# Ryan Adams at the Berkeley Greek Theatre, June 2, 2017

[Another Planet Entertainment](http://apeconcerts.com/events/ryan-adams/) presents [Ryan Adams](http://paxamrecords.com/), with opener, [Karen Elson](http://www.karenelson.com/)  
[William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearst_Greek_Theatre)  
[2001 Gayley Rd., Berkeley, CA 94720 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2001+Gayley+Rd.,+Berkeley,+CA+94720+USA&hl=en)  
7:30 PM, Friday, June 2, 2017

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## Set One: Karen Elson

[7:39 PM band out]

01. [7:39 PM] _Wonder Blind_
02. [7:43 PM] _A Million Stars_
03. [7:48 PM] _Come Hell and High Water_
04. [7:53 PM] _Distant Shore_
05. [7:58 PM] _Call Your Name_
06. [8:03 PM] _Double Roses_
07. [8:09 PM] _Marcy's Song_
08. [8:15 PM] _Wolf_  
[set ends 8:21 PM]

### Performers

* [Karen Elson](http://www.karenelson.com/): guitar (except t03), vox;
* (unidentified woman): concert grand harp (t01-02, t05-06);
* (unidentified woman): violin, harmony vox;
* (unidentified woman): guitar, harmony vox;
* (unidentified man in hat): acoustic guitar (t01-02, t05-06).

## Set Two: Ryan Adams

[8:51 PM announcements, dead air, 9:02 PM lights down, band out]

01. [9:02 PM] _Let It Ride_
02. [9:06 PM] _Magnolia Mountain_
03. [9:15 PM] _To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High)_
04. [9:18 PM] _Two_
05. [9:21 PM] _Gimme Something Good_
06. [9:25 PM] _Dirty Rain_
07. [9:30 PM] _Fix It_
08. [9:35 PM] _Prisoner_ (begins RA solo on 12-string acoustic guitar; band comes in after 2 verses, and RA swaps back to electric)
09. [9:40 PM] _Stay With Me_
10. [9:44 PM] _Shakedown on 9th Street_
11. [9:49 PM] _Do You Still Love Me?_
12. [9:53 PM] _Sweet Illusions_
13. [9:58 PM] _When The Stars Go Blue_  
[band off; Ryan swaps to acoustic guitar and harmonica]
14. [10:03 PM] _Ashes and Fire_ @¥  
[band back]
15. [10:08 PM] _Peaceful Valley_
16. [10:19 PM] _Dear John_
17. [10:25 PM] _Doomsday_  
[all off but Ryan and Ben]
18. [10:29 PM] _Wonderwall_  
[band back; Ryan introduces them one by one and tells stories about each one ... this lasts ~5 min]
19. [10:38 PM] _Everybody Knows_
20. [10:42 PM] _Invisible Riverside_
21. [10:48 PM] _Cold Roses_
22. [10:54 PM] _New York, New York_  
[band off, Ryan swaps to acoustic guitar and harmonica]
23. [10:59 PM] _Come Pick Me Up_ @¥  
[show ends 11:04 PM; Ryan back out to talk as the house lights go up, but we're past curfew and the mic feed has been cut, so he waves bye bye and bows as we walks back offstage]

### Performers

* [Ryan Adams](http://paxamrecords.com/): guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar (t08), @ acoustic guitar, ¥ harmonica, vox;
* [Ben Alleman](http://www.benalleman.com/): Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, harmony vox;
* [Aaron Ficca](https://www.facebook.com/Aaron-Ficca-208365119194520/): drums;
* [Charlie Stavish](http://www.charliestavish.com/): bass;
* [Todd Wisenbaker](https://www.instagram.com/totally_tod/): guitar.


## Notes

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Very mellow scene. Full, but lot's of space in the pit tonight -- more than I can ever recall, actually. Hardly anyone crashing through, all night long. Relatively well-behaved crowd. Not too many idiots! Solid show. Lot's of up-and-down pacing in the tunes. Many seemed to have new arrangements over what I remembered from the albums. Ryan didn't say a word until an hour or so into the show, and then his comment was something like, "I'm not talking tonight because everything is perfect and I don't want to f#@k it up."

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