Mo'lasses at Tam Commons, May 26, 2023

Tam Commons presents Mo'lasses
1300 4th Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA
7:00 PM, Friday, May 26, 2023

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1. [7:30 PM] Pretzel Logic (MM)
   {Long pause to try and remove feedback caused by drums bleeding into the stage mics?}
2. [7:43 PM] ? Love is super funky (SM) »
3. [7:49 PM] Funkify Your Life (SY) » 7:52 MM swap to ? Kawaii EWI
4. [7:59 PM] Firefly (PC)
5. [8:06 PM] Golden Years (MM) »
6. [8:12 PM] China Cat Sunflower (SY) »
7. [8:18 PM] Shakedown Street (SY) » 8:29 raving mad jam »
8. [8:32 PM] On Your Way Down (SY)
   [8:38 PM] {pause to express gratitude for finally having monitors}
9. [8:39 PM] Think (MM)
   [8:46 PM] {set ends}

[9:12 PM] {lights down, announcements, performers out}

1. [9:13 PM] Mystery Train (SY)
2. [9:23 PM] the Letter (PC)
   [9:28 PM] {pause. West LA tease}
3. [9:29 PM] They Love Each Other (MM)
4. [9:40 PM] West LA Fadeaway (SY)
   [9:48 PM] {SY introduces PC}
5. [9:48 PM] Buttercup (PC)
6. [9:57 PM] Light Up Or Leave Me Alone (MM) » 10:01 rave up jam
   [10:03 PM] {set ends}
   
   Encore
7. [10:06 PM] Cissy Strut »
8. [10:10 PM] Love the One You're With (SY)
   [10:14 PM] {show ends}

• Paige Clem: melodica, percussion, vox;
• Gabe Ford: drums;
• Matt Lazarus: guitar;
• Steve Moore: bass, vox;
• Mike Myers: tenor saxophone, EWI, percussion, vox;
• Steven Younger: keyboards, vox.

The highway was surprisingly empty on my ride over to San Rafael – a peaceful post-commute ride if there ever was: wow, what a treat! Things weren't quite so mellow in San Rafael (I seem to have found more than my share of slow pokes), but it all worked out just fine, and I walked into the club just as the band was starting their first set. Pretzel Logic sounded great to me, but the vocal mix was uh, more or less buried beneath the instruments. This might have been the sound kid's first rodeo. Things improved only marginally across the course of the set, but something got changed for the better during the absolutely bonkers jam out of Shakedown, and that made a huge imrpovement over the last few tunes.

It was nice to visit a little with the guys at set break, and then with other friends who stumbled into the gig on blind luck (hearing the band while walking by outside).

Set Two was a rager. Makes me really glad I came!

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