Terrapin Crossroads presents Karl Denson's Tiny Universe with special guest, Phil Lesh
the Grate Room at Terrapin Crossroads
100 Yacht Club Drive, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA
8:00 PM, Friday, January 27, 2017

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[8:16 PM lights down, band out]

1. [8:17 PM] Some Skunk Funk
2. [8:23 PM] Down, Down, Down (AE)
3. [8:32 PM] Just Got Paid (KD) $
4. [8:37 PM] Smart Boy (KD) ℅
5. [8:44 PM] Have You Seen Him?
6. [8:50 PM] Millvale
   [Swap PL for CS]
7. [9:03 PM] Viola Lee Blues (KD/PL/CL)
8. [9:17 PM] Shakedown Street (KD) €
9. [9:35 PM] After Midnight (KD)
   [set ends 9:47 PM]

[10:12 PM lights down, band out]

1. [9:13 PM] Chicken Lickin' »
2. [9:20 PM] Live With Me (KD)
3. [9:25 PM] Bag of Funk (KD)
4. [10:32 PM] Dance Lesson &€£ »
5. [10:42 PM] Funky on My Back (KD) €£
6. [10:53 PM] When I Get Home (KD)
7. [11:03 PM] So Real
8. [11:11 PM] Show Business Kids (KD) $
   [set ends 11:23 PM]
    
   Encore
9. [10:25 PM] Power of Soul
   [show ends 11:32 PM]

• Karl Denson: tenor saxophone, & alto saxophone, £ flute, ℅ Fender-Rhodes electric piano, vox;
• Alan Evans: drums, lead (s1t02) and harmony vox;
• Seth Freeman: guitar, $ slide guitar;
• Chris "CD" Littlefield: trumpet, € flugelhorn, percussion, harmony vox;
• Chris Stillwell: bass;
• David Veith: Hammond A100 organ, Hohner Clavinet, Fender-Rhodes electric piano;
• D.J. Williams: guitar, percussion, harmony vox.

• Phil Lesh: bass, lead and harmony vox.

Another great night at TXR with a loose, friendly crowd. Karl Denson and the Tiny Universe were throwing down hard from the get go, and all the boys and girls responded by kicking up their heels and getting down. I thought things fell apart just a little once Phil joined up – mostly on account of the band seeming to be just a little unfamiliar with the changes. It's not like there were any train wrecks, but the hard edged funk of the first few tunes was replaced with much more tentative one-chord vamping. I suppose that works just as well for booty-shaking, and the players seemed to be smiling and enjoying themselves, but being a picky deadhead, I was kinda disappointed – it was too loose!

I think the guys must have had a bit of the same feeling, because the second set was really solidly played… a sort of musical apology for the slop at the end of the first.

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2017 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2017 event list! ☸ On to the next event!