# Jackie Greene at the Warfield, November 26, 2016

[Goldenvoice/AEG Live](http://www.thewarfieldtheatre.com/events/detail/314747) presents [Jackie Greene](http://jackiegreene.com/) with [Phil Lesh](http://www.phillesh.net/) 
2016-11-26  
[the Warfield](http://www.thewarfieldtheatre.com)  
[982 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94102-4012 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=982+Market+Street,+San+Francisco,+CA+94102-4012+USA&hl=en)  
8:00 PM, Saturday, November 26, 2016

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## Set One: Jackie Greene Band

[8:29 PM lights down,, band out]

01. [8:30 PM] _Back to the Bottom_
02. [8:35 PM] _Ghosts of Promised Lands_
03. [8:45 PM] _Now I Can See for Miles_
04. [8:51 PM] _Silver Lining_  
[add Mark Karan for the rest of the set]
05. [8:56 PM] _Medicated Goo_
06. [9:03 PM] _That's What Love Will Make You Do_  
[add Bruce Spencer on second drum kit]
07. [9:11 PM] _Hot 'lanta_
08. [9:18 PM] _Till the Light Comes_  
[set ends 9:24 PM]

## Set Two: "Acoustic" Set with Bob Weir

[9:39 PM lights down, Jackie on mandolin, harmonica; Bob Weir on acoustic guitar; + band]

01. [9:39 PM] _Gonesville_ (BW)  
[Jason swaps from keyboards to violin]
02. [9:45 PM] _Lay My Lily Down_  (BW)  
[Jackie swaps to resonator guitar]
03. [9:51 PM] _Gone Wanderin'_ (JG)
04. [9:55 PM] _Light Up Your Window_ (JG)  
[Jackie swaps back to mandolin]
05. [9:58 PM] _Ripple_ (BW)  
[set ends 10:04 PM]

## Set Three: Electric Set with Guests

[10:17 PM lights down, band out + Weir + Alex Nelson: piano]

01. [10:19 PM] _Jack Straw_ (BW/ND)
02. [10:25 PM] _Shakey Ground_ (BW/JG)  
[Swap in Phil for Jon Cornell, add Nicki Bluhm]
03. [10:34 PM] _Scarlet Begonias_ (BW) »
04. [10:42 PM] _Fire on the Mountain_ (NB)  
[drop Nicki; add Bruce Spencer at second drum kit]
05. [10:53 PM] _Dark Star_ (BW) »
06. [10:58 PM] _I'm So Gone_ (JG) »
07. [11:03 PM] _Dark Star_ » [11:06 PM +MK] jam »
08. [11:14 PM;+NB] _Shakedown Street_ (JG) » [11:20 PM +Jon Cornell] »
09. [11:21 PM] _Another Brick in the Wall, part 2_ »
10. [11:28 PM; +RJ] _Shakedown Street_ (reprise)  
[drop NB, Jon C; Alex Nelson moves to Hammond B-3, Jason Crosby moves to piano]
11. [11:31 PM] _China Cat Sunflower_ (BW) »
12. [11:36 PM] _I Know You Rider_  
[set ends 11:44 PM]  
   
**Encore**
13. [11:46 PM all back but Jon C; BD song + cake] _Sugaree_ (NB/BW/MK)  
[show ends 12:01 AM]


## Performers

* [Nicki Bluhm](http://www.nickibluhm.com/): lead (s3t04, 13) and harmony vox (s3t08-10);
* [Jon Cornell](https://www.facebook.com/joncornell): bass (all except s3t03-08, 11-13);
* [Jason Crosby](https://www.facebook.com/jasoncrosbyband): piano, Hammond B-3 organ, 6-string violin (s2t02-05);
* [Nathan Dale](http://www.nathandale.com/): guitar, lead (s3t01) and harmony vox;
* [Jackie Greene](http://jackiegreene.com/): guitar, slide guitar, resonator guitar (s2t03-04), mandolin (s2t01-02, 05), harmonica, lead (all s1, s2t03-04, s3t02, 06, 08) and harmony vox;
* [Fitz Harris](http://www.fitzharrismusic.com/): drums, harmony vox;
* [Ross James](http://facebook.com/RossJamesMusic): guitar (s3t10-13);
* [Mark Karan](http://www.markkaran.com/): guitar (s1t05-t08, s3t07-13);
* [Phil Lesh](http://www.phillesh.net/): bass (s3t03-13), harmony vox;
* [Alex Nelson](http://www.walkingspanish.com/): piano (s3t01-10), Hammond B-3 organ (s3t11-13);
* [Bruce Spencer](https://www.facebook.com/bruce.spencer.73): drums (s1t07-08, s3);
* [Bob Weir](http://bobweir.net/): guitar (s3), acoustic guitar (s2), lead (s2t01-02, 05, s3t01-03, 05, 11, 13) and harmony vox.

## Notes

I've enjoyed going to past celebrations of Jackie's Birthday, and this party rose to my expectations. Figuring on a tough crowd, Ting and I headed over extra-early to do some line duty, grab our tickets from will-call, then claim a spot on the first drink rail up from the floor -- my favorite section for GA shows at the Warfield, even with all the distractions that entails.

The first set was solidly excellent, and I would have been perfectly happy to hear Jackie and his pals continue to run the boards with assorted favorites from outside the Grateful Dead canon, but instead, the night continued with a brief acoustic set, centered around tunes from Bob Weir's new album, _Blue Mountain_, followed by an electric set focused almost exclusively on Grateful Dead covers.

Of course, most everyone has their own take on what it means to cover the Dead, and Jackie's take is generally pretty interesting. I really liked the inclusion of Eddie Hazel's extremely funky classic, _Shakey Ground_ -- all the better to get down and groovy on a Saturday night! The abrupt, Weir-style transition from _Scarlet Begonias_ into _Fire on the Mountain_ appeared to me to have been instigated by Jackie -- hard to tell if he jumped the gun on that one or if it was a well-planned swerve. Maybe someday the show will be up on the live music archive for further study!

I'm curious to know the genesis of Jackie's Shakedown/Another Brick mash-up -- Youtube shows a couple relatively coarse versions posted by amateur musicians as far back as 2011 -- seems like a chocolate/peanut butter pair to me! _China_ » _Rider_ was an excellent way to close the third set, and while I was mildly bummed to have the gig wrapped up by midnight, that made it **much** easier for us to get home, since we still had a couple BART trains to go before they shut down the system for the night.

Interested in another point of view? Here’s Joshua Zucker’s [review](http://www.sfchronicle.com/music/article/Weir-Lesh-and-other-Bay-Area-elite-jam-for-10638800.php) for SFGate.

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