# Aaron Neville at Miner Auditorium, December 15, 2016

[SFJAZZ](https://www.sfjazz.org/events/2016-17/1215/aaron-neville) presents Aaron Neville's Soulful Christmas Concert featuring Michael Goods, [David Johnson](http://www.davidjohnsonmusic.com/), [Aaron Neville](http://aaronneville.com/), [Charles Neville](http://www.charlesnevillesite.com/), Earl Smith Jr., and Eric Struthers  
2016-12-15  
[Robert M. Miner Auditorium](http://www.sfjazz.org/center)  
[SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=SFJAZZ+Center,+205+Franklin+St,+San+Francisco,+CA+94102+USA&hl=en)  
7:30 PM, Thursday, December 15, 2016

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## Set One

[7:34 PM lights down, band out without Aaron]

01. [7:35 PM] (unidentified instrumental)  
[add Aaron Neville]
02. [7:41 PM] Sam Cooke medley: _Stand by Me_ » _Cupid_ » _There Goes My Baby_ » _Chain Gang_ » _Stand by Me_
03. [7:46 PM] _Bird on a Wire_
04. [7:51 PM] _Don't Go Please Stay_
05. [7:55 PM] _Everybody Plays the Fool_  
[drop Charles Neville; David plays additional keyboards at start of next tune]
06. [7:59 PM] _Don't Know Much_  
[add Charles Neville]
07. [8:03 PM] _White Christmas_
08. [8:06 PM] _Please Come Home for Christmas_
09. [8:09 PM] _This Magic Moment_
10. [8:11 PM] _Ain't No Sunshine_
11. [8:17 PM] _Wildflower_  
[drop Aaron Neville]
12. [8:24 PM] _Take Five_  
[add Aaron Neville]
13. [8:29 PM] _Three Little Birds_ »
14. [8:31 PM] _Stir It Up_
15. [8:34 PM] _Drift Away_
16. [8:38 PM] _Oh Holy Night_  
[drop Charles, Eric; David swaps from bass to second keyboard rig]
17. [8:43 PM] _O Little Town of Bethlehem_  
[drop Earl]
18. [8:47 PM] _Ave Maria_  
[everybody back; David back to bass for the rest of the show]
19. [8:51 PM] _Yellow Moon_
20. [8:58 PM] _A Change Is Gonna Come_
21. [9:06 PM] _You Never Can Tell_
22. [9:09 PM] _Tell It Like It Is_  
[set ends 9:15 PM; bows, then off]  
   
**Encore**
23. [9:15 PM] _Amazing Grace_
24. [9:17 PM] _Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight_
25. [9:19 PM] _Mickey Mouse Club March_  
[show ends 9:21 PM; the band spends a few minutes blowing kisses to the crowd, then all off to end the night's entertainment]


## Performers

* Michael Goods: keyboards;
* [David Johnson](http://www.davidjohnsonmusic.com/): bass;
* [Aaron Neville](http://aaronneville.com/): vox;
* [Charles Neville](http://www.charlesnevillesite.com/): tenor saxophone, percussion;
* Earl Smith Jr.: drums, harmony vox;
* Eric Struthers: guitar, harmony vox.


## Notes

While the crowd might have been a bit unenthusiastic at the start (too many who didn't know who Aaron was?), by the end of the show he had them eating out of the palm of his hand. What a voice!

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