Yoshi's presents Will Bernard, with Allison Miller, Matt Renzi, and John Shifflett
2016-06-26
Yoshi's
Jack London Square, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland, CA 94607-3506 USA
8:00 PM, Sunday, June 26, 2016

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[8:00 PM lights down, announcements; pause; band out and noodling after a minute or so]

1. [8:04 PM] Next Guess
2. [8:12 PM] (unidentified instrumental #1: funky … probably Happy Belated)
3. [8:20 PM] Pan Seared
4. [8:24 PM] Homeward Bound
5. [8:33 PM] Homebody
6. [8:39 PM] Out and About £
7. [8:45 PM] (unidentified instrumental #2)
8. [8:53 PM] Bali Hai
9. [9:02 PM] (unidentified instrumental #3)
10. [9:04 PM] the Mild Mannered Habanero
11. [9:11 PM] (unidentified instrumental #4)
12. [9:17 PM] Redwood (Business Casual)
    [set ends 9:22 PM; no encore tonight]

• Will Bernard: guitar, slide guitar;
• Allison Miller: drums;
• Matt Renzi: tenor saxophone, £ English horn;
• John Shifflett: contrabass.

In line a little before the doors and found ourselves standing behind my buddy Jim Mullins and his pal Ken. It was nice shooting the breeze for a bit on a sunny Sunday evening. The house opened right on time and we skoodled on inside to see the usual sea of yellow tags. Jim opted for a table on the rail, a bit to the right of center, but right next to Will. Ting and I headed for the high ground at table 60, dead center. Works for me!

The set was pretty fun to listen to, especially when Will took a turn on the wah-wah or layered other crazy effects on top of his guitar, but the overall presentation was just a little tentative – as if the band wasn't comfortable playing these tunes yet. Given that Will and Matt only met a few days earlier, I suppose this shouldn't be much of a surprise. I don't think I heard anything to complain about (like obvious clams), only that there was a sense of concentration on getting things right, rather than the looseness that comes from knowing how things should go. Ah well, sometimes that's the sort of show you get.

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2016 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2016 event list! ☸ On to the next event!