Stu Allen and Mars Hotel
Ashkenaz
1317 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, CA
8:30 PM, Wednesday, January 30, 2013

[8:40-ish start time; Stu lead on all tunes]

1. Hesitation Blues
2. Freight Train
3. Blue Yodel #9
4. Troubled in Mind
5. Been All Around This World
6. I'm Troubled
7. Oh the Wind and Rain
8. Deep Elem Blues

[set ends 9:35 PM]

[9:50 PM rigging and noodling; swapping out a funky stage monitor; 9:58 Go!]

1. Bertha $
2. Beat It on Down that Line #
3. High Time $
4. Me and My Uncle > Big River #
5. Loose Lucy $
6. Cassidy #
7. Midnight Hour %
8. Scarlet Begonias > Fire on the Mountain $
9. Man Smart, Woman Smarter #
10. He's Gone $ >
11. (Turn on Your) Lovelight #
    

[set ends 11:55 PM]

[11:58 PM BD Song and candles]

1. U.S. Blues

[show ends 12:09 AM]

• Stu Allen: acoustic guitar, guitar, $ lead and harmony vox;
• Ryan Hickey: keyboards, % lead and harmony vox;
• Pat Nevins: acoustic guitar, guitar, # lead and harmony vox;
• Steve Ramirez: bass;
• Sandy Rothman: guitar A1? A3-5, resonator guitar A2, mandolin A6-8, harmony vox;
• Ben Schroeter: drums;

- Additional Credits -

• Bo Putnam: sound;
• Recorded and edited by Jon Hart

Jon Hart's recording of the gig is posted on the live music archive.

Good turnout tonight, not too crowded, but full, and with a good birthday celebration vibe.

I especially liked the acoustic set, though the last half of the electric set was also mighty fine!