Phil Lesh & Friends in the Grate Room at Terrapin Crossroads, July 5, 2016

Terrapin Crossroads presents A Musical Exploration of Darkness featuring Phil Lesh, with Neal Casal, Jackie Greene, Mark Levy, Adam MacDougall, and Cass McCombs
2016-07-05
the Grate Room at Terrapin Crossroads
100 Yacht Club Drive, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA
7:30 PM, Tuesday, July 5, 2016

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[7:20 PM lights down, Adam and Neal out to noodle for a moment; 7:30 PM Jackie Greene out for an inspection, then off; 8:01 PM, band out, let's rumble!]

1. [8:02 PM] Space »
2. [8:08 PM] Dark Star jam » [8:15 PM] first verse, vocals passed from CM to JG to NC » jam »
3. [8:18 PM] Eclipse (JG/CM) » [8:22 PM] jam »
4. [8:26 PM] Mountains of the Moon (PL)
5. [8:38 PM] Bad Moon Rising (CM)
6. [8:45 PM] Paint It Black (NC)
   [8:52 PM full stop; pause for a minute or so]
7. [8:54 PM] Comfortably Numb (AM/NC+JG)
8. [9:03 PM] I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain (NC)
9. [9:13 PM] Hurricane (JG)
10. [9:29 PM] Black Peter (CM)
11. [9:38 PM] Darkness Darkness (JG)
12. [9:48 PM] China Doll (CM)
13. [9:54 PM] Lady With a Fan (PL) » [10:04 PM] Terrapin Station (CM)
14. [10:10 PM] Black Muddy River (JG)
15. [10:18 PM] Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (NC)
    [set ends 10:25 PM]

[NC, JG, & CM: acoustic guitars; AM & ML: hand percussion; PL & JG: vox]

1. [10:45 PM] Box of Rain (PL)
2. [10:51 PM] I Shall Be Released (JG)
3. [10:55 PM] Bird Song (PL)
4. [11:00 PM] Uncle John's Band (PL+JG)
   [show ends 11:08 PM]

• Neal Casal: guitar, acoustic guitar, lead and harmony vox;
• Jackie Greene: guitar, slide guitar, acoustic guitar, lead and harmony vox;
• Phil Lesh: bass, lead and harmony vox;
• Mark Levy: drums;
• Adam MacDougall: keyboards, lead and harmony vox;
• Cass McCombs: guitar, acoustic guitar, lead and harmony vox.

An excellent concept and an interesting setlist, but damn, very rough execution tonight. It's a good thing that we're a tolerant crowd at Terrapin, for despite the flashes of inspiration and virtuosity, I felt the group was woefully under rehearsed. Must've been tough getting everybody together, I guess. Hopefully tomorrow's effort will be stronger!

Instead of dwelling on the short-comings, let's talk about tonight's strengths. Conceptually, I think they hit the mark pretty well. I suppose one could quibble that Sandy Denny's 1967 classic Who Knows Where the Time Goes? isn't about darkness as much as sad wistfulness in the face of change, but it seemed like an entirely appropriate tune to end the set, and a huge surprise too… and we all like surprises, right?

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