# Steve Kimock 's 60th Birthday Bash at Sweetwater Music Hall, October 5, 2015

[Steve Kimock's 60th Birthday Bash](http://www.sweetwatermusichall.com/event/959247-steve-kimocks-60th-birthday-mill-valley/)  
2015-10-05  
[Sweetwater Music Hall](http://www.swmh.com)  
[19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=19+Corte+Madera+Ave,+Mill+Valley,+CA+94941&hl=en)  
8:30 PM, Monday, October 5, 2015

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## Set One

[6:30 PM doors]  
[7 PM Birthday Dinner -- "Menu by culinary legend Gordon Drysdale"]  
[8:45 PM lights down, announcements from Wavy Gravy]  
[onstage: Wally Ingram, John Morgan Kimock, Steve Kimock, Pete Sears, & Bobby Vega]

01. [8:47 PM] _Many Rivers to Cross_
02. [9:02 PM] _You're the One_ >> [9:09 PM] _Pusher Man_ >> [9:14 PM] _You're the One_ reprise
03. [9:17 PM +KS] _Black Cat Bone_ (KS)  
[OFF: JMK, KS, BV; ON: Jeff Chimenti, Jay Lane, Dave Schools, & Bob Weir]
04. [9:28 PM] _Beware of Darkness_
05. [9:35 PM -PS] _Good Morning Little Schoolgirl_
06. [9:45 PM] _Dark Star_  
[set ends 9:5m PM]

## Set Two

[10:57 PM lights down, noodling about]  
[onstage: Jerry Joseph, Wally Ingram, John Morgan Kimock, Steve Kimock, Dave Schools, & Pete Sears]

01. [10:59 PM] _Supper's Ready_
02. [11:17 PM] _White Peaches_  
[ADD: Sikiru Adepoju]
03. [11:25 PM] _54-46 (That's My Number)_ >>  
[OFF: JL, SK, DS, PS]
04. [11:37 PM] drums >>  
[OFF -SA; WI to hand percussion, ON: Greg Anton, SK, PS, BV]
05. [11:46 PM] _Chance in a Million_ (instrumental)  
[OFF: WI; ADD: Hadi Al-Sadoon, Miles Kimock]
06. [11:57 PM] _Rigor Mortis_
07. [12:11 AM] _Golden Road_  
[OFF JMK; ON: WI]
08. [12:29 AM] _Cole's Law_  
[OFF GA, MK; ON: SA, JMK]
09. [12:48 AM] _Nana's Chalk Pipe_ (GA: back later to play percussion awhile)  
[OFF HAS, BV; ON: JJ, DS]
10. [1:14 AM] _War at the End of the World_  
[show ends 1:30 AM]

## Performers

* [Hadi Al-Saadoon](https://www.facebook.com/hadi.alsaadoon): trumpet;
* [Greg Anton](http://www.gregantonmusic.com/): drums;
* Jeff Chimenti: keyboards;
* [Wally Ingram](http://www.wallyingram.com/): drums, percussion;
* [Jerry Joseph](http://www.jerryjoseph.com/): guitar, vox;
* [John Morgan Kimock](http://www.johnkimock.com/): drums;
* [Miles Kimock](https://www.facebook.com/miles.kimock): guitar;
* [Steve Kimock](http://www.kimock.com/): guitar, slide guitar;
* Jay Lane: drums;
* Dave Schools: bass;
* [Pete Sears](http://www.petesears.com/): keyboards;
* Kenny Dale Siftar: guitar, vox;
* [Bobby Vega](http://www.bobbyvega.com/): bass;
* [Bob Weir](http://bobweir.net/): guitar, vox.

* [Wavy Gravy](http://www.wavygravy.net/): emcee.

## Notes

After a rocky start (long queue to get inside, not enough hors d'oeuvres to go around during the pre-show hang, a shark-like feeding frenzy when supper first arrived, and typical personal space issues between alpha fans), the show settled into a typically blissful space once the K-waves got rolling. It was funny to listen to the whispers and shouts as folks around me tried to call the tunes throughout the set: fortunately, I heard the good advice and let the wrong choices go unheeded. It was all absolutely top notch entertainment -- but I'll pick the deeply soulful opener, _Many Rivers to Cross_, as my favorite of the set. Not that I was unhappy when Dave Schools and Bob Weir subbed in -- but the disjointed groove and cognitive dissonance in the lyrics on _Schoolgirl_ threw me off for a bit. _Dark Star_ must have been great, right? Sadly, all I really remember about it now were Wally's rhythmic accents (played on his hubcaps) stimulating my recall of the prominently featured scraper/guiro on the classic _Live/Dead_ version from so long ago. Oh, and Bobby was messing around with delivery of the vocals, stretching and pulling them out like vocal taffy as compared to the usual pace of delivery. So, uh, not my favorite rendition tonight, but glad it was on the list nonetheless.

Set break was quite long, but I appreciated that -- the length afforded plenty of time for socializing (and drinking, and all the other usual activities) and generally relaxing and getting ready for the second half.

The second set got off to a great start with a couple of Jerry Joseph originals, then blasted into the stratosphere with a cosmically funky take on the Toots Hibbert classic _54-46 That's My Number_. Yowza! That's what I'm talking about! Funny to notice that my favorites tonight were the reggae numbers. Must be my headspace! Following that, everyone split but the drummers, and when the other musicians returned, it was time for a run through several classic Zero instrumentals. Wow! So much fun to hear those tunes again. Brings back many fond memories of shows long past. Per his mien, Steve just kept pushing things forward without pause or encore break, and the show eventually wrapped up about quarter past one with an impassioned take on Jerry Joseph's _War at the End of the World_. Whew! 1:30 AM? That's dang late for a Monday night show. Thanks guys! And happy birthday wishes to Steve! Here's hoping you have many years more time to play!

{{tag>music Steve_Kimock Sweetwater_Music_Hall Hadi_Al-Saadoon Greg_Anton Jeff_Chimenti Wally_Ingram Jerry_Joseph John_Morgan_Kimock Miles_Kimock Jay_Lane Dave_Schools Pete_Sears Kenny_Dale_Siftar Bobby_Vega Bob_Weir Wavy_Gravy}}

[[2015-10-04-6 | Back to the previous event!]] ☸ [[:#section2015 | Up to the 2015 yearbox!]] ☸ [[:2015#October_events | Up to the 2015 event list!]] ☸  [[2015-10-07 | On to the next event!]]