# Rowan Brothers at the Plaza, September 17, 2023

[Deadheadland](https://deadheadland.com/rowanbrothers) presents [the Rowan Brothers](http://www.rowanbrothers.com/)  
the Plaza  
[Mill Valley, CA 94941 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Mill+Valley,+CA+94941+USA&hl=en)  
4:00 PM, Sunday, September 17, 2023

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[{{:2023:2023-09:20230917_poster.jpg?300|Today's poster...with a photo from Ting!}}]

## Set One

[4:05 PM] {pre-show announcements from Roger}  
[4:11 PM] {performers out; futzing; noodling}

01. [4:13 PM] _If I Only Could_  
[4:21 PM] {CR back announce; PR yack about Chris Strachwitz; PR intro of next tune; LR comment; pause for PR to tune his mandola}
02. [4:24 PM] _All The King's Men_  
[4:29 PM] {PR talk about a Rowan Bros trip to TX for the Joshua Ives Festival of Love, then about hanging with Mike Bloomfield in Mill Valley... then eventually circles back to TX and the origin of the next tune}
03. [4:34 PM] _Midnight Moonlight_  
[4:43 PM] {PR yack and long intro story (Townes van Zandt in London!) for the next tune}
04. [4:47 PM] _I'll Be There_  
[4:51 PM] {CR story; PR: Let's do an Everly Brothers tune!}
05. [4:52 PM] _Wake Up Little Susie_  
[4:55 PM] {picking out the next tune; pause while CR puts on his harmonica rig}
06. [4:56 PM] _Pathways_ » _Three Little Birds_ (extended tease)  » _Pathways_ finale  
[5:02 PM] {tuning; CR takes off his harmonica; PR story about the FMA}
07. [5:06 PM] _Free Mexican Airforce_  
[5:14 PM] {PR: "Thank you, Ladies & Gentlemen"}
08. [5:14 PM] _Pretty Senorita_  
[5:19 PM] {applause and thanks at end of set}
[5:20 PM] {set ends}

## Set Two

[5:56 PM] {welcome back from Roger; PR starts off the set playing solo on Lorin's acoustic guitar}

01. [5:58 PM] _Panama Red_ » _Freight Train_ » _Panama Red_  
[6:03 PM] {PR story about the next tune}
02. [6:05 PM] _Mississippi Moon_  
[6:09 PM] {PR story about water ecology}
03. [6:12 PM] _Waiting for Elijah_  
[6:15 PM] {the rest of the band gets back onstage; PR swaps back to mandola; PR story about Owsley's dog Vajra}
04. [6:18 PM] _Circle of Friends_  
[6:23 PM] {yacking off-mic with Chris Felton about the sound onstage; CR talk about Bolinas; LR swap to mandolin}
05. [6:25 PM] _Jonathan_  
[6:30 PM] {CR: "Now he's a 40 year old man!"; David Diadem story}
06. [6:31 PM] _Lay Me Down_  
[6:34 PM] {LR swap back to acoustic guitar; all three talking story about the next tune; CR's quick Barbie joke}
07. [6:36 PM] _My Father's Son_  
[6:43 PM] {off-mic discussion of what to play next}
08. [6:43 PM] _Gather My Brothers_
09. [6:50 PM] _Don't Pick the Blossom Before the Flower Grows_  
[6:58 PM] {PR promo for coming gigs; LR intros next tune}
10. [7:01 PM] _Calle Music_
11. [7:08 PM] _Goodnight Irene_  
[7:14 PM] {applause at encore break}  
   
**Finale**
12. [7:15 PM] _Wild Horses_  
[7:21 PM] {final applause}  
[7:22 PM] {announcements from Brian Markovitz}  
[7:23 PM] {show ends}

## Performers

* [Dick Bright](https://www.dickbrightmusic.com/): violin;
* [Eric McCann](http://www.lostworldorchestra.com/home.html): 6-string bass guitar;
* [Chris Rowan](http://www.rowanbrothers.com/): acoustic guitar, harmonica, lead & harmony vox;
* [Lorin Rowan](http://lorinrowan.com/): acoustic guitar, mandolin, lead & harmony vox;
* [Peter Rowan](http://www.peter-rowan.com/): mandola, acoustic guitar, lead & harmony vox.

## Notes

What a great show! Our hosts Roger & Davi have a sweet thing going with their backyard performance space. With five performers onstage and a regular PA, today's production was a step up compared to the more informal shows of the past few months. Let it grow! I was delighted that the scene was still quite relaxed, with the performers mingling and wise-cracking with the crowd for much of the down time instead of hiding away in the green room.

Although the air temperature was cool today, it was still enough in the back yard that the sun was uncomfortably hot until midway through the first set when the shade of the tall redwood trees  finally moved over to give us some respite. Whew! Too bright until then to take off the sunglasses, but then too hard to see my notes once they were off. Yarg!

After starting off the second set with a few solo tunes, Peter reminisced a bit about Owsley's dog Vajra. And while verifying that I had song titles correct, I stumbled onto video of Peter's introduction of Vajra to the crowd at Winterland on [YouTube](https://youtu.be/8lc9wvwG5FY?t=2882), probably 5/28/76. How cool is that? (As an aside, the following tune on the video, _Yabba-Dabba Doo_, is worth a listen. Too bad they didn't get to that one tonight!)

While today's show evidenced a few rough spots here and there, I had a darn good time. Let's do it again sometime!!

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## Photos

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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