SFJAZZ presents Shelby Lynne
2015-06-15
Miner Auditorium
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA
7:30 PM, Monday, June 15, 2015

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

[7:36 PM lights down, announcements]

1. [7:37 PM] ? (Instrumental)
2. [7:41 PM] Paper Van Gogh
3. [7:44 PM] Back Door Front Porch
4. [7:49 PM] Sold the Devil (Sunshine)
5. [7:54 PM] Son of a Gun
6. [8:00 PM] Down Here
   [missed, per album ordering: “Love Is Strong”?] - opens with “This Love I Feel Is Strong”
7. [8:06 PM] Better
   [missed, per album ordering: “Be in the Now”] - opens with “There's a cloud that hangs above us”
8. [8:12 PM] Following You
9. [8:15 PM] I Can't Imagine
   [brief pause to recognize the album split; banter from Shelby thanking us for being a patient audience]
10. [8:19 PM] Your Lies
11. [8:22 PM] Leavin'
12. [8:25 PM] Life Is Bad
13. [8:33 PM] Thought It Would Be Easier
14. [8:38 PM] Gotta Get Back
15. [8:43 PM] Why Can't You Be?
16. [8:50 PM] Lookin' Up
17. [8:54 PM] Dream Some (Did You Miss Me)
18. [9:00 PM] Where I'm From
19. [9:05 PM] Black Light Blue
20. [9:09 PM] She Knows Where She Goes
21. [9:14 PM] Bless the Fool
22. [9:19 PM] Miss You Sissy [show ends 9:25 PM; bow, then all off]

• Shelby Lynne: guitar, acoustic guitar, vox;
• Ben Peeler: guitar, lap steel guitar;
• Lee Pardini: keyboards;
• Ed Maxwell: bass;
• Dave Raven: drums;
• Eli Wulfmeier: guitar.

I was surprised that Randall Kline wasn't out to introduce Shelby at the start of tonight's show – I'd assumed that the extraordinarily broad range of acts on this year's festival were a direct reflection of his listening tastes. Guess not!

Anyways, it was truly a fun show tonight. Shelby and her crack band started out by playing through her brand new album, I Can't Imagine, from top to bottom, less an omission or two, then followed it up with a jubilant run through the tunes on her 1999 triumph, I Am Shelby Lynne, including a couple of the bonus tracks tacked on for the recent re-release. The band was obviously easy more comfortable with the older material, but the new tunes sounded great too, and the guitar interplay between Ben and Eli was a real treat to listen to. Had a real twangin' time tonight!

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