# Take Me to the River: a Memphis Soul and Rhythm & Blues Revue at Herbst Theatre, October 11, 2017

[SFJAZZ](https://sfjazz.org/tickets/productions/take-me-to-the-river/?performanceNumber=9920) presents Music Roots of Memphis: _Take Me to the River_, a Memphis Soul and Rhythm & Blues Revue featuring [William Bell](http://www.williambell.com/), [Charlie Musselwhite](http://www.charliemusselwhite.com/), Bobby Rush and a heck of a lot of other folks too  
[Herbst Theatre](http://performances.org/)  
[Veterans' Building, San Francisco War Memorial Performing Arts Center, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102-4522 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Veterans'+Building,+San+Francisco+War+Memorial+Performing+Arts+Center,+401+Van+Ness+Avenue,+San+Francisco,+CA+94102-4522+USA&hl=en)  
8:00 PM, Wednesday, October 11, 2017

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## One Set

[8:05 PM lights down, announcements from Randall Kline]  
[8:07 PM comments from Martin Shore, director of _TMttR_]  
[8:12 PM brief clip from the movie]  
[8:17 PM band out, Boo Mitchell up front to introduce them and act as emcee]

01. [8:19 PM] _20-75_  
[Sharisse Norman out to sing lead]
02. [8:24 PM] _I'm So Tired of Being Alone_ (SN)  
[Sherisse moves over to the side, joined by Evie]  
   
[Ashton Riker out to sing lead]
03. [8:27 PM] _Let's Stay Together_ (AR)
04. [8:32 PM] _Love and Happiness_ (AR)  
[Frayser Boy out to rap during the next tune]
05. [8:38 PM] _Sitting On the Dock o' the Bay_ (AR/FB)
06. [8:42 PM] _Try a Little Tenderness_ (AR)  
[Ashton off]  
   
[Al Kapone and Frayser Boy out]
07. [8:47 PM] _New Jewelry_ (AK/FB)  
[Al Kapone & Frayser Boy off]  
   
[Bobby Rush out to sing and play harmonica]
08. [8:51 PM] _Porcupine Meat_ (BR)  
[Frayser Boy out to rap during the next tune]
09. [9:00 PM] _Push and Pull_ (BR/FB)  
[drop horns, girls, MS, FB ... or everyone but BR?]
10. [9:06 PM] _Garbage Man_ (BR)  
[MS, horns return; band starts up a vamp as Bobby bows and waves goodbye]
11. [9:08 PM] _When the Saints Go Marching In_  
   
[add Charlie Musselwhite]
12. [9:10 PM] _If I Should Have Bad Luck_ (CM)
13. [9:17 PM] _West Helena Blues_ (CM) (dedicated to James Cotton)
14. [9:25 PM] _I'm Going Home_ (CM)  
[drop Charlie Musselwhite]  
   
[girls return; add William Bell]
15. [9:31 PM] _Easy Coming Out_ (WB)  
[drop CN; Evvie McKinney joins WB to sing co-lead]
16. [9:38 PM] _Private Number_ (WB/EM)  
[Evie back to the side; CN returns; AK out to rap later in the tune]
17. [9:43 PM] _I Forgot to Be Your Lover_ (WB/AK)  
[set ends 9:53 PM; William Bell bows out and leaves while the band stays onstage; then all lead singers return for the finale]  
   
**Finale**
18. [9:54 PM] _Take Me to the River_  
[show ends 10:m PM]


## Performers

[Take Me to the River](http://www.tmttr.com/)

* [William Bell](http://www.williambell.com/): vox;
* [Frayser Boy AKA Cedric Coleman](http://frayserboy.net/): rap vox;
* Edward Cleveland: drums;
* Jeremy Coleman: tenor saxophone;
* Charles Hodges: Hammond B-3 organ;
* Leroy Hodges: bass;
* [Al Kapone AKA Alphonzo Bailey](http://www.alkapone.biz/): rap vox;
* Evvie McKinney: lead and harmony vox;
* Jamel Mitchell: baritone saxophone;
* [Lawrence Boo Mitchell](http://www.royalstudios.com/): keyboards, music director.
* [Charlie Musselwhite](http://www.charliemusselwhite.com/): harmonica, vox;
* Sharisse Norman: lead and harmony vox;
* Ashton Riker: lead and harmony vox;
* Bobby Rush: harmonica, vox;
* Andrew Saino: guitar;
* Martin Shore: congas, percussion;
* Scott Thompson: trumpet.

## Notes

Tonight's show is quite accurately summarized by the tag line for the event: a Memphis Soul and Rhythm & Blues Revue!

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[[2017-10-08-6|Back to the previous event!]] ☸ [[:#section2017|Up to the 2017 yearbox!]] ☸ [[:2017#October_events|Up to the 2017 event list!]] ☸  [[2017-10-14|On to the next event!]]