Hardly Strictly Bluegrass presents Tim O'Brien Band
2016-10-02
Banjo Stage, Hellman Hollow
Golden Gate Park, 50 Overlook Dr, San Francisco, CA 94122 USA
12:15 PM, Sunday, October 2, 2016

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

[12:22 PM announcements from emcee Paul Mann, band out]

1. [12:22 PM] Workin' @
2. [12:26 PM] Family History ‡&
3. [12:31 PM] Pompadour @
4. [12:36 PM +f] Go Down to the Water ‡
5. [12:41 PM] I Gotta Move ‡
6. [12:45 PM] Whatever Happened to Me @
7. [12:50 PM -jr] Not Afraid of Dying ‡
8. [12:55 PM] Boat Up the River þ
9. [12:59 PM] Get Up Offa That Thing &þ
10. [1:05 PM +jr] the Water is Wise þ
11. [1:08 PM] (unidentified, maybe I've Endured: “how long”) @
    [set ends 1:15 PM]

• Jan Fabricius: lead and harmony vox;
• Ian Fitchuk: keyboards, harmony vox;
• John Gardner: drums;
• Viktor Krauss: contrabass;
• Doug Lancio: guitar, & acoustic guitar, harmony vox;
• Tim O'Brien: @ acoustic guitar, ‡ mandolin, þ banjo, lead and harmony vox;

I was really looking forward to hearing Tim's set at this year's fest, but ended up slightly underwhelmed. Hard to say exactly why; maybe the new tunes from Pompadour just didn't tickle my musical funny bone the right way? I dunno, I can only report feeling vaguely dissatisfied by the end of the set. Looking back now, I distinctly remember leaping out of my chair to bop around to Get Up Offa That Thing – you gotta love the audacity of recasting James Brown as a string band tune – and most of the Banjo audience seemed to be up and dancing for that one. Maybe I was just feeling grouchy at that point in the day? Miffed about the morning rain and displacing my unhappiness onto Tim?

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