# the New Orleans Suspects at Great American Music Hall, September 20, 2015

[Slim's](http://www.slimspresents.com/?post_type=events&p=12103) presents [the New Orleans Suspects](http://www.neworleanssuspects.com/), with opening support from [Allofasudden](http://allofasudden.com/)  
2015-09-20  
[Great American Music Hall](http://www.gamh.com/)  
[859 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=859+O'Farrell+Street,+San+Francisco,+CA&hl=en)  
8:00 PM, Sunday, September 20, 2015

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## Set One: Allofasudden

[8:00 PM lights down]

01. [8:01 PM] ? "I want you out of my head"
02. [8:05 PM] Serious People
03. [8:11 PM] Eyelash
04. [8:15 PM] ? "I ain't mad at you"
05. [8:21 PM] ?  
[set ends 8:28 PM]

## Set Two: the New Orleans Suspects

[9:01 PM lights down]

01. [9:01 PM] Grits
02. [9:12 PM] Get Back What You're Giving
03. [9:19 PM] Classified
04. [9:25 PM] Down on the Farm
05. [9:32 PM] Soothe Me
06. [9:37 PM] Glad
07. [9:44 PM] Cigarette Smile
08. [9:51 PM] Cocaine Jane
09. [9:58 PM] Cabbage Alley
10. [10:06 PM] ? Let's Get It Started
11. [10:13 PM] Smoke My Peace Pipe
12. [10:23 PM] Hey Pockey Way
13. [10:33 PM] Willie's Second Line  
[set ends 9:40 PM]  
   
**Encore**
14. [10:42 PM] Country Side of Life  
[show ends 10:52 PM]


## Performers

### the New Orleans Suspects

[the New Orleans Suspects](http://www.neworleanssuspects.com/)

* Jake Eckert: guitar, lead and harmony vox;
* "Mean" Willie Green: drums;
* C R Gruver: keyboards, lead and harmony vox;
* Reggie Scanlan: bass;
* Jeff Watkins: tenor saxophone.

### Allofasudden

[Allofasudden](http://allofasudden.com/)

* Jonathan Cole: guitars, vox;
* Nathan Cole: keyboards;
* Dave Goebel: drums;
* Tyler Shusterman: guitars, vox;
* Sean Stringfellow: bass, vox.

## Notes

Unfortunately, there weren't too many folks in attendance for Allofasudden -- between 30 and 50? -- but they soldiered on, and played a short set of tunes with vim and elan nonetheless. I liked them enough to be interested in hearing more, though not necessarily enough to look for them as a headliner. Maybe in a couple years!

Listeners trickled in slowly, and there was a healthier crowd present by the time the Suspects took the stage. Seems like they could have used a bit more promotion, but looking on the bright side, it was a decent turnout for a Sunday night. Anyways, the band laid right into it at 9:01 PM, starting off with the hot instrumental, _Grits_, and then proceeded to zig-zag their way through an assortment of covers and originals over the next two hours. I find Willie Green's drumming simply irresistible -- that beat just kicks me in the butt and lifts me up -- so much fun that I forget all about the aches and pains of everyday existence while I'm shaking my bones to that beat. And having played together for four or five years now, the band is well on the way to really developing that telepathic intuition that evidences as magical transitions from one performer to another, as particularly evidenced in the romping conclusion of _Willie's Second Line_ when they start trading eights or fours. Blew my mind, yeah! I'm already looking forward to seeing them when they come back in January. Should be another real fun time.

{{tag>music the_New_Orleans_Suspects Great_American_Music_Hall Jake_Eckert "Mean"_Willie_Green C_R_Gruver Reggie_Scanlan Jeff_Watkins Jonathan_Cole Nathan_Cole Dave_Goebel Tyler_Shusterman Sean_Stringfellow}}

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