# Jerry Day Celebration at Jerry Garcia Amphitheatre, August 2, 2015

[SF Parks & Recreation](http://www.jerryday.org/) presents Jerry Day Celebration featuring [Stu Allen](http://www.stuallen.net/) & Mars Hotel, [Melvin Seals & JGB](http://www.jgbband.com/blog/)  
2015-08-02  
[Jerry Garcia Amphitheatre](http://www.jerryday.org/event.html)  
[McLaren Park, San Francisco, CA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=McLaren+Park,+San+Francisco,+CA&hl=en)  
1:00 PM, Sunday, August 2, 2015

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[we missed the first two sets of the day, from Check Engine (acoustic) and the Terrapin Family Band]

## Set Three: Melvin Seals & JGB

01. [1:23 PM] How Sweet It Is
02. [1:29 PM] They Love Each Other
03. [1:41 PM] Struggling Man
04. [1:53 PM] Magnificent Sanctuary Band
05. [2:01 PM] If I Had the World to Give
06. [2:08 PM] Bright Side of the Road
07. [2:16 PM] Evangeline
08. [2:22 PM] It Must've Been the Roses (PL)
09. [2:30 PM] Waiting for a Miracle
10. [2:36 PM] My Sisters and My Brothers
11. [2:40 PM] Midnight Moonlight  
[set ends 2:49 PM]

## Set Two: Stu Allen & Mars Hotel

01. [3:14 PM] The Golden Road to Unlimited Devotion
02. [3:19 PM; w/MS, BP] Wang Dang Doodle
03. [3:32 PM] Row Jimmy
04. [3:43 PM; -GA; +SG, PL] Lasy Lightning
05. [3:55 PM; -SG, MM, JS; +SE, BR] Tennessee Jed
06. [4:05 PM; -RB, +MM] The Music Never Stopped
07. [4:19 PM; -SE, +JS] Help on the Way >> Slipknot! >>
08. [4:29 PM] Franklin's Tower
09. [4:40 PM; -PL, +GA] Truckin'
10. [4:50 PM] Terrapin Station >>
11. [5:05 PM] drum jam (all four of 'em, plus Stu, whacking away up there!) >>
12. [5:16 PM; +SG] the Wheel >>
13. [5:23 PM] I Need a Miracle >>
14. [5:29 PM] Mountains of the Moon >>
15. [5:36 PM] Around and Around  
[set ends 5:41 PM]  
   
**Encore**
16. [5:43 PM] And We Bid You Goodnight  
[show ends 5:46 PM]

## Performers

### Stu Allen & Mars Hotel

* [Stu Allen](http://www.stuallen.net/): guitar, vox;
* [Greg Anton](http://www.gregantonmusic.com/): drums;
* [Jordan Feinstein](http://www.jordanandtheritual.com/): keyboards, vox;
* Murph Murphy: bass;
* Nick Sandoval: guitar, lead and harmony vox;
* [Jerry Saracini](http://jerrysaracini.wix.com/): drums;  
- with special guests -
* [Steve Ellis](https://www.facebook.com/steve.ellis.7906): drums;
* [Scott Guberman](https://www.facebook.com/ScottGubermanMusic): keyboards, Hammond B3 organ, vox;
* [Bo Putnam](https://www.facebook.com/bo.putnam): harmonica;
* Brian Rashap: bass, harmony vox.

### Melvin Seals & JGB

[Melvin Seals & JGB](http://www.jgbband.com/blog/)

* David Hebert: guitar, lead and harmony vox;
* Jimmy Hubbard: bass;
* [Peter Lavezzoli](http://www.peterlavezzoli.com/): drums;
* Cheryl Rucker: harmony vox;
* [Melvin Seals](http://www.melvinseals.com/): Hammond B-3 organ, Roland RD700 keyboard, lead and harmony vox;
* Shirley Starks: harmony vox;  
- with special guest -
* [Dave Ellis](http://www.davellis.com/): tenor saxophone.

## Notes

YMD duties kept us ensnared in the east bay until lunch time, so as hard as we tried, we still didn't arrive until after 1 PM -- early enough to hear the main event, but late enough to miss the early festivities. Oh well! Found parking way up above the amphitheatre, then walked in from the back, happily running into Bill Pelletier and Scott Smader, who offered us a shady spot up on the hillside. We toured about briefly, but I quickly decided that it was way too hot in the sunshine (given that I was dressed for a typical foggy SF afternoon instead of blazing sun), and so proceeded to torture my knees and feet by balancing on the steep slope for the next few hours. It was great fun, but painful by the end. Probably should have spent more time sitting down, or gone to find a flat spot in the shade instead...

Many thanks to the musicians who put on a rockin' good time for us. Makes me glad to live in the bay area!

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