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Live Nation presents Marcus King; Neal Francis & Ashland Craft open
the California Masonic Memorial Temple Auditorium
1111 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94108 USA
7:00 PM, Tuesday, October 11, 2022
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[7:00 PM] {We miss the start of the show because I'm out circling for a legal parking spot}
[7:23 PM] {I walk into the performance hall just as Ashland is ending a tune}
[7:49 PM] {lights down; introduction by Dean Delray}
### Performers
[9:09 PM] {Dean Delray introduces Marcus King; James Brown's Get Right blasting from the PA for a couple minutes before the band starts playing}
## Notes
Aside from the usual travails (parking hassle, obnoxious aud members, crappy mix for the opening acts, aching bones from being on my feet for hours, etc), tonight was another fun one!
What could I do to make things better next time around? Let's start by double-checking show time! I'm reasonably certain that show time for this event was originally announced as 8 PM … 'cuz that's what was in my calendar. But when I looked at my e-ticket after dinner and saw that it said 7 PM, I knew we were in time trouble! Dang!
Managed to ace the Bay Bridge metering light mess by hewing to the far right fastrak lane, but the traffic monster grabbed us just before Treasure Island, and it didn't let go until we hit the Fremont St exit. I was pretty sure as soon as that happened that we weren't gonna arrive on time. Gotta stay cool when you're stuck like that: ain't no use getting steamed up about things you can't change.
Passed a couple empty parking spots on my way up California street, hoping to score a primo spot right in front. Didn't happen this time, and we wasted at least ten minutes circling about fruitlessly in the maze of one-way streets. Happily, I didn't get stopped for any of the illegal turns I made (safely!), and we ended up finding an open loading zone spot just over 2 blocks east of the venue: score!!
Rushed on over, passed security (after a blink for them to decide that the metal pins on my flannel shirt weren't dangerous), and managed to hit the floor in time for the last two songs of Ashley Craft's opening set. Probably just as well: her twangy delivery and aw-shucks country demeanor wasn't really the sort of thing I wanted to hear tonight.
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Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!
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