SFJAZZ presents Chris Eldridge & Julian Lage
2015-06-11
Joe Henderson Lab
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA
Late Show; 8:30 PM, Thursday, June 11, 2015

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[8:36 PM lights down, announcements]

1. [8:36 PM] ? (instrumental)
2. [8:39 PM] ? (instrumental)
   [Julian talks a bit about Ornette Coleman]
3. [8:45 PM] Ginseng Sullivan
4. [8:49 PM] Keep Me From Blowing Away
5. [8:53 PM] Rhaegar
6. [8:57 PM] ? Heart Song
7. [9:04 PM] I'll Come Running Back to You
8. [9:08 PM] ? (instrumental)
9. [9:15 PM] Open Up the Window, Noah
10. [9:19 PM] ? (instrumental)
11. [9:24 PM] ? (instrumental)
12. [9:32 PM] Someone to Watch Over Me
13. [9:37 PM] Mean Mother Blues
    [set ends 9:41 PM]
     
    Encore
14. [9:42 PM] ? (instrumental)
    [show ends 9:50 PM]

• Chris "Critter" Eldridge: 1939 Martin D-28 acoustic guitar, lead & harmony vox;
• Julian Lage: 1939 Martin 000-18 guitar.

I was really looking forward to this show, and I'm happy to report that the boys came through with a righteous effort.

They began the site with a few instrumentals that really leaned hard over to the jazzy side of the guitar duo format, then tilted right back with the classic Americana of Norman Blake's Ginseng Sullivan and Paul Craft's Keep Me From Blowing Away. And that opening salvo set the frame for the whole course: a little jazz, a little old time, a couple dashes of bluegrass, blues, and gospel, toss it in the blender and enjoy!

Probably should have bought their new album at the show, but I wasn't in the shopping mood that night – too late to help me fix those unknowns in the setlist! You can listen to the new album online via bandcamp, which also hosts last year's EP as well. And Fretboard posted a great interview with the pair.

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2015 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2015 event list! ☸ On to the next event!