# Phil Lesh and the Terrapin Family Band at Terrapin Crossroads Bar, October 21, 2013

[Phil Lesh](http://www.phillesh.net/) and the Terrapin Family Band  
2013-10-21  
[Terrapin Crossroads Bar](http://terrapincrossroads.net/)  
[100 Yacht Club Drive, San Rafael, CA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=100+Yacht+Club+Drive,+San+Rafael,+CA&hl=en)  
7:00 PM, Monday, October 21, 2013

## One Set

[Phil is out there noodling by 7:05 PM, but I'm stuck outside with about a hundred other heads, waiting to be let into the show, so I can't report anything more than what I could hear through the walls...]

1. [7:13 PM] Bertha (GL)
2. [7:22 PM] Dupree's Diamond Blues (RJ)
3. [7:33 PM] Ship of Fools (AK)
4. [7:39 PM] Ramble On Rose (BL)
5. [7:47 PM] Bird Song (PL)
6. [8:05 PM] Sugar Magnolia (GL)
7. [8:15 PM] Long Black Veil (BL+GL)
8. [8:22 PM] Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (PL)
9. [8:30 PM] I Don't Care (RJ) »
10. [8:34 PM] (Turn On Your) Lovelight (RJ)
11. [8:43 PM] Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodle-oo (PL)
12. [8:54 PM] Wharf Rat (BL)
13. [9:08 PM] Help on the Way (GL) » 
14. [9:13 PM] Slipknot! » 
15. [9:19 PM] El Paso (RJ) » 
16. [9:22 PM] Slipknot! » 
17. [9:23 PM] Franklin's Tower (PL)  
[set ends 9:31 PM; band stays present "on stage"]  
   
**Encore**  
[9:32 GL introduces band; PL donor rap]
18. [9:35 PM] GDTRFB » 
19. [9:42 PM] AWBYGN  
[show ends 9:45 PM; thanks, goodnight, group bow]


## Performers

* [Ross James](http://facebook.com/RossJamesMusic): guitar, pedal steel guitar, lead and harmony vox;
* Alex Koford: drums, harmony vox;
* [Brian Lesh](http://facebook.com/BrianJamesLesh): guitar, mandolin, acoustic guitar, lead and harmony vox;
* [Grahame Lesh](http://facebook.com/GrahameLesh): acoustic guitar, guitar, lead and harmony vox;
* [Phil Lesh](http://www.phillesh.net/): bass, lead and harmony vox.

{{https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SfZjF22430Q/UmYqsKC9oPI/AAAAAAAAE9w/imWRl1ePfbI/w1396-h1047-no/20131021-2147-01.jpg|Happy to be playing in the Family Band!}}

## Notes

Free show in the bar with Phil? Hell yeah, I'll go!! Quite a crowd tonight ... ain't no standing room at all. Managed to find a square foot or two near the waitress access to the main bar -- got me a sliver of a sightline to the band and a decent angle on the PA. Not the best spot, but beggars can't be choosers, and really, I was just glad to be inside given the overall chaos.

The gig started out a little rocky, but got better and better and they chugged along. _Bird Song_ was quite spacey, while the following _Sugar Mag_ was a bit more of a rocker than usual. The Lesh brothers have tweaked _Long Black Veil_ enough to be interesting (always good to freshen things up), even if it's a little hard to imagine either one as the protagonist. Phil made similar tweaks to _Tom Thumb's Blues_ -- changing the lyrics yet again. Now he's "back in New York City" again, but only after dissing the Tea Party and the Speaker of the House. _I Don't Care_, a Justin Townes Earle tune, was a treat, delivered by Ross with bombast and aplomb, much like his surprise insertion of _El Paso_ within the _Slipknot!_ jam later in the show. All in all it was an awesome way to spend a Monday night. Maybe I'll head out there again next week too!

Oh, and the [Dogfish Head American Beauty](http://www.dogfish.com/brews-spirits/the-brews/occasional-rarities/american-beauty/index.htm) imperial pale ale? Gone! I guess they misunderestimated demand from the NorCal beer drinking public; guess I shoulda made the haul over there last week instead of assuming it would stay on tap more than a few days. I s'pose I'll have to settle for a bottle from my local specialty retailer...

Remembered another little thing: [Phil was playing a new Ritter bass today!](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PPr2UuYfvZ8/UmYq0FK_JnI/AAAAAAAAE94/YomkylDWjnM/w785-h1047-no/20131021-2136-33.jpg) Lots of knobs (?7! I counted 'em!) along the bottom edge of the body. LED lights. Fairly standard shape. Got a red dragon inlay on the neck. Sounded great. Ting has shared some pictures on Facebook; I've posted a few on [Google+](https://plus.google.com/photos/100117772195183680273/albums/5937480017430594993), including the one linked earlier in this paragraph.

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