Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter at Yoshi's, August 7, 2023

Yoshi's presents Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter
Jack London Square, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland, CA 94607-3506 USA
8:00 PM, Monday, August 7, 2023

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[7:54 PM] {pre-show house announcements}
[8:00 PM] {lights down; band introduction; tune introduction}

1. [8:03 PM] Ladies From Hell
   [8:09 PM] {Skunk says it's time to rock hard}
2. [8:10 PM] My Old School (JB)
   [8:15 PM] {Abbreviated Blister Sisters story}
3. [8:16 PM] Giselle
   [8:22 PM] {Album title story}
4. [8:23 PM] Speed of Heat
   [8:26 PM] {Skunk introduces the next tune}
5. [8:27 PM] My Place in the Sun (HH)
   [8:33 PM] {Skunk: Does anybody like surf music?}
6. [8:34 PM] Pipeline
   [8:34 PM] {Quick intro}
7. [8:35 PM] Apache
   [8:38 PM] {Skunk: Some fans complained that this is an unrecognizable Dan cover}
8. [8:39 PM] Do It Again
   [8:45 PM] {Skunk introduces the next tune}
9. [8:46 PM] Juliet
   [8:49 PM] {Story about working with Clint Black}
10. [8:50 PM] Bad Move (HH)
    [8:55 PM] {Story about playing funk}
11. [8:56 PM] Insecurity (MD)
    [9:01 PM] {encore break; all off!}
    
    Encore
    [9:03 PM] {Skunk: James and I are gonna play a tone poem of sorts}
12. [9:04 PM] (untitled improvisation?) »
13. [9:07 PM] Rikki Don't Lose That Number (HH)
14. [9:11 PM] China Grove (with intentional false start)
    [9:15 PM] {last story}
15. [9:16 PM] Black Friday (HH)
    [9:21 PM] {final applause; show ends}

• Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter: guitar, lead & harmony vox;
• Mark Damian: drums, lead & harmony vox;
• Hank Horton: 5-string bass, lead & harmony vox;
• James Raymond: keyboards, harmony vox.

Skunk put on a good show for us tonight: I'm glad we rallied! I didn't buy his Speed of Heat disc, but I assume what we heard is pretty darn close to the versions recorded for that. I appreciated that the covers were mutated from the originals – it's always more interesting to be surprised by the sound of something new that remains familiar enough to be recognizable. Given that the singing wasn't particularly strong, I was a little surprised that James Raymond didn't get a turn at lead – maybe that's something to blame on Yoshi's for enforcing a curfew (and cutting down the possible performance time?). Hard to say…

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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