TXR presents Telstar! featuring Phil Lesh & the Terrapin All-Stars with Dan "Lebo" Lebowitz and Scott Law
2014-06-28
the Grate Room at Terrapin Crossroads
100 Yacht Club Drive, San Rafael, CA
8:00 PM, Saturday, June 28, 2014

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[7:47 PM Phil out to noodle: off in a few] [8:21 PM lights down, announcements]

1. [8:23 PM] ? jam1 »
2. [8:33 PM] China Cat Sunflower (PL) »
3. [8:43 PM] Crazy Love (L) »
4. [8:48 PM] ? rocking jam
5. [8:56 PM] ? quiet jam »
6. [9:02 PM] They Love Each Other (L) »
7. [9:09 PM] Another One (PL) $ »
8. [9:23 PM] Get Off of My Cloud (RJ) » jam »
9. [9:31 PM] Ohio (AK)
   [9:39 PM done, no encore]

• [9:55 PM, over in the bar, hanging out on the stairs, drinking an Anchor Summerfest, watching the Giants blow another game (choking bad in the 11th inning, damn!) and listening to Walking Spanish wail away]
• [11:15 PM over and out, time to drink up and go home]

• Ross James: guitar, pedal steel guitar, lead and harmony vox;
• Alex Koford: drums, lead and harmony vox;
• Scott Law: guitar, acoustic guitar, vox;
• Dan "Lebo" Lebowitz: acoustic guitar, lap steel guitar, vox;
• Phil Lesh: bass, lead and harmony vox;
• Jordan Levine: drums.

• Tom Gunterman: violin;
• Alex Nelson: guitar, vox;
• Patrick Picchi: drums;
• Tim Picchi: bass.
  - with special guest -
• Alex Jordan; guitar, lead and harmony vox.

  ## Notes

Another fine night of jamming tonight. The only “real” song performed was They Love Each Other, though Crazy Love came close, if you allow that they didn't follow the usual chord changes. Get Off of My Cloud featured Ross doing a bit of sprach-sang, though again, the band didn't really attempt to play the tune as written, but instead rocked it up, down and sideways (to the delight of the crowd!). In the Ohio jam that closed the show, Alex was clearly waiting for cues from Phil as to when to sing, and singing when those cues were delivered, but his mic was turned off the whole time. Very odd! And finally, in the case of both -China Cat Sunflower_ and the Other One, Phil sang a line or two at the start – perhaps a cue to the others as to where he was headed? – but the jams didn't really follow the established norms for those tunes in any way. As with the other Telstar shows, this one didn't really feature much of anything in the way of all-out, freaky weirdness; the focus instead seemed to be on jamming and listening to one another. Keeping the groove going. Fun!

At less than 80 minutes, and lacking an encore, it's easy to see why grumblers might be unhappy, but I feel like I got my $10 worth, and I expect to be back next time they put a Telstar gig on the schedule.

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2014 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2014 event list! ☸ On to the next event!