# Davina & the Vagabonds at Miner Auditorium, March 8, 2020

[SFJAZZ](https://www.sfjazz.org/tickets/productions/davina-the-vagabonds-hot-club-of-cowtown/) presents [Davina & The Vagabonds](http://davinaandthevagabonds.com/), and the [Hot Club of Cowtown](http://hotclubofcowtown.com/)  
[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)  
7:00 PM, Sunday, March 8, 2020

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## Set One:  the Hot Club of Cowtown

[7:01 PM; lights down; band out; Introduction from the SBD]

01. [7:02 PM] _Stay a Little Longer_ (all)
02. [7:06 PM] _Oklahoma Hills_ (all)
03. [7:10 PM] _It's Only a Paper Moon_ (EJ)
04. [7:13 PM] _Far Away Blues_ (instrumental)
05. [7:16 PM] _Along The Navajo Trail_ (WS)
06. [7:20 PM] _Accentuate the Positive_ (WS)
07. [7:23 PM] _Lover Man_ (EJ)
08. [7:26 PM] _Shame on You_ (all)
09. [7:30 PM] _Chinatown_ (WS)
10. [7:35 PM] _I'll Be Seeing You_ (WS)
11. [7:38 PM] _Don't Fence Me In_ (all)
12. [7:42 PM] _J'attendrai_ (instrumental)
13. [7:46 PM] _Ida Red_ (WS)  
[7:49 PM; add Dan Eikmeier: trumpet]
14. [7:49 PM] _They Took the Stars Out of Heaven_ (EJ)  
[7:52 PM; add Connor McRae: drums]
15. [7:53 PM] _Autumn Leaves_ (EJ)  
[7:55 PM; add Davina Sowers: piano]
16. [7:56 PM] _It Had To Be You_ (WS)  
[set ends 8:00 PM... all off for break!] 

### Performers

[Hot Club of Cowtown](http://hotclubofcowtown.com/)

* Jake Erwin: contrabass, lead & harmony vox;
* Elana James: violin, lead & harmony vox;
* Whit Smith: hollow-body electric guitar, lead & harmony vox.

### Special Guests

* Dan Eikmeier: trumpet;
* Connor McRae: drums;
* Davina Sowers: piano.

## Set Two: Davina & the Vagabonds

[8:21 PM; lights down; introduction from the SBD; band out; opening remarks from Davina]

01. [8:23 PM] _When My Sugar Walks Down the Street_ (DS)
02. [8:26 PM] _Four or Five Times_ (DE)  
[8:31 PM; introduction by DS; drop BL]
03. [8:32 PM] _As Time Goes By_ (DS)  
[8:38 PM; introduction by DS; BL returns]
04. [8:39 PM] _Is You Is, or Is You Ain't, My Baby_ (DS)  
[8:42 PM; drop DE; Davina introduces the rest of the band]
05. [8:43 PM] _I'm Beginning to See the Light_ (CM)  
[8:46 PM; introduction by DS; DE returns]
06. [8:47 PM] _Good Morning Judge_ (DE)
07. [8:50 PM] _I Wonder_ (DS)  
[8:55 PM; DS/CM song story]
08. [8:56 PM] _Boogie-Woogie Na Favela_ (CM)
09. [9:00 PM] _The Patty Cake Man_ (DS)
10. [9:03 PM] _That Old Black Magic_ (CM/DS)  
[9:07 PM; drop DE, BL, GB; add Hot Club trio]
11. [9:07 PM] _Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry_ (DS)  
[9:11 PM; everybody back for the finale]
12. [9:11 PM] _Caldonia_ (CM)  
[9:14 PM; set ends; group bow; all off; back in a minute or two]  
   
**Encore**
13. [9:17 PM] _Hey, Good Lookin'_ (DS)  
[show ends 9:19 PM; waves and then out to the merch tables]

### Performers

[Davina & the Vagabonds](http://davinaandthevagabonds.com/)

* Greg Beyers: contrabass;
* Dan Eikmeier: trumpet, lead & harmony vox;
* Ben Link: trombone, harmony vox;
* Connor McRae: drums, lead & harmony vox;
* Davina Sowers: piano, , lead & harmony vox.

### Special Guests

[Hot Club of Cowtown](http://hotclubofcowtown.com/)

* Jake Erwin: contrabass;
* Elana James: violin;
* Whit Smith: hollow-body electric guitar.

## Notes

Despite the psychic pall of the looming existential threat posed by COVID-19, and a really annoying case of spring allergies (brought on, no doubt, by the rain a few days ago stimulating the plants to start unloading pollen as fast as they could) we stuck to our schedule of a Sunday night swing show at SFJAZZ. Driving over was a concession to worries -- a BART trip seemed to be unwise from a general exposure standpoint -- and while it was an easy trip, parking seemed a little tough for a Sunday evening: maybe the free spots were all taken up by residents staying home instead of being out and about like normal? Anyways, a little creativity solved that problem, and being early (light traffic, yay!), we quarantined ourselves in the car to kill time instead of heading out the hall.

The hall was decently full -- maybe 2/3 to 3/4 of the house? Hard to know whether to attribute empty seats more to the health scare or lack of big-name draw from the two bands.

I was really psyched for the show. Billed as a tribute to the Post-WWII jump-blues and swing hits of 1945 (this being the 75th anniversary of that year), the two bands delivered a heaping helping of hopping good tunes. I would have preferred that the event was billed as a dance show -- after all, it's really hard to stay still when that bass get's a-thumping -- but I did my best to stay still and dance in my head until the finale, when a few other folks decided to get up offa that thing with _Caledonia_.

Looks like I'll be seeing Cowtown again in a few months -- they were just announced as one of the two supporting acts for Bob Dylan's summer tour. Wonder if ol' Bob will bring them on for _A-11_ or some other honky tonk tune? Yay! Something to look forward to!!

## Photos

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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