the Rex Foundation presents a benefit concert: Reflections: A Tribute to Jerry Garcia – featuring Steve Kimock with Jeff Chimenti, Jay Lane, and Bobby Vega, and special guests Nicki Bluhm, David Bromberg, with other surprise artists TBA!
2015-12-05
the Fillmore
1805 Geary Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94115
8:00 PM, Saturday, December 5, 2015

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[8:15 PM lights down, announcements; brief pause, then David Bromberg (acoustic guitar) and David Hidalgo (electric guitar) take the stage]

1. [8:23 PM] ? Weary Blues
2. [8:28 PM] The Long Goodbye (debut live performance?)
3. [8:32 PM] Take This Hammer
4. [8:35 PM] It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
5. [8:42 PM] Summer Wages
6. [8:47 PM] Statesboro Blues / Church Bell Blues
   [set ends 8:53 PM]

[9:28 PM rolling, lights up, announcements; just Chimenti, Kimock, Lane & Vega to open]

1. [9:29 PM] ? (unidentified spacey jam) »
2. [9:37 PM] Merl's Tune (9:40 PM add John Firmin: tenor saxophone)
   [add Steve Berlin: baritone saxophone]
3. [9:49 PM] Expressway to Your Heart
   [-SB, JF; +Nicki Bluhm: harmony vox; Leslie Mendelssohn: guitar, vox]
4. [11:05 PM] My Sisters & Brothers (LM)
   [+David Hidalgo: guitar, vox]
5. [10:12 PM] Bertha (DH)
   [-DH; LM +g]
6. [10:29 PM] Waiting for a Miracle (LM)
   [-LM, NB; +SB, DB, JF]
7. [10:39 PM] Tongue (DB)
   [-SB, JF; +NB, LM]
8. [10:46 PM] Casey Jones (DB)
   [dead air awhile for the roadies to pull DB's gear off the stage]
   [-DB; +SB, JF, LM]
9. [10:54 PM] It's Too Late (LM)
   [LM +g; +NB]
10. [11:02 PM] Deep Elem Blues (JL/NB)
    [11:10 PM Happy Birthday Song for Jay Lane]
11. [11:11 PM] Deal (NB)
    [set ends 11:22 PM; SK says goodbye, all off for awhile; back and noodling 11:26 PM: SB, JC, SK, JL, LM, BV]
     
    Encore
12. [11:27 PM] Mystery Train (JL) [10:32 PM +MCRA]
    [-LM, MCRA]
13. [11:37 PM] Stella Blue (instrumental version)
    [show ends 11:48 PM]

• Steve Berlin: baritone saxophone;
• Nicki Bluhm: lead (t10-11) and harmony vox;
• David Bromberg: guitar (set 2), acoustic guitar (set 1), vox;
• Jeff Chimenti: Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, harmony vox;
• John Firmin: tenor saxophone;
• David Hidalgo: guitar, lead and harmony vox;
• Steve Kimock: guitar;
• Jay Lane: drums, percussion, lead (t10, t12) and harmony vox;
• Leslie Mendelson: guitar (t04, t10), lead (t04, t06, t09) and harmony vox;
• MC Radio Active: lead vox (t12), beatboxing;
• Bobby Vega: bass.

Whoa! This section is incomplete for now, sorry!

Strangely, the free mp3 download posted to LiveDownloads omits the initial jam, and inserts a tune into the middle of the set. I'm mystified as to how I might have missed one … perhaps this is a bit of studio magic to incorporate something from the soundcheck?

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