# Jerry's Middle Finger at Sausalito Cruising Club, December 29, 2024

[Sausalito Cruising Club](https://www.memberplanet.com/events/sausalitocruisingclub/jonhartsholidayextravaganzafeaturingthehartbeats_1) presents Jon Hart's 3rd Annual Holiday Extravaganza featuring [Jerry's Middle Finger](http://jerrysmiddlefinger.com/)  
[Sausalito Cruising Club](https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Sausalito%20Cruising%20Club%22)  
[1610 Bridgeway, Sausalito, CA 94965 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1610+Bridgeway,+Sausalito,+CA+94965+USA&hl=en)  
6:30 PM, Sunday, December 29, 2024

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## Set One

01. _Finders, Keepers_
02. _Cats Under the Stars_
03. _That's a Touch I Like_
04. _I'll Take a Melody_
05. [7:48 PM] _Feel Like Dynamite_ (RN)  
{drop Lisa}
06. [7:54 PM] _Someday Baby_  
[8:01 PM] {pause for Lisa to get back onstage; add Danny Eisenberg at Nord organ}
07. [8:01 PM] _Johnny Too Bad_
08. [8:12 PM] _Tangled Up in Blue_ »
09. [8:26 PM] _Lay Down Sally_ » [8:35 PM] (spacey jam with teases of _Slipknot!_ and _Eleanor Rigby_ » [8:38 PM] _Lay Down Sally_ reprise  
[8:40 PM] {set ends}

## Set Two

[9:10 PM] {lights down, performers out}

01. [9:13 PM] _Don't Let Go_
02. [9:29 PM] _C'est la Vie (You Never Can Tell)_  
[9:37 PM] {drop DE; kudos for Jon Hart from RN}
03. [9:39 PM] _Mission in the Rain_  
[9:48 PM] {add DE organ}
04. [9:49 PM] _That's What Love Will Make You Do_  
[10:00 PM] {chilling for a minute}
05. [10:00 PM] _That's Alright Mama_
06. [10:08 PM] _Lonesome and a Long Way From Home_  
[10:21 PM] {GD thx to jon; band intro}  
   
**Finale**
07. [10:22 PM] _My Sisters & Bothers_  
[10:28 PM] {show ends; GD wishes everyone happy new year, be kind}

## Performers

[Jerry's Middle Finger](http://jerrysmiddlefinger.com/)

* Garrett Deloian: guitar, lead vox;
* Jon Gold: Nord Stage keyboards;
* Lisa Malsberger: harmony vox;
* [Rodney Newman](https://www.rodneynewman.com/): drums, lead vox (as noted).
* Son Vo: bass.

### Special Guest

* [Danny Eisenberg](https://www.facebook.com/danny.eisenberg.758): Nord organ.

## Notes

We arrive kinda late (~7:40 PM against ~7:15 actual start?) on account of the DNB runover and transition drive. Oh well, sometimes you miss out on a little fun! I should have paid more attention to what was playing when we got out of the car, but navigating the first ten minutes of entry and greetings and finding a spot to dance distracted me from my note-taking task. Should I try to be even more obsessive about note-taking in the future? Hard to say!!

As we walk in, I notice that there's only one backup singer tonight: Halina Janusz is absent while recovering from knee surgery. Hopefully she'll be better soon!

Tonight's party seems a little less crowded than last year's iteration. Maybe the club is paying more attention to capacity enforcement? I'm happy that there's space to move and shake our bones, and extra happy to see so many friends present.

The set-ending jam out of _Lay Down Sally_ was especially interesting for featuring an unusual call-and-response interaction between Garrett & Danny: Garrett had been playing in a formless, 'spacey' fashion, when Danny began repeating insistent riffs from _Slipknot!_. Rather than joining in, Garrett answered with a complementary ascending riff on _Eleanor Rigby_. It was quite interesting hearing the two lines juxtaposed against each other: they meshed really well! I don't recall hearing Jon or Son join this particular conversation -- they were instead comping in a more open fashion that didn't commit to either of the new tunes -- and after a few minutes, the performance coalesced back onto _Lay Down Sally_ to conclude the first part of the night's festivities. Whew! Time to get some fresh air!!

Set two was one high point after another for me: I just *love* the JGB repertoire that this band mines. I was surprised to hear Chuck Berry's _C'est la Vie (You Never Can Tell)_ -- in an interesting sync, I'd listened to an excellent piano-centric cover by [John Magnie](https://open.spotify.com/album/42dt18gwvAl9OGHWsPezWP?si=tosZ6GmHTBKdLC3CNHjFzw) just this morning.

The show wrapped up a little early, but then, it *was* Sunday night, so maybe that was the proper choice: I know I was glad to be home before midnight!

## Photos

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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