Punch Brothers at the Guild Theatre, August 21, 2024

the Guild Theatre presents Punch Brothers
949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
6:30 PM, Wednesday, August 21, 2024

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promo art for the west coast tour!

[6:42 PM] {lights down; band out without introduction}

1. [6:43 PM] Sally Goodin
   [6:46 PM] {applause; smiles onstage: go!}
2. [6:46 PM] My Oh My
3. [6:51 PM] Movement and Location
   [6:56 PM] {applause; CT has a dazed grin‚ like he's thinking “wow‚ they REALLY liked that one”}
4. [6:56 PM] Mashup: Squirrel of Possibility (instrumental version) + {Pickles: the Power of Nodding} »
5. [6:58 PM] Hell on the Hillside
   [7:04 PM] {CT back announces the first few tunes; Pickles jokes about how early it is‚ then wisecracks about the West Coast tour and finally teases Brittany about bringing the new band to a hometown show}
6. [7:07 PM] All Ashore
   [7:14 PM] {CT: “You guys are awesome!”}
7. [7:14 PM] (instrumental TBD: maybe Cattle in the Cane or Jerusalem Ridge?)
8. [7:23 PM] This Girl
9. [7:28 PM] {Pickles: Bad News Bearers}
   [7:31 PM] {tuning break; CT: “Here's another old one – new for us – we've messed with this one… a lot” (cackling)}
10. [7:31 PM] (unidentified tune #2)
    [7:35 PM] {more tuning}
11. [7:36 PM] The Angel of Doubt
12. [7:41 PM] Julep
    [7:47 PM] {CT announces it's time for another installment of Breaking Trad}
    [7:48 PM] {Pickles instigates a very long digression about the origin of the next tune}
13. [7:52 PM] Farmors Brudpolska (Grandmother's Bridal Polska)
    [7:55 PM] {CT: TYSM‚ “We got one more for ya‚ raise 'em if ya got 'em!”}
14. [7:56 PM] Rye Whiskey
    [7:59 PM] {applause and encore break}
    
    Encore
    [8:00 PM] {a fan hollers “time for two more”; CT counters “how 'bout one real long one”; tuning break; Pickles teases CT: “you choose to tune now?”}
15. [8:01 PM] Familarity
    [8:12 PM] {final applause; band bow and then off for good}
    [8:13 PM] {early show ends}

Punch Brothers

• Chris "Critter" Eldridge: acoustic guitar, lead & harmony vox;
• Brittany Haas: violin, harmony vox;
• Paul Kowert: contrabass, harmony vox;
• Noam Pikelny: banjo, harmony vox;
• Chris Thile: mandolin, lead and harmony vox.

My oh my what a wonderful day to see the Punch Brothers again! I'm so glad we motivated for this show, and even feel a little regret for not double-booking us into the late show too: they really are that good!

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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