30th Annual Bridge School Benefit: Set Three, featuring Cage the Elephant
2016-10-23
Shoreline Amphitheatre
1 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1326 USA
3:00 PM, Sunday, October 23, 2016

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[3:08 PM introduction, band out]

1. [3:08 PM] Trouble
2. [3:12 PM] Telescope
3. [3:17 PM] Cigarette Daydreams
4. [3:21 PM] Too Late to Say Goodbye
5. [3:25 PM] Cold Cold Cold
6. [3:29 PM] Come a Little Closer
   [set ends 3:33 PM]

Cage the Elephant

• Nick Bockrath: acoustic guitar;
• Jared Champion: drums, percussion;
• Matthan Minster: pump organ, piano, xylophone, harmony vox;
• Brad Shultz: acoustic guitar, harmony vox;
• Matthew Shultz: vox;
• Daniel Tichenor: acoustic bass guitar;
  - with additional unidentified performers at side stage -
• ?: percussion;
• ?: violin;
• ?: violin;
• ?: viola;
• ?: cello.

As far as I know, this was my first exposure to Cage the Elephant. I could tell that some folks were psyched to see and hear them, but they didn't really win me over. Not that I have any complaint with their performance, only that being an old curmudgeon, you have to keep the bar set high as far as what qualifies as a new band worth following. I'd go see them again if they were part of something else I wanted to attend – how's that for a vote of confidence?

Anyways, I'm not sure that I have the band members identified correctly, and I don't recall them taking any time to introduce any of the “helper” musicians – a percussionist and a string quartet – set up on stage left. Please let me know if you can offer any clarification or corrections!

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