The Go to Hell Man Clan at Rooster Stage, October 1, 2016

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass presents The Go to Hell Man Clan
2016-10-01
Rooster Stage, Marx Meadow
Golden Gate Park, 898 John F Kennedy Dr, San Francisco, CA 94121 USA
11:00 AM, Saturday, October 1, 2016

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[10:57 AM announcements from emcee Chuck Poling]

1. [11:00 AM] Fennario (MH)
   [-FH, THG, ?AH, others?; +Gibbs kids? 3 guys, 3 gals]
2. [11:03 AM] (unidentified tune #1: an old folk tune, but i wasn't paying enough attention to recognize it – too busy making notes about the players!)
   [Gibbs Kids; +FH, THG, ?AH]
3. [11:06 AM] Ripple (?AH)
   [all off but JZ; +Wronglers]
4. [11:11 AM] Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss
   [-Wronglers; +Go to Hell Man Clan; MH out front (no drummer)
5. [11:14 AM] Hold On (MH)
   [-THG, band stays, +OH]
6. [11:21 AM] Down Home Girl (OH)
   [-OH; +NHB, 4 other females]
7. [11:26 AM] Don't Sweat the Small Stuff (NHB)
   [-NHB, ?others; +AH, FH (no 5), THG]
8. [11:31 PM] (unidentified tune #2: “I only wanna play my guitar”) (THG)
   [-THG, ?others; +LH]
9. [11:36 PM] Hard Times
   [-LH; +KH, 2 Gibbs sons: banjo & mando
10. [11:42 PM] Sound and Vision ®
    [Add JH, other females, NL, BM]
11. [11:47 PM] Dead Flowers
    [Add all]
12. [11:52 PM] Swing Down Sweet Chariot
    [show ends 11:59 PM; follow-up announcements from Chuck]

• Stevie Coyle: guitar, vox;
• Austin “Audie” Delone: keyboards, harmony vox;
• Tricia Hellman Gibbs: acoustic guitar (t01, t03, t05, t08, t12), lead (t08) and harmony vox;
• Robbie Gjersoe: guitar, ® resonator guitar;
• ? Avery Hellman: acoustic guitar, lead (t03) and harmony vox;
• Frances Hellman: banjo, lead & harmony vox;
• Judith Hellman: lead (t11) & harmony vox;
• Katie Hellman: lead vox (t10);
• Laurel Hellman: banjo, lead (t09) & harmony vox;
• Mick 'Marco' Hellman: Drums, lead (t01, t05) and harmony vox;
• Olivia Hellman: lead (t06) and harmony vox;
• Joshua Zucker: electric contrabass, lead and harmony vox;

• Frankie Gibb: banjo, harmony vox;
• Matthew Gibb: harmony vox;
• Ruthie Gibb: vox;
• Sam Gibb: mandolin, vox;
• ? Gibb: f vox;
• ? Gibb: f vox;

• ? Hellman: violin, harmony vox;
• Nancy Hellman Bechtle: percussion, harmony vox;
• ?Steph Hellman: banjo, harmony vox;
• Nate Levine: acoustic guitar, harmony vox;
• Bill Martin: mandolin.

It was darn near impossible to keep track of all the players and the going and coming during this set. My first clue that I was in for trouble was when the first song ended before I finished noting who was doing what, and then the entire front line walked off stage. Hey! Come back here! I wasn't done yet!

So anyways, these notes are likely to be way more wrong than usual, and I make no guarantee as to accuracy regarding the players: there was way too much switching going on, and not nearly enough in the way of introductions!

Musically, the set was a little on the rough side. You might think at first glance that with the the pros lined up to help, everything would be just fine, but the constant rotating of the leader position between enthusiastic amateurs made for a somewhat uneven experience. I'll grant them kudos for making the effort, and for choosing some terrific covers, but there were still plenty of stray clams. So, uh, plenty of listener tolerance was necessary, but that's a given from the early morning crowd: we're easy that way!

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2016 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2016 event list! ☸ On to the next event!