# Marcia Griffiths with Sly & Robbie & the Taxi Gang at Sweetwater Music Hall, July 26, 2017

[Sweetwater Music Hall](http://www.sweetwatermusichall.com/event/1482681-marcia-griffiths-bob-marley-mill-valley/) presents [Marcia Griffiths](https://www.google.com/#q=%22Marcia%20Griffiths%22+piano+keyboards+vox) with [Sly & Robbie & the Taxi Gang](https://www.facebook.com/SlyandRobbieTaxiGangLIVE/); with opener, [Lee Tafari](http://leetafari.com/)  
[19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=19+Corte+Madera+Ave,+Mill+Valley,+CA+94941+USA&hl=en)  
9:00 PM, Wednesday, July 26, 2017

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## Set One: Lee Tafari's Acoustic to Vinyl

[8:45 PM LT is already playing when we walk in...]

01. [8:45 PM] (unidentified tune)
02. [8:46 PM] _Love Party_  
[8:50 PM, Lee takes off his guitar and begins spinning _Jammin'_ on his turntable, adding toasting vox now and then. He skips through a couple other tunes incompletely, including _Turn Your Lights Down Low_, _How Sweet It Is_, another Motown tune, and maybe six or eight more fragments. Meanwhile, he dances, talks to the crowd, and generally tries to entertain us. Eventually Lee picks up his guitar for another live tune.]
03. [9:11 PM] _Peace Makers_
04. [9:15 PM] (unidentified tune \#2)  
[9:20 PM, Lee says thanks! and jumps behind the curtain, thinking that his time is up. After about 10 seconds, he reappears. "I was foolin' with you ... I have another 20 minutes", he says, then switches back to playing vinyl until his time runs out at 9:45 PM]

## Set Two: Sly & Robbie & the Taxi Gang

[10:26 PM lights down, introduction, Taxi Gang out, followed by Fenton and one of the Reggae Angels]

01. [10:28 PM] (unidentified tune; lyrics "Get into the habit of giving what we can")
02. [10:32 PM] (unidentified tune; lyrics "All people are one")  
[Drop Fenton and Angel, then Fenton reappears briefly to call Marcia Griffiths up onstage, quickly followed by two harmony singers]
03. [10:36 PM] _Mellow Mood_ » [10:41 PM] _Bend Down Low_ tease »
04. [10:43 PM] _Dreamland_
05. [10:47 PM] _I Shall Sing (As Long As I Live)_ »
06. [10:52 PM] (unidentified tune; lyrics "I wanna be closer, I wanna be loved", implies _Closer to You_; handwritten setlist says _Nanny Goat_) »
07. [10:55 PM] _Fire Burning_
08. [10:59 PM] _One Draw_
09. [11:05 PM] _Live On_ (co-lead with m harmony vox; additional toasting by Leaf of Life)
10. [11:10 PM] _You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)_
11. [11:15 PM] _Back in the Days_ » _World A Reggae (Out In The Street They Call It Murder)_ tease
12. [11:21 PM] _Stepping Out of Babylon_
13. [11:25 PM] _54-46 (That's My Number)_
14. [11:31 PM] _Buffalo Soldier_
15. [11:34 PM] _Could You Be Loved_ »
16. [11:39 PM] _Redemption Song_
17. [11:42 PM] _Electric Boogie_  
[set ends 11:47 PM all off, no encore]

## Performers

### Marcia Griffiths

* Marcia Griffiths: vox;

### Sly & Robbie & the Taxi Gang

[Sly & Robbie & the Taxi Gang](https://www.facebook.com/SlyandRobbieTaxiGangLIVE/) or [Sly & Robbie](https://www.facebook.com/slyandrobbieofficial/)

* Franklyn Bubbler Waul: keyboards;
* [Lowell 'Sly' Dunbar](https://www.facebook.com/sldunb/): drums;
* Robbie Shakespeare: bass;
* ? Winston Bowen ?: guitar;
* ?: fem harmony vox;
* ?: male lead & harmony vox;

#### with special guests

* [Leaf of Life](http://hailecush.com/): toasting vox.

##### Reggae Angels

[Reggae Angels](http://www.reggaeangels.com/)

* ? Cynthia Roots OR  Angelica Wardle?: harmony vox;
* [Fenton Wardle](http://www.reggaeangels.com/): vox.

### Lee Tafari

* [Lee Tafari](http://leetafari.com/): acoustic guitar, percussion, vox;

## Notes

Lee Tafari started things off with a memorable set: _Acoustic to Vinyl_, exactly as described. It was pretty fun, though not really the sort of thing I was hoping to see tonight.

During setbreak, rumors spread that there would be another opener (aiyah! another late night?), but thankfully, this turned out to be only partly true, as Fenton and an unidentified Reggae Angel performed a pair of tunes with Sly and Robbie and the Taxi Gang before giving way to Marcia Griffiths. Marcia regaled us with an interesting mix of her own tunes and classic reggae cuts by other artists. Musically, the set was super fun to dance to: steaming hot, live and dubby! Taxi Gang is super tight, and I would love to hear them again soon. It's a shame that no one took time to introduce the whole band, as they were all good.

And either I wasn't paying attention, or the show just sort of crumbled apart at the end of _Electric Boogie_. Marcia got the dancers from the audience to leave the stage, then walked off herself while the band wrapped things up. Then they just got up and left. No group hug. No bows. No "say nitey night and wave bye-bye." And shortly thereafter, the house lights came up. Strange! I was kinda disappointed, but what can you do? When they turn up the lights, the party's over...

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