# Billy Strings at Fox Theatre, September 9, 2021

[Another Planet Entertainment](http://thefoxoakland.com/events/billy-strings-2) presents [Billy Strings](https://billystrings.com/)  
[Fox Theatre](http://www.thefoxoakland.com/)  
[1807 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94612-2109 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1807+Telegraph+Ave,+Oakland,+CA+94612-2109+USA&hl=en)  
8:00 PM, Thursday, September 9, 2021

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## Set One

[8:45 PM] {lights down, announcements, performers out}

01. [8:47 PM] _Red Daisy_
02. [8:50 PM] _Ernest T. Grass_ » [8:59 PM] _Third Stone from the Sun_ jam »
03. [9:04 PM] _Must Be Seven_  
{Welcome back rap}
04. [9:09 PM] _Fire Line_
05. [9:19 PM] _End of the Rainbow_
06. [9:29 PM] _A Good Woman's Love_
07. [9:34 PM] _Thunder_ » [9:45 PM] _Third Stone from the Sun_ tease » [9:46 PM] _Thunder_  
[9:48 PM] {set ends}

## Set Two

[10:12 PM] {lights down, performers out, noodling immediately}

01. [10:13 PM] _West Dakota Rose_
02. [10:18 PM] _Blue Mule_
03. [10:22 PM] _Enough to Leave_
04. [10:27 PM] _Everything's the Same_
05. [10:31 PM] _Dark Star_: intro jam » first verse » [10:34 PM] jam » [10:38 PM] second verse » jam »
06. [10:44 PM] _Wharf Rat_ » _Reelin' in the Years_ tease »
07. [10:54 PM] _All Fall Down_  
{banter about freaky naughty bluegrass people?}
08. [11:09 PM] _Blues Stay Away from Me_  
[11:12 PM] {set ends}  
   
**Encore**
09. [11:14 PM] _Freeborn Man_  
[11:22 PM] {show ends}


## Performers

* [Billy Failing](https://www.facebook.com/BillyFailingMusic/): banjo, harmony vox;
* [Royal Masat](https://www.facebook.com/royal.masat): contrabass, harmony vox;
* [Billy Strings](https://billystrings.com/): acoustic guitar, vox;
* [Jarrod Walker](https://www.facebook.com/jarroddenmarkwalker): mandolin, harmony vox.

## Notes

Kinda slack inside when we arrive: maybe too many folks stuck in vaccination approval line? It definitely created a big log jam. We settle in to a spot on the 1st Tier Rail, a bit off-center, but good enough to make me happy! Time to wait!

8:20 PM and the house has filled in relatively tightly up front. Still a bit of slack at the back and side on the first tier where we are. Hard to tell about farther back... Seems like the fans are ready to get smoked. C'mon guys, let's see some action! Nope: gotta wait another 25 minutes. Heck! At least I can lounge on the floor until showtime.

First set is a blazing hour of music: those boys are **really** fired up! People are going apeshit up in the pit: it's not quite a mosh scene, but there's plenty of joyful bouncing happening. Things are a bit more sedate on the tier, and I'm happy to say that no one tries to crash our space except for lost folks trying to enter the pit (and missing the stairway).

Second set is even better: Two Grateful Dead covers? Oh yeah, I'm happy about that!

Props to Billy's crew for posting the setlist promptly to [Twitter](https://twitter.com/BillyStrings/status/1436234808867262482).

Woulda been nice to see the second show tomorrow -- totally different tunes, yeah! -- but with Sound Summit all day, that ain't gonna happen: maybe next time through.

## Photos

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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[[2021-09-06|Back to the previous event!]] ☸ [[:#section2021|Up to the 2021 yearbox!]] ☸ [[:2021#September_events|Up to the 2021 event list!]] ☸ [[2021-09-10|On to the next event!]]