Terrapin Crossroads presents Phil Lesh & the Terrapin Allstars featuring Jason Crosby, Scott Law, Grahame Lesh, John Molo & Dave Zirbel, with “Surprise Guests” Stu Allen, Dan "Lebo" Lebowitz, and Aaron Redner
the Backyard Stage in Beach Park at Terrapin Crossroads
100 Yacht Club Drive, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA
5:00 PM, Thursday, May 13, 2021

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[4:55 PM] {Phil walks in; most of the performers out hanging around backstage already}
[5:09 PM] {band onstage, getting gear ready to play}
[5:13 PM] {Phil noodling}
[5:21 PM] {We have a quorum!}

1. [5:23 PM] Easy Wind (SL)
2. [5:32 PM] Pride of Cucamonga (PL)
3. [5:39 PM] Promised Land (SL)
   [5:45 PM] {add Lebo: guitar; Aaron Redner: violin}
4. [5:47 PM] Cassidy (L)
5. [5:59 PM] Peggy-o (PL) >
6. [6:07 PM] Candyman (GL) >
7. [6:19 PM] Bertha (L)
   [6:28 PM] {drop Lebo, AR; add Stu Allen: guitar}
8. [6:31 PM] New Speedway Boogie (GL-SA-GL)
   [6:47 PM] {rather than singing the final line of the tune, Phil asks us, “What has to happen?”}
9. [6:50 PM] Row Jimmy (SA)
   [7:02 PM] {add AR}
10. [7:02 PM] China Cat Sunflower (SA) »
11. [7:08 PM] Mr. Charlie (SL)
12. [7:15 PM] Going Down the Road, Feelin' Bad (SA-GL)
    [7:24 PM] {show ends; Phil introduces the band; donor rap; goodnight!}

• Jason Crosby: Nord keyboard;
• Scott Law: guitar, lead and harmony vox;
• Grahame Lesh: guitar, lead and harmony vox;
• Phil Lesh: bass, lead and harmony vox;
• John Molo: drums;
• Dave Zirbel: pedal steel guitar.

• Stu Allen: guitar, lead and harmony vox;
• Dan "Lebo" Lebowitz: acoustic guitar, lead and harmony vox;
• Aaron Redner: violin.

It wasn't too surprising to see extra gear onstage this afternoon, after all, TXR had sent out updates mentioning that surprise guests would be appearing across the three-day run, but I didn't expect to get three of the five guests on the first night. Holy toledo! That's like drawing a full house on a pair of sevens!

Solid playing all night tonight. Lots of variation in the lead singing role. The only jamming segue was the totally unexpected change from China Cat into Mr. Charlie – I wonder who deserves credit for thinking that one up? GDTRFB was joyous, but rocky: my recollection is that only Stu & Graham look a lead verse, and that the rest of the time it was instrumental solos or another run through the chorus. That might have been a nod back to the classic Skull & Roses version, but I rather like hearing it a different verse from each singer – preferably offering some freestyle doggerel before the “Don't wanna be treated this a way” line that ends each verse.

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Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2021 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2021 event list! ☸ On to the next event!