Phil Lesh
2014-03-06
Terrapin Crossroads
100 Yacht Club Drive, San Rafael, CA
8:00 PM, Thursday, March 6, 2014

[8:00 PM Phil out for pre-show noodling; 8:02 PM lights down, band out, go!]

1. [8:03 PM] Hell in a Bucket (JG) »
2. [8:14 PM] Dire Wolf (JK)
3. [8:19 PM] Deal (JG) (w/way-out jam & Lowrider tease)
4. [8:31 PM] Built to Last (JK) » 8:35 Jam »
5. [8:39 PM] Señor (JG)
6. [8:47 PM] the Mighty Quinn (JK)
7. [8:52 PM] Bertha (JG)
   [set ends 9:01 PM]

[9:35 PM lights down, go!]

1. [9:37 PM] Passenger (JG) »
2. [9:46 PM] Viola Lee Blues (PL/JK/JG)
3. [10:05 PM] He's Gone (JG) (10:13 add JL, perc) »
4. [10:14 PM] the Other One (PL) »
5. [10;26 PM] drums »
6. [10:34 PM] space »
7. [10:39 PM] Rain (JK/JG/JC) »
8. [10:48 PM] Stella Blue (JK) (no JL)
9. [10:59 PM] NFA (w/JL) »
10. [11:10 PM] Playin' in the Band
    [set ends 11:26 PM]
     
    Encore
11. [11:27 PM Phil back, donor rap]
12. [11:30 PM] Cold, Rain & Snow (JK)
    [show ends 11:39 PM after band introduction from Phil]

• Jason Crosby: keyboards, vox;
• Jackie Greene: guitar, slide guitar, lead and harmony vox;
• John Kadlecik: guitar, lead and harmony vox;
• Phil Lesh: bass, lead and harmony vox;
• Joe Russo: drums, percussion;
  - with a little second set help from -
• Jordan Levine: bongos, timbales, percussion.

7:30-ish, most of band members hanging out while we enter – maybe there was a pre-show meet and greet session? When I head outside a little while later they're congregated around the motorhome on yacht club, laughing at the antics of ?Joe Russo's? tiny dog. Hardly 30 folks are here early for the first-in rush – makes for a mellow scene.

First set impressions? Fun, loose, good spacey jams, surprisingly out there for a first set. Nice pair of Dylan covers – makes me want to hear them dig deeper into that repertoire.

Second set was blazing. Lots of good energy tonight. Long and meaty jams. I was particularly surprised with the syntax of the set – drums and space? whoa! And chasing NFA with Playin' to close? Whoa, they be messing with my expectations. Good to be knocked off balance sometimes. Gotta disrupt the status quo.

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