# Ross James & Scott Law's' Cosmic Twang at the Grate Room at Terrapin Crossroads, May 22, 2019

[Terrapin Crossroads](https://www.terrapincrossroads.net/calendar/2019/5/22/grate-room-scott-law-amp-ross-james-cosmic-twang-ft-dave-schools-adam-macdougall-amp-alex-koford-8pm) presents Cosmic Twang featuring [Ross James](http://facebook.com/RossJamesMusic), [Alex Koford](https://www.facebook.com/alex.koford), [Scott Law](http://www.scottlawmusic.com/), Adam MacDougall, & Dave Schools  
[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, Wednesday, May 22, 2019

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## One Set

[8:22 PM lights down, band out]

01. [8:23 PM] _A Bullfrog's Pipedream_ (RJ)
02. [8:30 PM] _It's All Over Now, Baby Blue_ (RJ)
03. [8:37 PM] _Gettin' Bluer All the Time_ (SL) »
04. [8:49 PM] _Roll Away_ (RJ)
05. [8:56 PM] _Magic Man_ (RJ)
06. [9:03 PM] _Make Up Your Mind_ (SL)  
[SL swap to acoustic guitar]
07. [9:11 PM] _Leave the Leavin' Up to You_ (SL)
08. [9:18 PM] _Juarez_ (RJ)  
[SL back to electric/ new song from Scott next]
09. [9:25 PM] _Fallout Shelter_ (SL) »
10. [9:33 PM] _Fire and Brimstone_ (RJ)  
[Pause for a minute or two]
11. [9:46 PM] _Henry Hill_ (RJ) »
12. [9:53 PM] _Don't Let Go_ (SL) »
13. [9:02 PM] _Henry Hill_ reprise  
[10:08 PM pause]
14. [10:09 PM] _Get It While You Can_ (SL) > [10:19 PM] spacey noodle for a minute >
15. [10:20 PM] _Chinese Rocks_ (RJ) >
16. [10:22 PM] _Cream Puff War_ (RJ/AK) >
17. [10:26 PM] _Lawyers, Guns and Money_ (RJ)  
[set ends 10:30 PM]  
   
**Encore**
18. [10:32 PM] _Texas Gales_ (RJ)  
[show ends 10:40 PM]

Thanks to Brian Markovitz for sharing a picture of the [setlist](https://scontent.fbed1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/61012049_10157219311036303_720190101992243200_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&_nc_ht=scontent.fbed1-1.fna&oh=769d334c242f95d580b42405a5d06cc3&oe=5D95AB57)

## Performers

* [Ross James](http://facebook.com/RossJamesMusic): guitar, lead and harmony vox;
* [Alex Koford](https://www.facebook.com/alex.koford): drums, lead & harmony vox;
* [Scott Law](http://www.scottlawmusic.com/): guitar, acoustic guitar, lead & harmony vox;
* Adam MacDougall: keyboards, Hammond B-3 organ;
* Dave Schools: bass, harmony vox.

## Notes

Met Ting a little earlier than usual and zoomed around the North Bay to get a parking spot in the front lot (!) and then a dancing spot in the rail in the middle once the doors opened. Yahoo! The stars are lined up nicely tonight!

Showtime rolls around and the guys are pretty fired up: happy to be headlining in the Grate Room instead of playing for free in the bar? I'm not sure if that's the motivation, but the playing is certainly charged with energy. Front row isn't the best place to hear the singing, and I wasn't sure I was going to be able to identify the tunes, but Brian Markovitz made things lots easier by sharing a snapshot of the handwritten list in his FB feed. Thanks Bri! I'm not 100% sure that the titles of tunes 4 + 5 are correct -- those could simply be shorthand, but at least the titles matched part of the lyrics I'd scribbled during the performance.

Phil Lesh was walking around the Grate Room before the show, and at mid show he came in and sat at side stage to nod and listen to a few tunes. Given that his rig was absent from the stage, I didn't expect to see him at all tonight, so that was a nice surprise, and a good vote of confidence from the boss for Ross!

Highlight of the show for me was the slinky rendition of _Don't Let Go_ late in the set. Hard to go wrong with a classic like that!

## Photos

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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