Cypress Station presents Painted Mandolin
Cypress Dr., Fairfax, CA 94930 USA
3:00 PM, Saturday, November 26, 2022

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Set One video from the11

{we're moving slow today, and arrive a bit late… dang! I didn't ask to see how many songs we missed. My guess is two or three… someday I'll check out the video link above and fix things up below…}

[3:11 PM] {Getting the sound together; JC starts on violin}

1. [3:13 PM] Girl at the Crossroads Bar (MH/LG)
   {monitor adjustments}
2. [3:16 PM] Gomorrah (MH)
   {JC swaps to mandolin}
3. [3:23 PM] Louis Collins (JC)
   {JC swaps to percussion}
4. [3:30 PM] Back on the Train (LG) »
5. [3:35 PM] Big Railroad Blues (LG)
   {JC swaps to violin; MH swap to banjo}
6. [3:40 PM] Tennessee (MH)
   {JC playing talking drum & violin (not at the same time!); MH swaps back to acoustic guitar}
7. [3:46 PM] After the Fire (LG)
   {JC playing violin only}
8. [3:55 PM] Dear Prudence (MH)
   {JC swaps to percussion}
9. [4:04 PM] Everything's the Same
   [4:08 PM] {set ends}

Set Two video from the11

[4:30 PM] {performers out. MH & LG on acoustic guitars; JC starts on mandolin}

1. [4:32 PM] Everybody Needs Somebody to Love »
2. [4:39 PM] Lay Down Sally (MH)
3. [4:47 PM] High Lonesome Sound (JC)
   {JC playing violin}
4. [4:53 PM] Mission in the Rain (LG)
   {JC swaps to percussion}
5. [5:02 PM] Reuben and Cerise (MH)
   {5:10 PM pause for water; talk about the strange Toyota Cicada; JC playing violin}
6. [5:13 PM] Sweet Rain (LR)
   {JC swaps to percussion}
7. [5:20 PM] Crazy Fingers (MH) »
8. [5:28 PM] Moonlight Mile (LG) » [5:32 PM] {JC violin solo} » [5:34 PM] {JC back on percussion} »
9. [5:36 PM] Bertha (LG)
   [5:42 PM] {show ends}

Painted Mandolin

• Joe Craven: percussion, mandolin, violin, vox;
• Larry Graff: acoustic guitar, vox;
• Matt Hartle: acoustic guitar, banjo, vox;
• Missing: Dan Robbins bass, contrabass.

Kinda chilly today, but not so bad once I generated my dancing warmth.

It was great fun seeing Painted Mandolin today, performing as a trio, sans bass. I love the repertoire of the Garcia-Grisman Band, and I'm really glad that Joe Craven has teamed up with the others to bring those songs back into our consciousness. I also appreciate that the setlist is expansive enough to include originals and covers outside of that GGB core: let's have fun and keep everyone on their toes, eh? Tennessee, for example, is a funny and funky and danceable Matt Hartle original paying tribute to the his dog.

Another great afternoon at Cypress Station!

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2022 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2022 event list! ☸ On to the next event!