# Shinyribs at Sweetwater Music Hall, July 28, 2018 [Sweetwater Music Hall](https://www.sweetwatermusichall.com/event/1677965-shinyribs-mill-valley/) presents [Shinyribs](http://shinyribs.org/), with opener, [Evan & the Live Oaks](https://www.evanandtheliveoaks.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, Saturday, July 28, 2018 [[2018-07-27|Back to the previous event!]] ☸ [[:#section2018|Up to the 2018 yearbox!]] ☸ [[:2018#July_events|Up to the 2018 event list!]] ☸ [[:2018:2018-08:2018-08-02|On to the next event!]] ## Set One: Evan & the Live Oaks [8:57 PM band out; lights down] 01. [8:58 PM] _Otherside_ [Add Ginger] 02. [9:04 PM] _Feelin' Free_ [DE swaps to acoustic guitar] 03. [9:10 PM] _Sutro Tower_ 04. [9:14 PM] _Workin' Man_ [DE swaps back to guitar] 05. [9:19 PM] _Quinn the Eskimo_ 06. [9:25 PM] _Home_ 07. [9:29 PM] _Smoking on Sunday_ 08. [9:33 PM] _Maybe Later_ 09. [9:37 PM] _Get Me Out of California_ 10. [9:40 PM] _Builder_ [set ends 9:47 PM] ### Performers [Evan & the Live Oaks](https://www.evanandtheliveoaks.com/) * Russell Bourne: guitar; * Daniel Erik: guitar, acoustic guitar; * [Milo Horstman](https://www.facebook.com/milo.2253465.horstman): guitar; * [Steve Jaeger](https://www.facebook.com/steve.jaeger.980): bass, harmony vox; * Ginger LaFontaine AKA Annie Simmons: tambourine, lead and harmony vox; * [Evan Lanam](https://www.evanandtheliveoaks.com/): drums, vox. ## Set Two: Shinyribs [10:14 PM lights down, announcements, band out] 01. [10:15 PM] _Red Quasar_ [KR on blue Gibson guitar] 02. [10:19 PM] _A Certain Girl_ [KR takes off the guitar] 03. [10:24 PM] _Walt Disney_ 04. [10:29 PM] _I Gave Up All I Had_ 05. [10:33 PM] _Baby What's Wrong With You?_ 06. [10:42 PM] _Sweet Potato_ [KR picks up the Gibson] 07. [10:53 PM] _No Diggity_ [Band off, KR on guitalele] 08. [10:59 PM] _Escalade_ [Girls back, KR swaps to Gibson] 09. [11:02 PM] _Take Me to the Alley_ [Band back, KR swaps back to guitalele] 10. [11:06 PM] _Bitch Better Have My Money_ 11. [11:10 PM] _I Got Your Medicine_ 12. [11:14 PM] _Don't Leave It a Lie_ 13. [11:19 PM] _Golden Years_ (with an extended tease of _Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey_) [KR picks up the guitalele again] 14. [11:26 PM] _Who Built the Moon_ 15. [11:31 PM] _Waterfalls_ 16. [11:36 AM] _Take Me to Lake Charles_ [11:39 PM KR swaps from guitalele to the Gibson; guitar off later for drivin' and testifyin'] [set ends 11:48 PM, all off] **Encore** [11:50 PM KR back, on 8-string ukulele, with both girls] 17. [11:50 PM] Brookfield Pancakes, err, damned autoderange; that's supposed to read: _Brokedown Palace_ [Band back, KR swaps to the Gibson] 18. [11:56 PM] _You Never Get Too Big and You Sure Don't Get Too Heavy_ [KR: swap to 8-string ukulele] 19. [11:59 PM] _Poor People Store_ » ? » _Swingtown_ » ? [show ends 12:10 AM] ### Performers [Shinyribs](http://shinyribs.org/) * Jeff Brown: bass; * Winfield Cheek: Hammond Sk2 keyboard; * Keith Langford: drums; * Kevin Russell: 6-string guitalele, 8-string ukulele, guitar, vox; with the Shiny Soul Sisters: * Kelley Mickwee: harmony vox; * Alice Spencer: harmony vox; and the Tijuana Train Wreck Horns: * Tiger Anaya: trumpet, trombone, harmony vox; * Mark Wilson: baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute. ## Notes Ting and I were lucky to catch a great show at the Sweetwater Music Hall last night from Shinyribs, AKA Kevin Russell (late of the Gourds) and crew. The crowd was pretty sparse for the opener, Evan & the Live Oaks, which meant we had plenty of room to dance and get warmed up for the main event. Most of their set were Evan's original tunes, and while they were OK, nothing really caught my ear as "the next big thing". After their set, Ting mentioned that she'd like to see them again, but I bet that was based on hearing _the Mighty Quinn_. Personally, I think I could wait awhile: give the folks time to grow into their playing skills and to continue the practice of song-writing. To mess with an Arlo quote: it's easy enough to catch songs from the Big River, the trouble is learning which ones to keep and which ones to throw back. And don't fish downstream from Bob Dylan. Thirty minutes later, the crowd had grown much thicker, and everyone was rarin' to go. Seemed to me like a mix of seasoned (older) fans who knew exactly what they were in for and an all-age blend of locals out to enjoy Saturday night at the hometown hot spot. Shall we get it on? Kevin came out in a powder blue suit and blue suede wing-tips, dancing and moaning and pleading and sweating over the first three numbers as he and the band worked the crowd into a gleeful, bouncing frenzy. Looking for someone to lead you to the promised land? Ladies and gentleman, let me introduce you to your high priest and chief celebrant, Kevin Russell! Hot-diggity, what a time! I know that Ting and I saw the Gourds once or twice in the late 90's/early 00's, but those shows didn't make enough of an impression on me: I recall a vague feeling that I didn't need to see them more, so I didn't. Guess I had made a bad decision: with last night's show, I've seen the light: KR is a talent not to be missed! Last night Kevin reminded me a lot of a riled up Ed Volker, and the liberal helping of cover tunes -- _A Certain Girl_ (Allen Toussaint), _Take Me to the Alley_ (Gregory Porter), _Golden Years_ (David Bowie), _Everybody's Got Something to Hide..._ (Beatles), _Waterfalls_ (TLC !?!?), _Brokedown Palace_ (Grateful Dead), _You Never Get Too Big and You Sure Don't Get Too Heavy_ (Doug Sahm), _Swingtown_ (Steve Miller) -- plus the generous helping of that swampy New Orleans sound only reinforced the notion that he must have been influenced by the Radiators. I'm sure that the Gourds and the Radiators crossed paths at High Sierra over the years ... maybe someone can tell me whether or not I'm conflating a constellation out of separate stars in the sky. Unlike the dual-guitar attack of the Rads, Shinyribs uses a two-piece horn section and a pair of back-up singers to add auditory spice, and this swings things from a rowdy rock and roll base way over into deep soul gumbo. Kevin can play guitar just fine, but if mind-shattering solos are what you're after, you probably won't fill your quota at a Shinyribs show. Despite the down-played guitar element, I was already won over by the time they hit the encore, and starting it with a sweet trio rendition of _Brokedown Palace_ really sealed the deal for me. Shinyribs is in no way a Dead cover band, but if you appreciate the mystic celebration of bacchanalian rites, you should give 'em a try! I feel like I should have been able to ID the instrumental jam sandwiched around _Swingtown_... it sounded familiar enough for me to know where the changes were going, but I couldn't summon any words up for the title! Guess I gotta ask my musician friends for tips on solving that problem: if they can remember hundreds or thousands of tunes, why can't I? ## Photos Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery! {{gallery>:2018:2018-07?20180728-*.jpg}} {{:wip.png?nolink}} **Whoa!** This section is incomplete for now, sorry! {{:wip.png?nolink}} {{tag>music Shinyribs Evan_and_the_Live_Oaks Sweetwater_Music_Hall Jeff_Brown Winfield_Cheek Keith_Langford Kevin_Russell the_Shiny_Soul_Sisters Sally_Allen Alice_Spencer the_Tijuana_Train_Wreck_Horns Tiger_Anaya Mark_Wilson Evan_Lanam Russell_Bourne Daniel_Erik Milo_Horstman Steve_Jaeger Ginger_LaFontaine Annie_Simmons}} [[2018-07-27|Back to the previous event!]] ☸ [[:#section2018|Up to the 2018 yearbox!]] ☸ [[:2018#July_events|Up to the 2018 event list!]] ☸ [[:2018:2018-08:2018-08-02|On to the next event!]]