# Phil Lesh at the Grate Room at Terrapin Crossroads, April 19, 2019

[Terrapin Crossroads](https://www.terrapincrossroads.net/calendar/2019/4/19/phil-lesh-amp-friends-ft-al-schnier-luther-dickinson-cody-dickinson-jason-crosby-amp-alex-koford-8pm) presents [Phil Lesh](http://www.phillesh.net/) & Friends featuring [Jason Crosby](https://www.facebook.com/jasoncrosbyband), [Cody & Luther Dickinson](http://www.nmallstars.com/), [Alex Koford](https://www.facebook.com/alex.koford), and [Al Schnier](http://www.alschnier.com/)  
[the Grate Room at Terrapin Crossroads](http://terrapincrossroads.net/)  
[100 Yacht Club Drive, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=100+Yacht+Club+Drive,+San+Rafael,+CA+94901+USA&hl=en)  
8:00 PM, Friday, April 19, 2019

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## Sound check

I wasn't hanging out too long, and I wasn't always paying attention when I was present, but I can report that the band played at least these tunes between 4 and 7 PM:

* Viola Lee Blues
* Alligator
* Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
* the Wheel
* Tennessee Jed
* the Other One
* St. Stephen

## Set One

[8:09 PM lights down; 8:11 PM band out]

01. [8:13 PM] _Beat It on Down the Line_ (AS)
02. [8:17 PM] _Tennessee Jed_ (AS)
03. [8:29 PM] _Friend of the Devil_ (PL)
04. [8:38 PM] _Little Red Rooster_ (LD)
05. [8:48 PM] _Althea_ (AS)
06. [9:00 PM] _Operator_ (LD)
07. [9:06 PM] _Deal_ (AS)  
[set ends 9:17 PM]

## Set Two

[9:55 PM lights down, band out and noodling]

01. [9:57 PM] _Alligator_ (LD)
02. [10:08 PM] _They Love Each Other_ (AS)
03. [10:17 PM] _Crazy Fingers_ (AS)
04. [10:29 PM] space » [10:37 PM] _Dark Star_ theme » [10:38 PM] 1st verse (PL-AS-AK-all) » [10:40 PM] jam » [10:51 PM] _Dark Star_ theme » [10:53 PM] 2nd verse (PL-AS-AK-all) » [10:54 PM] outro » [10:55 PM] _Smokestack Lightning_ fake-out jam  
[10:58 PM full stop; smiles all around onstage]
05. [10:59 PM] _Scarlet Begonias_ (AS)
06. [11:10 PM] _All Along the Watchtower_ (LD)
07. [11:20 PM] _Samson & Delilah_ (AS)
08. [11:28 PM] _Going Down the Road, Feelin' Bad_ (PL-AS-AK) »
09. [11:36 PM] _And We Bid You Goodnight_ (all)  
[set ends 11:40 PM]  
   
**Encore**  
[11:42 PM abbreviated donor rap; 11:44 PM band back onstage]
10. [11:46 PM] _Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)_ (AS)  
[show ends 11:52 PM; bow, then all off by 11:53 PM]

## Performers

### Phil Lesh

* [Phil Lesh](http://www.phillesh.net/): bass, lead and harmony vox;
* [Jason Crosby](https://www.facebook.com/jasoncrosbyband): Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards;
* [Cody Dickinson](http://www.nmallstars.com/): drums, harmony vox;
* [Luther Dickinson](http://www.nmallstars.com/): guitar, lead & harmony vox;
* [Alex Koford](https://www.facebook.com/alex.koford): drums, percussion, lead & harmony vox;
* [Al Schnier](http://www.alschnier.com/): guitar, vox.

## Notes

Outside, in line, waiting in a drizzle of Wisteria petals (might have been more poetic to say it was a lilac rain, but this is a reality-based blog).

Inside about ten minutes past seven. Got a good spot in the center behind Keith and Sam. Pretty mellow crowd for the first half hour. Slowly starting to fill up as it approaches the nominal start time.

_Beat It on Down the Line_ started with many beats ... maybe 19, to match the date? More than usual, for sure!

The long (at least 3 min) blues jam to start _Rooster_ is my choice for highlight of the first set. Nothing else really took off for me -- it was all good, but grounded. Hoping now (at set break) that the band will take flight for the second set.

_Alligator_ most excellent, but they would it down without the big "Alligator!" finale. Harumph!

I was super-happy to hear _Crazy Fingers_, and they did a terrific job with capturing that lazy-day feeling I like about it.

_Dark Star_ was transcendent. The jam went through all sorts of unusual spaces. Really really well done! Following the outro, I was excited to think that Luther was about to lead them through a heavy blues version of _Smokestack Lightning_, but I think what really happened was that the jam simply headed through a blues-space that worked off that riff ... and the similarity caught my ear and got me jumping up and down, anticipating a release that never came. Bitter? No, it was fun, even without the result I wanted!

Alex contributed a cute vocal bit to _Going Down the Road, Feelin' Bad_, singing something about feeling like a monkey in a zoo ... it's always fun when the band gets loose!

And while I was excited to hear _Quinn the Eskimo_, I think they probably needed to have rehearsed it a little more ... I'm not going to say they flubbed it or anything, but it seemed a little wobbly and uncertain compared to the standard established by _the Mighty Quinn_ of yore.

Finally, as noted earlier, the crowd was exceptionally laid back tonight. Hard to say why, but it seemed to me like they were less enthusiastic than a typical TXR turnout. This made for a nice time up front, but it felt weird when I was the only one cheering (such as at the start of _Crazy Fingers_).

## Photos

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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