Terrapin Crossroads presents Terrapin Nation Thanksgiving featuring Phil Lesh with Ross James, Alex Koford and Grahame Lesh
the Grate Room at Terrapin Crossroads
100 Yacht Club Drive, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA
6:30 PM, Friday, November 10, 2017

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[6:15 PM we arrive to find the Grate Room open; folks are mingling ann enjoying pre-dinner drinks]
[6:35 PM buffet dinner with plenty of yummy choices:
♦ green salad;
♦ quinoa with acorn squash and mushrooms;
♦ green beans;
♦ mashed potatoes;
♦ stuffing with pork sausage;
♦ turkey with gravy & cranberry sauce;
♦ dinner rolls;
♦ squash soup;
♦ pumpkin-maple bars on a graham cracker crust;
♦ apple-pie-filled puff pastries]
[7-ish: brief words of welcome from Phil]
[7:45 PM the staff begins clearing tables and chairs; a healthy fraction of the crowd heads outside for some fresh air; the rest of us squish over to the corners for awhile]
[7:55 PM Phil out to noodle awhile; off by 8:05 PM]

[8:33 PM lights down, band out]

1. [8:36 PM] Deal (GL)
2. [8:42 PM] Jack-a-Roe (RJ)
3. [8:52 PM] They Love Each Other (GL)
4. [9:03 PM] Pride of Cucamonga (PL)
5. [9:10 PM] St. Peter (AK)
6. [9:15 PM] Jack Straw (AK+GL/RJ) »
7. [9:24 PM] Like a Rolling Stone (RJ)
8. [9:37 PM] Peggy-O (PL)
9. [9:45 PM] Bertha (GL)
10. [9:54 PM] What She Said (RJ) »
11. [10:00 PM] Cumberland Blues (GL/PL)
    [set ends 10:07 PM, parting words from PL]

• Phil Lesh: bass, lead and harmony vox;
• Ross James: guitar, lead and harmony vox;
• Alex Koford: drums, lead & harmony vox;
• Grahame Lesh: guitar, acoustic guitar, lead & harmony vox.

Today's celebration was pretty fun: first off, a delicious, low-key buffet dinner. I probably could have eaten a lot more, but uh, self-control. Must exert self-control! Because it does no good to fall into food stupor and miss the subsequent show!

With a reduced ensemble, the flavor of tonight's performance was markedly lighter than usual, and several of the tunes were rearranged. Jack-a-Roe, for example, started out very quiet and slow, with Ross singing hardly louder than a whisper before turning up both the pace and volume at the conclusion. Likewise, They Love Each Other also had an unusual beginning, and I wasn't quite sure what tune it was until Grahame started singing. Good to know that the guys are finding ways to put fresh outfits on the same old skeletons!

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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