's friggin' idiotic that they do shit like that, but what can you do when the mooks have you in their claws? Heading up the stairs, the hall was vibrating with excitement from the sold-out house. We wiggled this way and that, and soon enough emerged in my preferred spot: dead center, about 10' back from the stage. As it was packed tight, a few of our new neighbors were slightly annoyed by our arrival, but seeing as other folks in the vicinity were happy to hear us, no one got too grumpy about it. Let's give three cheers for the lovers in the crowd!

The first set was great, and while the crowd crush made it almost impossible to dance hard, there was plenty of room for bopping inside my head. Happily, things eased up as the set wore on: I'm guessing that the less gonzo fans realized there was no reason to press forward, and that dancing in the back or on the sides was a better way to celebrate than shimmying in place like a worm on a hook.

At set break I made the rookie error of standing the whole time – even after space opened up for sitting – and compounded that by failing to go get water. Dumb dumb dumb. So I suffered a bit of dry mouth until the show ended and I remembered that there was water at the bar. Like I said: dumb dumb dumb!

Sit-ins? Ron Artis: double plus good! Touch of Grey: overcrowded!

Whoa! This section is incomplete for now, sorry!

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

Whoa! This section is incomplete for now, sorry!

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2023 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2023 event list! ☸ On to the next event!