# Phil Lesh with Stu Allen & Lebo at the Back Porch Stage at Terrapin Crossroads, October 11, 2016

[Terrapin Crossroads](http://www.terrapincrossroads.net/events/songs-to-fill-the-air-ft-phil-lesh-stu-allen-lebo/) presents _Songs to Fill the Air_ featuring [Phil Lesh](http://www.phillesh.net/) with [Stu Allen](http://www.stuallen.net/) and [Lebo](http://www.lebomusic.com/)  
2016-10-11  
[the Back Porch Stage at Terrapin Crossroads](http://terrapincrossroads.net/)  
[100 Yacht Club Drive, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=100+Yacht+Club+Drive,+San+Rafael,+CA+94901+USA&hl=en)  
4:30 PM, Tuesday, October 11, 2016

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## One Set

[4:35 PM Phil out noodling, Stu and Lebo plotting a setlist backstage]

01. [4:41 PM] _Big Boss Man_ (SA)  
[long pause]
02. [4:50 PM] _Don't Think Twice It's Alright_ (L)  
[long pause]
03. [5:02 PM] _U.S. Blues_ (PL)  
[long pause]
04. [5:14 PM] _Stagger Lee_ (SA) $
05. [5:26 PM] _I Feel the Earth Move_ (L)
06. [5:37 PM] _Bird Song_ (PL)
07. [5:54 PM] _See That My Grave Is Kept Clean_  
[set ends ~6:00 PM]

## Performers

* [Stu Allen](http://www.stuallen.net/): guitar, lead and harmony vox;
* [Dan "Lebo" Lebowitz](http://www.lebomusic.com/): acoustic guitar, $ lap steel guitar, lead and harmony vox;
* [Phil Lesh](http://www.phillesh.net/): bass, lead and harmony vox.

## Notes

Not too many folks out here for the start of the set ... maybe 50, at most. A nice, relaxed vibe on a pleasant fall afternoon. A Louis Jordan compilation is being played over the PA, and as Phil noodles and warms up, he appears to be dancing a bit to Louis' hep cat jive. Makes me think I should ask if he's considered covering any of Louis' tunes ... there's a lot of good ore in that vein of musical gold!

Phil fluffs half the verses to U.S. Blues, but the crowd is an easy one, and no one razzes him over it. He promises to practice it more before trying it again.

Lebo is surprisingly tentative on Stagger Lee ... he must have had something in mind before switching to lap steel, but I don't recall that he did all that much during the tune. Maybe it was Stu's suggestion to make the instrument swap?

Phil dedicates _Bird Song_ to a gaggle of geese flying overhead as the trio gets things together following Lebo's Carole King cover.

Stu delivers an especially impassioned vocal on Blind Lemon Jefferson's _See That My Grave Is Kept Clean_ -- a grim topic to wrap up the set, but nicely rendered nonetheless.

By the end of the set the crowd has swelled to a hundred or more, but most folks drift away soon after, leaving the bar scene relatively mellow for the break before the "Stuesday" set begins. I expected that the place might be more crowded, what with the Giants-Cubs NLDS game on, but maybe folks are just watching elsewhere? I'd be happy enough just listening on the radio, but with commute traffic still thick, I opt to hang out in the bar awhile instead: way better to enjoy a beer and the company of fellow deadheads while watching the game on TV than to set myself homeward bound through heavy traffic!

{{tag>music Stu_Allen Lebo Phil_Lesh the_Back_Porch  Dan_Lebowitz }}

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