# Rosanne Cash & Ry Cooder at Miner Auditorium, May 4, 2018

[SFJAZZ](https://www.sfjazz.org/events/2017-18/0504/roseanne-cash-ry-cooder) presents Rosanne Cash & Ry Cooder: The Music of Johnny Cash featuring [Rosanne Cash](http://www.rosannecash.com/), [Ry Cooder](http://www.nonesuch.com/artists/ry-cooder), & [John Leventhal](https://www.dmpgroup.com/artist/john-leventhal/)  
[Robert M. Miner Auditorium](http://www.sfjazz.org/center)  
[SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=SFJAZZ+Center,+205+Franklin+St,+San+Francisco,+CA+94102+USA&hl=en)  
7:30 PM, Friday, May 4, 2018

[[2018-05-03|Back to the previous event!]] ☸ [[:#section2018|Up to the 2018 yearbox!]] ☸ [[:2018#May_events|Up to the 2018 event list!]] ☸  [[2018-05-05|On to the next event!]]

## One Set

[7:31 PM lights down, announcements from Randall Kline, band out: Ry on a big red ?Gibson guitar; JL on acoustic guitar; MF on contrabass]

01. [7:36 PM] _Understand Your Man_ ♀α
02. [7:39 PM] _Tennessee Flat Top Box_ ♀  
[Ry talks awhile about hearing Johnny Cash at 8 years old, then swaps from his red guitar to the guitar Luther Perkins used for the recording of the next tune]
03. [7:48 PM] _Hey Porter_ ♂£  
[back to the red guitar]
04. [7:53 PM] _Guess Things Happen That Way_ ♂
05. [7:57 PM] _Pickin' Time_ ♀@  
[MF swaps to contrabass; Ry swaps to a pale green Stratocaster to play slide]
06. [8:01 PM] _Don't Take Your Guns to Town_ ♂$ß  
[all off but Ry & Rosanne; Ry swaps to an acoustic guitar]
07. [8:11 PM] _Hardin Wouldn't Run_ ♀@&  
[everyone back]
08. [8:16 PM] _Get Rhythm_ ♂£ß  
[MF swaps back to bass guitar; JL swaps to acoustic guitar; Ry swaps back to the Strat]
09. [8:20 PM] _I Walk the Line_ ♀α  
[MF swaps to contrabass; Ry swaps to an electric ?cittern?]
10. [8:27 PM]  _I Still Miss Someone_ ♀@‡αß  
[JL swaps back to guitar; Ry swaps back to Strat]
11. [8:33 PM] _Give My Love to Rose_ ♂ß  
[JL swaps back to acoustic guitar; Ry swaps back to the cittern]
12. [8:40 PM] _Long Black Veil_ ♀♂‡αß  
[Ry swaps back to Luther's Esquire]
13. [8:46 PM] _Big River_ ♀♂£αß  
[set ends 8:50 PM, bow then off]  
   
**Encore**  
[Ry back on his red guitar; JL on electric guitar; MF on bass guitar]
14. [8:52 PM] _Ring of Fire_ ♂  
[both JL & Rosanne pick up acoustic guitars; MF swaps back to contrabass]
15. [8:59 PM] _I Am a Pilgrim_ ♀♂@αß  
[show ends 9:03 PM; applause for a minute or so, then all off, no 2nd bow]


## Performers

* [Rosanne Cash](http://www.rosannecash.com/): @ acoustic guitar, ♀ lead and harmony vox;
* [Joachim Cooder](http://joachimcooder.com/): drums, percussion;
* [Ry Cooder](http://www.nonesuch.com/artists/ry-cooder): guitar, £ Luther Perkins' 1955 Fender Esquire guitar, & acoustic guitar, ‡ electric cittern or mandola, $ slide guitar, ♂ lead and harmony vox;
* Mark Fain: bass guitar, ß contrabass AKA acoustic bass viol;
* [John Leventhal](https://www.dmpgroup.com/artist/john-leventhal/): guitar, α acoustic guitar, harmony vox;
* [Glenn Patscha](http://glennpatscha.com/): piano.


## Notes

* Seemed to me as if _Understand Your Man_ was sung on top of the melody and changes to Bob Dylan's _Don't Think Twice, It's Allright_.
* Allen St. John posted a great article about his encounter with Luther's '55 at the [Telecaster Discussion Page Reissue](http://www.tdpri.com/wp-tdpri/2009/12/07/tool-of-twang-up-close-and-personal-with-luther-perkins-1955-esquire/)
* Dirk Wacker posted an equally entertaining piece about how to play like Luther at [Premier Guitar](https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/How_to_Get_an_Authentic_Johnny_CashLuther_Perkins_Esquire_Tone_)
* Overall, I felt like the pace was a tad too slow: I wanted to hear more up-tempo tunes like _Get Rhythm_ and _Big River_.

{{:wip.png?nolink}}  **Whoa!**  This section is incomplete for now, sorry! {{:wip.png?nolink}}

## Photos

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

{{gallery>:2018:2018-05?20180504-*.jpg}}

{{:wip.png?nolink}}  **Whoa!**  This section is incomplete for now, sorry! {{:wip.png?nolink}}

{{tag>music Rosanne_Cash Ry_Cooder Miner_Auditorium Joachim_Cooder Mark_Fain John_Leventhal Glenn_Patscha}}

[[2018-05-03|Back to the previous event!]] ☸ [[:#section2018|Up to the 2018 yearbox!]] ☸ [[:2018#May_events|Up to the 2018 event list!]] ☸ [[2018-05-05|On to the next event!]]