the Chapel presents NRBQ, with opener Danny James, and DJ sets by Vetiver's Andy Cabic
777 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94110-1734 USA
9:00 PM, Sunday, July 2, 2017

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[9:03 PM lights down, band out]

1. [9:04 PM] ? Five Dimensions (unidentified tune, lyrics: “How can I know / hoping everything's alright with her”)
2. [9:10 PM] ?Combat zone (unidentified tune #2, lyrics: “Another girl / we don't need any expertise / home sweet home / on my own, all alone”)
   [Danny & Joel swap places]
3. [9:16 PM] Lydia
4. [9:20 PM] Smelling Ghost
5. [9:26 PM] Tight Lipped
6. [9:32 PM] Boomerang Kids
   [Danny & Joel swap places]
7. [9:37 PM] (unidentified tune #3, lyrics: “what do they want / really let me down / clock is broken / three to three / 12 more years / it was a very busy day”)
   [set ends 9:40 PM]

• Danny James: bass, keyboards (t01-02, t07), vox;
• Raj Ojha: drums;
• Raze Regal: guitar;
• Joel Robinow: bass (t01-02, t07), keyboards, harmony vox.

[10:10 PM lights down, band out]

1. [10:10 PM] Keep This Love Goin'
2. [10:14 PM] (unidentified new tune, lyrics: “All we ever talk about is who we trust and who we doubt / Lost our touch / drink too much / All you ever seem to say is who you were with yesterday”)
3. [10:17 PM] Captain Lou
4. [10:20 PM] Dummy (SL/TA)
5. [10:24 PM] Talk to Me
6. [10:27 PM] Fightin' Back (CM)
7. [10:31 PM] Don't Worry Baby (CM)
8. [10:34 PM] Honey Hush (SL/TA)
9. [10:38 PM] Do You Feel It? (TA)
10. [10:43 PM] A Girl Like That
11. [10:47 PM] Almond Grove
12. [10:50 PM] Yes, Yes, Yes
13. [11:53 PM] Waitin' on My Sweetie Pie
    [TA to drums, JP out front to sing]
14. [11:00 PM] Everyone Says I Love You (JP)
    [TA back to keys, JP back to drums]
15. [11:02 PM] (unidentified instrumental)
16. [11:07 PM] Ain't No Free (TA)
17. [11:14 PM] My Back Pages
18. [11:17 PM] I Want You Bad
19. [11:20 PM] Green Lights
20. [11:25 PM] It's Not Too Late
21. [11:28 PM] Magnet
22. [11:32 PM] The One and Only
23. [11:37 PM] Feel You around Me
24. [11:41 PM] If I Don't Have You
25. [11:44 PM] RC Cola and a Moon Pie
    [set ends 11:48 PM]
     
    1st Encore
26. [11:50 PM] Little Floater
27. [11:54 PM] Remember Your Name and Address (TA)
28. [11:56 PM] Ain't It All Right
    [12:03 AM, band exits stage briefly, leaving us to hoot and holler for more]
     
    2nd Encore
29. [12:04 AM] It's a Wild Weekend
30. [12:08 AM] Music Goes 'Round and 'Round
    [show ends 12:12 AM]

NRBQ

• Terry Adams: keyboards, harmonica, timbales, percussion, drums (t14), lead (t04, t08-09, t16, t27) and harmony vox;
• Scott Ligon: guitar, lead and harmony vox;
• Casey McDonough: bass, lead (t06-07) and harmony vox;
• John Perrin: drums, lead (t14) and harmony vox;
• (unidentified roadie): maracas, cowbell, timbales.

Holiday weekends around SF tend to the schizophrenic: either they're really quiet, or totally crazy. Happily, this one seems to have tilted towards the former: it took us barely 30 min to drive over to the Mission, and we found a parking spot only a block from the Chapel. Hoo-yah! Walked into the club at around 8:30 to find it mostly empty, but happily, a few friends were present, so we shot the breeze for a half hour until the opening act, Danny James and pals, took the stage. I'd previewed his latest album, Pear, so I had a good idea what to expect, and they came close to hitting that mark. Strangely, I preferred the album to the live set (something that seems quite unusual for me to write), but it's not like the set was bad in any way, only that I was darn excited to hear the mighty Q, so I was ready for the opener to finished their set after only three or four songs. At set break Ting moved up to a spot on the rail, right in front of Terry, and after deciding that the room's musical sweet spot was being filled with too many talkers, I moved up to a spot just behind her and to the outside – still on the rail, due to the stairs coming off stage right, but directly in line with the center-aimed vocal PA rather than inside of it's broadcast fan.

And the Q? They stepped up and whacked it out of the park. Abetted by the joyous delivery and the goofy lyrics, I had more fun at this show than any other in a long while. Even slow songs, like Dummy and Remember Your Name and Address had me grinning and tapping my feet. Makes me think I should have been paying enough attention to see some of Terry's quartet shows over the years that NRBQ was in hibernation. I hope they come back soon!

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