# Phil Lesh on the Backyard Stage, July 25, 2017

[Terrapin Crossroads](https://www.terrapincrossroads.net/calendar/?view=calendar&month=July-2017) presents **Songs to Phil the Air** featuring [Phil Lesh](http://www.phillesh.net/) with [Jordan Feinstein](http://www.jordanandtheritual.com/), [Alex Koford](https://www.facebook.com/alex.koford), and [Greg Loiacono](http://www.listentomyshapes.com/)  
[the Backyard 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)  
5:00 PM, Tuesday, July 25, 2017

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## One Set

[5:10 PM band out and getting things together, noodling]

01. [5:17 PM] _Bus Ride Blues_ (GL)
02. [5:25 PM] _Big River_ (JF)
03. [5:32 PM] _Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You_ (AK)  
[Long pause for no good reason]
04. [5:41 PM] _Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodle-oo_ (PL)
05. [5:52 PM] _Mama Tried_ (GL)
06. [5:58 PM] _Hard to Handle_ (JF)
07. [6:07 PM] _Eyes of the World_ (AK/GL)
08. [6:19 PM] _On the Road Again_ (GL) £
09. [6:27 PM] _Franklin's Tower_ (JF)
10. [6:37 PM] _It's All Over Now, Baby Blue_ (AK)  
[set ends 6:42 PM]

## Performers

* [Jordan Feinstein](http://www.jordanandtheritual.com/): keyboards, £ melodica, lead and harmony vox;
* [Alex Koford](https://www.facebook.com/alex.koford): guitar, lead & harmony vox;
* [Phil Lesh](http://www.phillesh.net/): bass, lead and harmony vox;
* [Greg Loiacono](http://www.listentomyshapes.com/): guitar, lead and harmony vox.

## Notes

Today's event was pretty laid back, if slightly more crowded than last week. I was psyched to hear Greg's opener, _Bus Ride Blues_ again -- it's always nice to get something different into the setlist rotation!

_Hard to Handle_ was rather funky, thanks to clavinet-like keyboard leads from Jordan. Jordan also contributed a very nice wah-wah guitar-like solo to _Eyes of the World_ that somehow transmogrified into an organ solo in midflight. Good stuff!

_On the Road Again_ was a mellow rendition of the Canned Heat boogie rather than the Memphis Jug Band's traditional tune picked up for awhile by the Grateful Dead.

Surprisingly, today's Songs to Phil the Air set omitted _Ripple_. Guess you can't take anything for granted these days!

{{tag>music Phil_Lesh the_Backyard_Stage Jordan_Feinstein Alex_Koford Greg_Loiacono}}

[[2017-07-23|Back to the previous event!]] ☸ [[:#section2017|Up to the 2017 yearbox!]] ☸ [[:2017#July_events|Up to the 2017 event list!]] ☸  [[2017-07-25-2|On to the next event!]]