Meridian Brothers at Miner Auditorium, July 29, 2023

Early Show

[7:01 PM] {lights down; band out without introduction; MAVS begins on alto saxophone; EJAV begins on guitar}

[7:02 PM] ¿Dónde Estás María?
[7:07 PM] {MAVS swap to keyboard & percussion}
[7:07 PM] Metamorfosis
[7:13 PM] {extended introduction with computer-processed voice}
[7:14 PM] La Gitana Me Ha Dejado (Salsa Electronica)
[7:19 PM] {greetings from EJAV; MAVS swap to clarinet & percussion}
[7:20 PM] El Gran Pájaro de Los Andes
[7:26 PM] {EJAV IDs the next tune}
[7:26 PM] Bomba Atómica
[7:31 PM] {EJAV IDs the next tune}
[7:32 PM] Cumbia de la Fuente
[7:37 PM] {EJAV IDs the next tune}
[7:37 PM] La Policía
[7:39 PM] {false ending trips up the crowd!}
[7:42 PM] {banter; the next tune is by Dusty Springfield}
[7:43 PM] Cumbia del Pichamán
[7:47 PM] {banter: “Now we're going to play a rock-n-roll cumbia”}
[7:47 PM] Los Golpeadores de la Cumbia
[7:52 PM] {banter; MAVS sits out this tune}
[7:52 PM] Hipnosis
[7:58 PM] {thanks; band introduction; tune introduction}
[7:59 PM] Guaracha U.F.O.
[8:06 PM] {EJAV IDs the next tune}
[8:07 PM] Puya del Empresario
[8:12 PM] {applause and brief encore break}

Encore
[8:14 PM] La Mujer Sin Corazón
[8:21 PM] {MAVS back on alto saxophone}
[8:22 PM] Salsa Caliente (Version Aumentada)
[8:26 PM] {EJAV tells us they're going to end by covering Jimi Hendrix' Purple Haze}
[8:27 PM] Niebla Morada
[8:33 PM] {final thanks and applause; all off after a minute or so}

Eblis Javier Álvarez Vargas: guitar, Akai sampling keyboard, keyboard, vox;
Alejandro Forero: electronics, synthesizer;
César Quevedo Barrero: bass;
Mauricio Ramírez Echeverri: drums, percussion;
María Angélica Valencia Sanchez: alto saxophone, clarinet, percussion, synthesizer.

Psychedelic space-age salsa? What could be better?

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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