Phil Lesh & Terrapin All-Stars with Stu Allen & Jason Crosby
2014-05-18
Terrapin Crossroads Bar
100 Yacht Club Drive, San Rafael, CA
7:30 PM, Sunday, May 18, 2014

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[8:02 PM we have a quorum, let's go!]
[8:07 PM Noodling]

1. [8:11 PM] Let it Ride (PL)
2. [8:20 PM] Brown-Eyed Women (SA)
3. [8:29 PM] Jack a Roe (RJ)
4. [8:37 PM] Blackbird Chain (JC)
5. [8:44 PM] ? (new AK tune) “Ain't No Reason for You to Cry” “In Your Mind” “Behind Your Eyes”(AK)
6. [8:52 PM] Stella Blue (SA)
7. [9:05 PM] Here Comes Sunshine (SA)
8. [9:20 PM] Umbrella (JC @)
9. [9:26 PM] Keep On Growin' (SA)
10. [9:35 PM] Monkey Man (AK)
    [setlist had Reuben & Cerise next, but it got skipped due to time constraints]
11. [9:40 PM] Broken Arrow (PL)
12. [9:47 PM] Shape I'm In (RJ)
    [9:52 PM Phil introduces the band]
13. [9:54 PM] Cumberland Blues
    [10:03 PM over and out]
    [Happy BD to Chef Jeff off to the side with a small pastry and a scoop of ice cream]

• Stu Allen: guitar, lead and harmony vox;
• Jason Crosby: piano, keyboards, 6-string violin, guitar, @ acoustic guitar, vox;
• Ross James: guitar, pedal steel guitar, lead and harmony vox;
• Alex Koford: drums, harmony vox;
• Phil Lesh: bass, + lead and harmony vox.

We zoom up from San Jose in light traffic and arrive just in time to find a spot on yacht club and watch Phil climb out of his Porsche sedan. Walking over to the bar, it's fairly crowded with the usual suspects, but not so much that we can't say hello and mingle and wave howdy while working out where we gonna hang for the event. Eventually we settle on separate spots. I find a perch on the stairs where I can rest my bones yet see most of the proceedings, and Ting finds a spot in the front at the corner of Jason's keyboard.

It's a festive show tonight, and fun to listen to the group try out new and unusual tunes instead of trotting out the old warhorses for another pass down the parade field. I'm really happy to hear Let It Ride and Broken Arrow, Phil seems to be in better voice tonight than he has in awhile. Keep On Growing was another treat, all the more so for hearing it come from Stu instead of Phil. Ting was bummed that Reuben and Cerise got cut from the set at the last minute. I agree, that would have been another great choice. But I guess Phil wanted to wrap things up by 10 PM, so that one got left out. Sigh. Better luck next time!

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