Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 24 presents Buddy Miller's Cavalcade of Stars, featuring Carlene Carter
Rooster Stage, Marx Meadow
Golden Gate Park, 898 John F Kennedy Dr, San Francisco, CA 94121 USA
3:00 PM, Saturday, October 5, 2024

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• 11:30 AM – 11:50 AM ☸ Red Dirt Boys
• 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM ☸ Jobi Riccio
• 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM ☸ Teddy Thompson
• 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM ☸ Dom Flemons
• 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ☸ Carlene Carter
• 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ☸ Buddy Miller
• 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM ☸ Jackie Greene & Anders Osborne

[3:05 PM] {Greetings & Introduction by Chuck Poling}

1. [3:06 PM] He Will Be Mine (Al Anderson & Carlene Carter)
   [3:09 PM] {CC apology for the rough start; introduction of the next tune}
2. [3:10 PM] Damascus Road (Carlene Carter)
   [3:14 PM] {CC talks about her Carter Family roots; song-writing advice from her mom; 1st big hit tune}
3. [3:16 PM] Easy from Now On (Carlene (Carter) Routh & Susanna Clark)
   [3:19 PM] {CC talk about husband #2}
4. [3:20 PM] Sweet Meant to Be (Carlene Carter & Howie Epstein)
   [3:23 PM] {CC talk about husband #3}
5. [3:23 PM] Too Many Teardrops (Carlene Carter & Nick Lowe)
   [3:26 PM] {CC says her bra is melting}
6. [3:26 PM] Every Little Thing (Al Anderson & Carlene Carter)
   [3:29 PM] {add Buddy Miller; drop unidentified harmony vox}
7. [3:30 PM] Baby Ride Easy (Carlene Carter & Dave Edmunds)
   [3:34 PM] {drop Buddy; add Emmylou Harris; CD swap from contrabass to bass}
8. [3:34 PM] Hello Stranger (A.P. Carter)
   [3:38 PM] {drop Emmylou Harris}
9. [3:38 PM] Foggy Mountain Top (A.P. Carter)
   [3:41 PM] {CC introduces Al Hill & tells us the next tune was co-written with John Mellencamp}
10. [3:42 PM] Indigo Sunset (Carlene Carter & John Mellencamp)
    [3:46 PM] {h vox returns; CC teaches the sing-along for the next tune}
11. [3:47 PM] I Fell in Love (Carlene Carter‚ Howie Epstein‚ Perry Lamek‚ & Benmont Tench)
    [3:51 PM] {CC introduces Bryan & Chris; jokes about wearing spanx; says this is probably the last tune}
12. [3:52 PM] Ring of Fire (June Carter & Merle Kilgore) » [3:53 PM] {Fats Kaplan swaps from pedal steel guitar to 2nd violin for the big jam}
    [3:55 PM] {CP out to fluff for CC and the band}
    [3:56 PM] {CC back onstage; says she learned this last one from her Grandma}
    
    Encore
13. [3:56 PM] Wildwood Flower (Maud Irving‚ Joseph Philbrick Webster‚ & A.P. Carter)
    [3:59 PM] {final words from CP}
    [4:00 PM] {set ends}

• Carlene Carter: acoustic guitar, vox;
• Al Hill: keyboards, lead & harmony vox;
• Whit Hill: harmony vox.

Red Dirt Boys

• Chris Donohue: bass, contrabass;
• Fats Kaplan: pedal steel guitar, violin (t12);
• Phil Madeira: keyboards, accordion (t13), harmony vox;
• Eamon McLoughlin: violin, mandolin, harmony vox;
• Bryan Owings: drums.

• Emmylou Harris: vox (t08);
• Steven P. "Buddy" Miller: guitar, vox (t07).

Carlene turned in what I'd call a sloppy good set: she was enthusiastic and fun, if not particularly sharp and ready for us. Maybe the heat had something to do with that: I know I was more than a little addled at this point in the afternoon because my setlist notes are shakier than usual!

I'm uncertain whether Al Hill sat in only on t10, or whether he played the whole set, but my guess is the latter, which implies that Phil Madeira was sitting out until t13. Shoulda been paying more attention! Maybe HSB TV has a video that I could watch to find out? Gotta go poke around for that!

It was certainly a treat to get sit-ins from Buddy and Emmylou: yet another reason to camp out at Rooster every year!

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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