Cal Performances presents An Evening with Pat Metheny featuring Linda Oh, Antonio Sánchez, and Gwilym Simcock
Fox Theatre
1807 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94612-2109 USA
8:00 PM, Thursday, October 25, 2018

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[8:11 PM lights down, announcements, Pat out alone]

1. [8:12 PM] (Pikasso guitar tune) π
2. [8:18 PM] (Pat solo intro) » So May It Secretly Begin π
   [the band members sneak onstage while Pat begins the next tune]
3. [8:25 PM] (Pat solo intro) » Bright Size Life
4. [8:31 PM] Sirabhorn
5. [8:38 PM] Third Wind
6. [8:43 PM] Third Wind (reprise)
7. [8:46 PM] Always and Forever
8. [8:52 PM] Better Days Ahead
9. [8:57 PM] James
10. [9:07 PM] Slip Away
11. [9:13 PM] The Red One
    [Pat introduces the band]
12. [9:24 PM] (Pat solo intro) » Farmer's Trust
13. [9:33 PM] (Gwilym solo intro) » ? (repeated two-note descending riff)
14. [9:39 PM] Unquity Road
    [Gwilym and Antonio head offstage]
15. [9:46 PM] Change of Heart (Pat and Linda duet)
    [Linda leaves, Gwilym back]
16. [9:54 PM] Phase Dance (Pat & Gwilym duet)
    [Gwilym off, Antonio back]
17. [9:59 PM] Question and Answer (Pat and Antonio duet)
    [set ends 10:15 PM; bows, then all off]
    
    First Encore
    [Pat solo acoustic guitar medley]
18. [10:18 PM] Minuano (Six Eight) » [10:20 PM] Praise » [10:21 PM] As It Is » [10:22 PM] Antonia » [10:23 PM] This Is Not America
19. [10:26 PM] Last Train Home
    [segment ends 10:29 PM; Pat off for a minute while we hoot & holler]
    
    Second Encore
    [everyone back]
20. [10:30 PM] Song for Bilbao
    [show ends 10:39 PM]

• Pat Metheny: Ibanez Pat Metheny Signature PM-100 (or PM-200?) hollow-body electric guitar, Daniel Slaman DS-150/250 hollow-body electric guitar, Roland G-303 guitar synthesizer, @ Manzer acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, π Manzer 42-string Pikasso guitar;
• Linda May Han Oh: contrabass;
• Antonio Sánchez: drums;
• Gwilym Simcock: piano.

Obviously, the setlist above is a work in progress! Because a few of the tunes started with somewhat abstract or rambling introductions, I noted that … just in case someone more knowledgeable might be able to point out that Pat (or Gwilym, for t13) was actually playing another tune first.

What with the stern pre-show announcement to “put away your cell phones,” I felt extra guilty trying to keep track of things tonight … like a revolutionary furtively making plans for a sneak attack against the evil empire … always worrying about the watchful eyes around me. Hopefully I'll be able to back into some of the guitar detail from reviewing Ting's photos (yeah, we're just a buncha rule breakers!)

I listed the Third Wind (reprise) as a separate tune because the band came to a full stop. Might have simply been a rhetorical flourish, but it got the audience to applaud for a few seconds, so I figured I should count the coda/reprise as a separate tune.

I'm sure somebody smart will be able to ID t13 eventually!

For the first encore, I split Last Train Home to a separate tune because Pat let This Is Not America drift off into silence … maybe 5 or 10 seconds? The audience was entranced, and except for a couple yahoos in the balcony, they let the transitioning moments linger.

I kinda expected the band to come together for a group bow at the end of the night, but instead, they got up and walked offstage. Of course we yelled and hollered for more, but they turned the lights up after another minute or three and then that was that. Time to skedaddle!

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Program Notes or program notes

Lily O'Brien posted a nice preview article for us at SFCV.

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2018 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2018 event list! ☸ On to the next event!