Yoshi's presents Charlie Musselwhite
2014-08-28
Yoshi's
Jack London Square, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland, CA
8:00 PM, Thursday, August 28, 2014

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[8:01 PM lights down, announcements]

1. [8:02 PM] ? “She's a lanky girl, long and tall”
2. [8:06 PM] Gone Too Long
3. [8:12 PM] Stranger in a Strange Land
4. [8:19 PM] I'm Goin' Home
5. [8:24 PM] ? “Don't think you got that girl”
6. [8:32 PM] As the Crow Flies
7. [8:39 PM] I'm Just a Bad Boy
8. [9:48 PM] You Know It Ain't Right (To Treat Me Like You Do)
9. [9:58 PM] Drop Down Baby
   [set ends 9:09 PM]
    
   Encore
10. [9:11 PM] West Helena, Arkansas
11. [9:16 PM] All Walks of Life
12. [9:21 PM] Christo Redentor
    [show ends 9:28 PM]

• June Core: drums;
• Charlie Musselwhite: harmonica, vox;
• Matt Stubbs: guitar;
• ?: bass;

Charlie Musselwhite may have been out on the road so long that he's got his jiving banter down to autopilot, but he still puts on a fine show, and with a crack band laying down the law behind him, it's more than a worthy way to spend the evening!

The bass player tonight was new to me – and I was too slow to catch his name when he got introduced, but he looked kinda like RW Grigsby, and played with the same deadpan expression and rock solid style. Nothing flashy, ever, even during his big solo. Just driving that bluesy beat further on upnthe road; real steady, like an 18-wheeler truckin' down the higway on overdrive.

Matt Stubbs and June Core were a bit more exciting to watch. Matt for the variety of approaches to the guitar break in every song, and June for beating that trapset into submission – you just shuffle along now mule and don't kick up your heels none about them rocks in the row – we goin' to plow 'em up, ev'ry damn one!

So yeah, it was a fun night. A little short, but altogether satisfying nonetheless!

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