# Phil Lesh, Jackie Greene, and the Terrapin Allstars at Beach Park, May 18, 2021

[Terrapin Crossroads](https://www.terrapincrossroads.net/tickets) presents [Phil Lesh](http://www.phillesh.net/), [Jackie Greene](http://jackiegreene.com/), and the Terrapin Allstars: [Jason Crosby](https://www.facebook.com/jasoncrosbyband), [Jeremy Hoenig](http://www.jeremyhoenig.com/), [Lebo](http://www.lebomusic.com/), and surprise special guest, [Bob Weir](http://bobweir.net/)  
[the Backyard Stage in Beach Park at Terrapin Crossroads](http://terrapincrossroads.net/)  
[100 Yacht Club Drive, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=100+Yacht+Club+Drive,+San+Rafael,+CA+94901+USA&hl=en)  
5:00 PM, Tuesday, May 18, 2021

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[4:15 PM] Soundcheck still going when we arrive today. I'm distracted by conversation with friends, but they certainly work on _Scarlet Begonias_ and a strange salsa/samba jam that I don't recognize.

## One Set

[5:19 PM] {band onstage & noodling}

01. [5:21 PM] _Scarlet Begonias_ (JG)
02. [5:31 PM] _Cold, Rain & Snow_ (PL)  
[5:41 PM] {JG swaps from Gibson to Danelectro}
03. [5:42 PM] _Me & Bobby McGee_ (L)
04. [5:50 PM] _Brown-Eyed Women_ (JG)  
[5:56 PM] {JG swaps back to the Gibson}
05. [5:58 PM] _Ship of Fools_ (L) »  
[6:01 PM] {Weir arrives alone carrying a guitar, and walks into the back stage area from the restaurant patio} 
06. [6:07 PM] _Viola Lee Blues_  
[6:13 PM] {Weir climbs onstage in the middle of the jam}
07. [6:19 PM] _Feel Like a Stranger_ (BW) »
08. [6:32 PM] _Samson & Delilah_ (BW)  
[6:40 PM] {Lebo swaps to lap steel guitar}
09. [6:40 PM] _Jack Straw_ (BW) »
10. [6:52 PM] _Wharf Rat_ (JG/BW)  
[7:06 PM] {Lebo swaps back to acoustic guitar}
11. [7:06 PM] _Dead Flowers_ (JG)  
[7:13 PM] {show ends; Phil introduces the band; donor rap; goodbye; no encore}  
[7:15 PM] {all done; PA tunes turned up; performers gather for a group hug}

## Performers

* [Jason Crosby](https://www.facebook.com/jasoncrosbyband): Nord Electro 6D keyboard;
* [Jackie Greene](http://jackiegreene.com/): Danelectro ?DC59 guitar, Gibson SG guitar, lead & harmony vox;
* [Jeremy Hoenig](http://www.jeremyhoenig.com/): drums;
* [Dan "Lebo" Lebowitz](http://www.lebomusic.com/): acoustic guitar, lap steel guitar, lead & harmony vox;
* [Phil Lesh](http://www.phillesh.net/): bass, lead & harmony vox.  
   
with special guest:
* [Bob Weir](http://bobweir.net/): guitar, lead & harmony vox.

## Notes

Bright and sunny today. Slightly breezy. Neither cold nor hot -- just exactly perfect! Lots of empty tables today. I don't think the place is much more than 2/3 full. I guess Tuesday is a tough sell?

_Scarlet Begonias_ is no surprise, given that it was sound checked, but it's nonetheless welcome: always good to start with a high-energy number!

Today's version of _Viola Lee Blues_ was rather similar to the [previous one](:2021:2021-04:2021-04-23). It's been altered slightly from the version that Phil has been playing for the past twenty years. I'm not educated enough in music to be able to explain better, sorry. The introduction has definitely been toned down a bit, and without the in-your-face crashing chord, the song is lot harder to recognize. Bobby joined about half-way through the tune, and did an admirable job of immediately stirring additional weirdness into the jam. Soon afterwards, Jackie played the descending blues riff of _Going Down_, and when Bobby followed, I wondered briefly if we were going to get a real bust out, but it was just a tease, and the jam soon turned back towards stranger spaces without any sort of name.

I thought _Feel Like a Stranger_ was taken at an awfully slow tempo -- too bad, as that kills the dancing vibe for me. On the positive side, the guys stretched it out in all sorts of interesting ways before Bobby pulled a classic move: changing key to non-verbally announce, "Surprise, now it's _Samson_!" I'm pretty sure the rest of the guys were unprepared for that one. They might have known it was coming, but were they ready? NOPE! Fortunately for them, Bobby was still playing at a slow tempo, and with an extra few seconds to think through every measure, they were ready to roll after another few bars.

_Jack Straw_ began with the same slow pace (imagine unhorsed cowboys crawling through the desert, chasing the mirage of water), but thankfully perked up quite a bit by the end: not fast, but enough to make me notice and do a happy dance.

Jackie and Bob traded verses and/or lines throughout _Wharf Rat_. I think they started out with a plan, but got mixed up along the way, and ended up relying on pointed nods or other body English to make it through the finale. Despite that, I was glad to hear it: always good for us sinners to listen to songs about salvation and redemption, right?

_Dead Flowers_ was a snazzy lagniappe. I assume it was NOT on the setlist, and something pulled out of thin air by Jackie when they decided to do one more for the night: if they sound checked it earlier, I wasn't paying enough attention!

## Photos

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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