# Melvin Seals & JGB at Jerry Garcia Amphitheatre, August 6, 2017

[Jerry Day 2017](http://www.jerryday.org/) presents [Melvin Seals & JGB](http://www.jgbband.com/blog/) with [Ron Holloway](http://www.theronhollowayband.com/)  
[Jerry Garcia Amphitheatre](http://www.jerryday.org/event.html)  
[McLaren Park, San Francisco, CA 94121 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=McLaren+Park,+San+Francisco,+CA+94121+USA&hl=en)  
12:45 PM, Sunday, August 6, 2017

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{{:2017:2017-08:2017-08-06_jd17_orig.jpg?206|Today's poster}}

## Today's Lineup

* 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM [Midnight North](2017-08-06)
* 12:45 PM - 2:45 PM [Melvin Seals & JGB](2017-08-06-2)
* 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM [Stu Allen & Mars Hotel](2017-08-06-3)

## One Set

[1:09 PM announcements and band introduction by Bo Putnam]

01. [1:12 PM] _How Sweet It Is_ (ZN)
02. [1:19 PM] _Expressway to Your Heart_ (CR/SS)
03. [1:32 PM] _Black Muddy River_ (ZN)
04. [1:40 PM] _Let's Spend the Night Together_ (ZN)
05. [1:55 PM] _Struggling Man_ (ZN) »
06. [2:03 PM] _Rhapsody in Red_ (ZN)
07. [2:16 PM] _I'll Be With Thee_ (CR/SS)  
[drop girls, add Stu Allen]
08. [2:23 PM] _Scarlet Begonias_ (ZN)  
[set ends 2:35 PM; post set announcements by Tom Murphy; additional thanks from Mountain Girl AKA Carolyn Garcia, who leads the crowd in a _Happy Birthday song_ sing along; done by 2:43 PM]


## Performers

[Melvin Seals & JGB](http://www.jgbband.com/blog/)

* [Peter Lavezzoli](http://www.peterlavezzoli.com/): drums;
* [John-Paul McLean](https://johnpaulmclean.com/): bass;
* Zack Nugent: guitar, lead and harmony vox;
* Cheryl Rucker: lead and harmony vox;
* [Melvin Seals](http://www.melvinseals.com/): Hammond B-3 organ, Roland RD700 keyboard, harmony vox;
* Shirley Starks: lead and harmony vox;  
- with special guests -
* [Stu Allen](http://www.stuallen.net/): guitar (t08);
* [Ron Holloway](http://www.theronhollowayband.com/): tenor saxophone.

## Notes

Melvin's set today was fun, though it fell short of my high expectations: not quite enough mojo or something. Sometimes it feels exactly right to lope along with that easy beat, but I was hoping to hear a bit more vim and fire. I'm definitely making a mountain out of a molehill here, and I'm reasonably sure that most of the crowd was well satisfied with the set. Heck I was shaking and twirling myself, but I wanted to be transported, and it felt to me as if the band just wasn't really aiming for lift off this afternoon. C'est la vie!

{{tag>music Melvin_Seals_&_JGB Stu_Allen Ron_Holloway Jerry_Garcia_Amphitheatre Peter_Lavezzoli John-Paul_McLean Zack_Nugent Cheryl_Rucker Melvin_Seals Shirley_Starks}}

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