Bill Bentkowsky & Laura Levy Slusher present a Fundraiser for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, featuring Scott Guberman & Friends with Zach Nugent; the China Cats; Shakey Zimmerman; and the Del Mars
Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center
1317 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, CA
4:20 PM Sunday, August 11, 2019

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• Middle Eastern meze platter with house made falafel, garlic hummus, pita chips, veggie stix and vegan dolmas;
• Artisan cheese platter with glazed almonds, figs, and dried fruit;
• Fra Mani ham, Augie's Montreal smoke meat, pickles, horseradish, mustard aioli, and fresh rolls;
• Salad of Oakland grown heirloom tomatoes, wild arugula, and avocado, with lemon vinaigrette;
• Summer medley: Romano beans, Yellow wax beans, and Blue Lake beans;
• Creamed corn spoon pudding;
• BBQ tofu with spinach and grilled eggplant;
• Applewood smoked chicken with pineapple salsa;
• Brown sugar rubbed brisket with bourbon BBQ sauce.

• ?fem: tenor saxophone, harmony vox;
• ?fem: bass, lead & harmony vox;
• ?: drums;
• ?Lee Hueckel: guitar, lead & harmony vox;
• ?: percussion;
• ?: Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards;
• Johnny Del Mar: guitar, lead & harmony vox;

scheduled 3 - 4 PM

I'm sorry to tell you that I was lazy and didn't even attempt to keep track of things for this set. My bad! They definitely started and ended a little late.

[4:25 PM lights down, musicians onstage; Introduction by Bill]

1. [4:30 PM] Rainy Day Women, #12 & 35
2. [4:38 PM] One of These Days
3. [4:44 PM] Down by the River
4. [4:57 PM] Tangled Up in Blue
5. [5:07 PM] Scenery
6. [5:18 PM] Gotta Serve Somebody
7. [5:27 PM] Like a Hurricane
8. [5:41 PM] Old Man
9. [5:48 PM] Powderfinger
10. [5:55 PM] Forever Young
    [set ends 6:01 PM]

• Bernie Bauer: bass;
• Mark Corsolini: drums;
• Jeannette Ferber: harmony vox;
• Jeff Hobbs: violin, harmony vox;
• Pat Nevins: guitar, harmonica, vox;
• Jody Salino: guitar;
• Steve Sofranko: Hohner Clavinet D6, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, harmony vox;
• Gail Weisman: harmony vox.

scheduled 6:15 - 8 PM

wish we could have stayed, but got caught in that over-scheduled zone once again…

• Scott Cooper: guitar, vox;
• Matt Hartle: guitar;
• Michael Owens: drums;
• Roger Sideman: bass, contrabass;
• Steve Sofranko: Hohner Clavinet D6, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, lead & harmony vox.

scheduled 8:45 - 11:30 PM

• Scott Guberman: keyboards, Hammond B3 organ, vox;
• Zach Nugent: guitar, vox; others TBD.

Ting and I arrived exactly on time (after a massively time-wasting clusterf#@k in Point Richmond around Westbound 580), only to get turned away at the door – too early, start-time revised! – so we walked back across the street and sat in the car awhile as the Del Mars finished soundcheck and the other early birds snatched up all the seating.

As the Del Mars were playing when we walked in, I decided to bail on setlist duty – it's OK to blow off a shift now and then, right?! – and leave the job to Bob Cogswell working after-the-fact with his multi-track archival recording.

The Ashkenaz crew set up another 20 or 30 folding chairs on house right during the opening set – all the better to accommodate the folks who continued to trickle in – but Ting and I danced, or flitted about to visit during the breaks between tunes.

Chef Jeff and his crew got hors d'oeuvres set out during the break between bands, and we enjoyed noshing while yacking and laughing. Our eating ended about the same time that Shakey Zimmerman began, and from that point on it was time to dance. Fully electric today, and loud. A fun set! I don't recall hearing them cover Scenery before – it was nice to have at least one tune that wasn't a well-trotted old war horse in today's repertoire.

The main course is set out during Forever Young, and breaking protocol, we jump in line to get dinner before we leave. Show up at a Chef Jeff event and skip dinner? No Way! I exhibit my best self control and refrain from piling the plate high. Just a taste of most of the dishes. Sure wish we'd had time to stick around for the full feast, but today is one of those over-planned days, so we gotta dash!

We zoom out of Ashkenaz while most folks are eating and the musicians of Shakey Zimmerman begin to break down their gear for the set change. Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go! Where? We're off to see Mike Dillon's NOLAtet in the Henderson Lab at SFJAZZ….

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2019 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2019 event list! ☸ On to the next event!