# Mo'lasses at Tam Commons, May 26, 2023

[Tam Commons](https://tamcommons.com/events/) presents [Mo'lasses](https://www.facebook.com/molasssstheband)  
[1300 4th Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1300+4th+Street,+San+Rafael,+CA+94901+USA&hl=en)  
7:00 PM, Friday, May 26, 2023

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## Set One

01. [7:30 PM] _Pretzel Logic_ (MM)  
{Long pause to try and remove feedback caused by drums bleeding into the stage mics?}
02. [7:43 PM] ? Love is super funky (SM) »
03. [7:49 PM] _Funkify Your Life_ (SY) » 7:52 MM swap to ? Kawaii EWI
04. [7:59 PM] _Firefly_ (PC)
05. [8:06 PM] _Golden Years_ (MM) »
06. [8:12 PM] _China Cat Sunflower_ (SY) »
07. [8:18 PM] _Shakedown Street_ (SY) » 8:29 raving mad jam »
08. [8:32 PM] _On Your Way Down_ (SY)  
[8:38 PM] {pause to express gratitude for finally having monitors}
09. [8:39 PM] _Think_ (MM)  
[8:46 PM] {set ends}

## Set Two

[9:12 PM] {lights down, announcements, performers out}

01. [9:13 PM] _Mystery Train_ (SY)
02. [9:23 PM] _the Letter_ (PC)  
[9:28 PM] {pause. _West LA_ tease}
03. [9:29 PM] _They Love Each Other_ (MM)
04. [9:40 PM] _West LA Fadeaway_ (SY)  
[9:48 PM] {SY introduces PC}
05. [9:48 PM] _Buttercup_ (PC)
06. [9:57 PM] _Light Up Or Leave Me Alone_ (MM) » 10:01 rave up jam  
[10:03 PM] {set ends}  
   
**Encore**
07. [10:06 PM] _Cissy Strut_ »
08. [10:10 PM] _Love the One You're With_ (SY)  
[10:14 PM] {show ends}


## Performers

* [Paige Clem](http://www.paigeclem.com/): melodica, percussion, vox;
* Gabe Ford: drums;
* Matt Lazarus: guitar;
* Steve Moore: bass, vox;
* Mike Myers: tenor saxophone, EWI, percussion, vox;
* Steven Younger: keyboards, vox.

## Notes

The highway was surprisingly empty on my ride over to San Rafael -- a peaceful post-commute ride if there ever was: wow, what a treat! Things weren't quite so mellow in San Rafael (I seem to have found more than my share of slow pokes), but it all worked out just fine, and I walked into the club just as the band was starting their first set. _Pretzel Logic_ sounded great to me, but the vocal mix was uh, more or less buried beneath the instruments. This might have been the sound kid's first rodeo. Things improved only marginally across the course of the set, but something got changed for the better during the absolutely bonkers jam out of _Shakedown_, and that made a huge imrpovement over the last few tunes.

It was nice to visit a little with the guys at set break, and then with other friends who stumbled into the gig on blind luck (hearing the band while walking by outside).

Set Two was a rager. Makes me really glad I came!

{{tag>music Mo'lasses Tam_Commons Paige_Clem Gabe_Ford Matt_Lazarus Steve_Moore Mike_Myers Steven_Younger}}

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