# Green Leaf Rustlers at Sweetwater Music Hall, March 28, 2018

[Sweetwater Music Hall](https://www.sweetwatermusichall.com/event/1638159-green-leaf-rustlers-mill-valley/) presents [Green Leaf Rustlers](https://www.facebook.com/GreenLeafRustlers/), with [Neal Casal](http://www.nealcasal.com/) & [Ross James](http://facebook.com/RossJamesMusic)  
[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)  
8:00 PM, Wednesday, March 28, 2018

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## Set One

[8:35 PM lights down, band out with Ross James; Barry Sless at pedal steel guitar]

01. [8:38 PM] _Rainy Day Women \#12 & 35_
02. [8:42 PM] _Break My Mind_
03. [8:49 PM] _The Bottle Let Me Down_
04. [8:56 PM] _Miller's Cave_  
[add Neal Casal through the end of the set]
05. [9:03 PM] _Give Back the Key to My Heart_ >
06. [9:12 PM] _Last Lonely Eagle_
07. [8:18 PM] _Dead Flowers_
08. [9:24 PM] _Johnny B. Goode_  
[set ends 9:28 PM]

## Set Two

[10:04 PM lights down, band out with Ross James; Barry Sless back at pedal steel guitar]

01. [10:05 PM] _Odds and Ends_
02. [10:10 PM] _White Line Fever_  
[add Neal Casal]
03. [10:15 PM] _Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line_
04. [10:23 PM] _100 Years_ >
05. [10:30 PM] _Hickory Wind_  
[drop Neal Casal]
06. [10:36 PM] _Black Rose_
07. [10:42 PM] _Dynamite Woman_
08. [10:48 PM] _Rock Salt and Nails_  
[Barry swaps to guitar for the rest of the night]
09. [10:53 PM] _Bertha_  
[set ends 11:00 PM]  
   
**Encore**
10. [11:02 PM] _At the Crossroads_  
[show ends 11:09 PM]


## Performers

[Green Leaf Rustlers](https://www.facebook.com/GreenLeafRustlers/)

* [Greg Loiacono](http://www.listentomyshapes.com/): guitar, acoustic guitar, vox; -- missing this week, since he's out on tour with Mother Hips
* John Molo: drums;
* [Chris Robinson](http://chrisrobinsonbrotherhood.com/): guitar, vox;
* [Pete Sears](http://www.petesears.com/): bass;
* [Barry Sless](https://www.facebook.com/barry.sless): guitar, pedal steel guitar.

### Special Guests

* [Neal Casal](http://www.nealcasal.com/): guitar, harmony vox;
* [Ross James](http://facebook.com/RossJamesMusic): guitar, harmony vox.

## Notes

Neal Casal played DJ for us, spinning tunes before the show and inbetween sets.

Tonight's show was sold out, but didn't seem all that crowded except at the start of the second set.

The setlist seemed tilted heavily in the direction of Texas-style country honk, what with the multiple tunes connected to Doug Sahm.

_Johnny B. Goode_ was played at a blistering pace -- good thing they took a break afterwards!

I thought it was curious that both sets opened with Dylan tunes. _Odds and Ends_, a Basement Tapes rarity, has the killer cryptic line, "Lost time is not found again." Indeed, indeed. Eighty-six thousand, four hundred seconds every day. Not one of them will ever be repeated.

Somehow managed to tweak my shoulder dancing last night. Crap-ola. Guess I need to practice being a stiff instead of swinging like a scarecrow in the breeze...

I'm thinking _Don't Do It_ on the printed setlist was a band tease -- a bit of plausible misdirection just to goof with us. Should have tried to ask one of the guys after the show, doh!

Betty Cantor-Jackson had everything wired up for capturing a multi-track recording of the proceedings. Hopefully the show will get released sooner or later!

In the meantime, nowiknowuryder posted a few front-row videos to YouTube:

* [Dead Flowers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBAZoI71WuY)
* [Hickory Wind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2IwBWGUhH8)
* [At the Crossroads](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLJFDeZtSbw)

The drive home was extra annoying -- what with this first batch of nice weather in awhile, CalTrans was going to town, with roadwork going on in a half-dozen locations. Delays and detours at midnight? Not really what I was looking to find at that point.

## Photos

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery! 

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