Harvey Mandel at Slim's, July 6, 2017

Slim's presents Harvey Mandel
Slim's
333 11th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-4313 USA
8:00 PM, Thursday, July 6, 2017

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2017 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2017 event list! ☸ On to the next event!

[7:57 PM lights down, band out]

1. [7:59 PM] Messing with the Kid (WH) $
2. [8:03 PM] Little Red Rooster (WH) &
3. [8:10 PM] Boom Boom (WH) &
4. [8:15 PM] Sleepwalk &
5. [8:19 PM] Lucille (FR) $
6. [8:24 PM] ? Gonna Leave You (unintelligible blues sung by FR) &
7. [8:29 PM] Crosscut Saw (FR) &
8. [8:34 PM] T-Bone Shuffle (bass) &
   [set ends 9:39 PM]

• Michael Borbridge: drums;
• Walter Hand: $ tenor saxophone, & harmonica, vox (t01-t03);
• Rich Kirch: guitar;
• Freddie Roulette: double neck lap steel guitar, vox (t05-t07);
• ? Mike Reynolds?: bass, vox (t08);
• ? Steve?: guitar.

[9:04 PM lights down, band out]

1. [9:04 PM] Baby Batter
2. [9:11 PM] ?
3. [9:16 PM] Space Monkeys
4. [9:20 PM] Free Flow
5. [9:24 PM] Soda Pop Mama (EN) $
6. [9:30 PM] Money (EN)
7. [9:34 PM] Before Six
8. [9:40 PM] Freak of Dawn
9. [9:44 PM] Midnight Sun
   [add LK]
10. [9:51 PM] Help Me (LK)
11. [9:55 PM] Woke Up Screaming (LK)
    [drop LK]
12. [10:00 PM] Christo Redentor
13. [10:05 PM] Wade in the Water
    [set ends 10:16 PM]
     
    Encore
14. [10:17 PM] Touch of Green
    [show ends 10:22 PM]

• Diz Dismore: bass;
• Billy Johnson: drums;
• Lisa Kindred: vox (t10-11);
• Harvey Mandel: guitar;
• Eloy Najera: keyboards, vox (t05-06);
• Jose Najera: $ tenor saxophone, congas, percussion, harmony vox.

The crowd tonight tilted strongly to the aging Boomer demographic: I don't think there were many folks present under 45.

It's good to see that Harvey is out and about doing shows again, and that despite his recent medical battles, he can still shred as well as ever. I probably should have bought his new CD, but short as it was, I wasn't quite motivated enough to stand in line at the end of the show – passing up my chance to get an autograph and a handshake from the master.

Harvey's set seemed to be split about 50-50 between his classic jams and new cuts, and for the most part, the newer tunes blended in just fine with the older ones. Eloy and Lisa both took star turns, singing tunes that were reasonably enjoyable, if not quite up to the high standard set by Harvey's instrumentals.

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2017 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2017 event list! ☸ On to the next event!