# Midnight North at Beach Park, April 24, 2021

[Terrapin Crossroads](https://www.terrapincrossroads.net/tickets) presents [Midnight North](http://midnightnorth.com/)  
[the Backyard Stage in Beach Park 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)  
1:00 PM, Saturday, April 24, 2021

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## One Set

[1:14 PM] {band onstage and getting ready. GL with his ES-335; CO starting on bass guitar; EP with guitar}

01. [1:15 PM] _Earthquakes_ (GL)
02. [1:22 PM] _Good Days_ (GL/EP)
03. [1:26 PM] _Only Children_ (GL/EP)  
{GL swaps to SG}
04. [1:32 PM] _Playing a Poor Hand Well_ (EP)  
{GL back to ES-335; EP moves to Nord keyboard}
05. [1:39 PM] _San Francisco Rain_ (GL)  
{EP swaps back to guitar}
06. [1:46 PM] _Mississippi River_ (EP)  
{GL swaps to SG; CO switches to the electric contrabass}
07. [1:53 PM] _We're Not Alone_ (GL)  
{GL back to ES-335}
08. [2:01 PM] _Dry Town_ (EP)  
{CO back to bass}
09. [2:05 PM] _Stars Falling_ (GL)  
{NG swaps to banjo; GL to acoustic guitar; CO back to the electric contrabass}
10. [2:10 PM] _Silent Lonely Drifter_ (NG/GL/EP)  
{CO swaps to mandolin}
11. [2:15 PM] _Coyote_ (EP)  
{GL swaps to SG; CO back to the electric contrabass}
12. [2:20 PM] _Wild Card_ (GL)  
{GL announces Eric Krasno as special guest: EK plays guitar for the rest of the set}  
{NG starts next tune on banjo, then swaps to drums mid-tune}
13. [2:28 PM] _Roamin'_ (GL)  
{EP starts next tune on tambourine, then swaps to keyboards mid-tune}
14. [2:40 PM] _Sway_ (EP)  
{EP back to guitar}
15. [2:46 PM] _the Sailor & the Sea_ (GL/EP)
16. [2:54 PM] _Greene County_ (EP)  
[3:01 PM] {set ends; thanks and see you later from Grahame, no encore}

## Performers

[Midnight North](http://midnightnorth.com/)

* Nathan Graham: drums, banjo, lead and harmony vox;
* [Grahame Lesh](http://www.grahamelesh.com/): Gibson SG guitar, Gibson ES-335 guitar, acoustic guitar, lead and harmony vox;
* [Connor O'Sullivan](http://www.unicornheads.com/): bass, electric contrabass, mandolin;
* [Elliott Peck](http://www.elliottpeck.com/): guitar, Nord keyboard, tambourine, lead and harmony vox;  
   with special guest (t13-t16):
* [Eric Krasno](http://www.erickrasno.com/): guitar.

## Notes

Originally scheduled for Sunday at 5 PM, this show got moved up (on Wed 4/21) to Saturday brunch in order to avoid the tropical rainstorm forecast to sweep in on Sunday. I'm sure the band had that date swap in mind when they opened today's gig with _Earthquakes_, which features the refrain, "a storm is coming," and then followed with _Good Days_ -- Good call, 'cuz unless you're a duck or a beaver, it's hard to enjoy a show in the cold and wet.

Grahame then introduced _Only Children_, a Jason Isbell cover, as a premiere for today. Sounded great! Isbell certainly knows how to put a powerful message into his songs, and I look forward to having him out this way once general touring resumes: maybe an invitation from Grahame would convince him to put a Grate Room show or two onto his calendar!

As much as I enjoyed the first part of the set, I **really** enjoyed things once Eric Krasno joined them, as the energy level for the rest of the show just blasted off skyward. _Sway_ is a great cover choice for letting Grahame show off some of the slide guitar licks that he's picked up, and I thought that Elliott added a cool Nicky Hopkins vibe to with her electric piano -- very nice! Let's do it again in a few weeks, shall we?

## Photos

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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[[2021-04-23|Back to the previous event!]] ☸ [[:#section2021|Up to the 2021 yearbox!]] ☸ [[:2021#April_events|Up to the 2021 event list!]] ☸ [[2021-04-26|On to the next event!]]