Take Me to the River: a Memphis Soul and Rhythm & Blues Revue at Herbst Theatre, October 11, 2017

SFJAZZ presents Music Roots of Memphis: Take Me to the River, a Memphis Soul and Rhythm & Blues Revue featuring William Bell, Charlie Musselwhite, Bobby Rush and a heck of a lot of other folks too
Herbst Theatre
Veterans' Building, San Francisco War Memorial Performing Arts Center, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102-4522 USA
8:00 PM, Wednesday, October 11, 2017

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[8:05 PM lights down, announcements from Randall Kline]
[8:07 PM comments from Martin Shore, director of TMttR]
[8:12 PM brief clip from the movie]
[8:17 PM band out, Boo Mitchell up front to introduce them and act as emcee]

1. [8:19 PM] 20-75
   [Sharisse Norman out to sing lead]
2. [8:24 PM] I'm So Tired of Being Alone (SN)
   [Sherisse moves over to the side, joined by Evie]
   
   [Ashton Riker out to sing lead]
3. [8:27 PM] Let's Stay Together (AR)
4. [8:32 PM] Love and Happiness (AR)
   [Frayser Boy out to rap during the next tune]
5. [8:38 PM] Sitting On the Dock o' the Bay (AR/FB)
6. [8:42 PM] Try a Little Tenderness (AR)
   [Ashton off]
   
   [Al Kapone and Frayser Boy out]
7. [8:47 PM] New Jewelry (AK/FB)
   [Al Kapone & Frayser Boy off]
   
   [Bobby Rush out to sing and play harmonica]
8. [8:51 PM] Porcupine Meat (BR)
   [Frayser Boy out to rap during the next tune]
9. [9:00 PM] Push and Pull (BR/FB)
   [drop horns, girls, MS, FB … or everyone but BR?]
10. [9:06 PM] Garbage Man (BR)
    [MS, horns return; band starts up a vamp as Bobby bows and waves goodbye]
11. [9:08 PM] When the Saints Go Marching In
    
    [add Charlie Musselwhite]
12. [9:10 PM] If I Should Have Bad Luck (CM)
13. [9:17 PM] West Helena Blues (CM) (dedicated to James Cotton)
14. [9:25 PM] I'm Going Home (CM)
    [drop Charlie Musselwhite]
    
    [girls return; add William Bell]
15. [9:31 PM] Easy Coming Out (WB)
    [drop CN; Evvie McKinney joins WB to sing co-lead]
16. [9:38 PM] Private Number (WB/EM)
    [Evie back to the side; CN returns; AK out to rap later in the tune]
17. [9:43 PM] I Forgot to Be Your Lover (WB/AK)
    [set ends 9:53 PM; William Bell bows out and leaves while the band stays onstage; then all lead singers return for the finale]
    
    Finale
18. [9:54 PM] Take Me to the River
    [show ends 10:m PM]

Take Me to the River

• William Bell: vox;
• Frayser Boy AKA Cedric Coleman: rap vox;
• Edward Cleveland: drums;
• Jeremy Coleman: tenor saxophone;
• Charles Hodges: Hammond B-3 organ;
• Leroy Hodges: bass;
• Al Kapone AKA Alphonzo Bailey: rap vox;
• Evvie McKinney: lead and harmony vox;
• Jamel Mitchell: baritone saxophone;
• Lawrence Boo Mitchell: keyboards, music director.
• Charlie Musselwhite: harmonica, vox;
• Sharisse Norman: lead and harmony vox;
• Ashton Riker: lead and harmony vox;
• Bobby Rush: harmonica, vox;
• Andrew Saino: guitar;
• Martin Shore: congas, percussion;
• Scott Thompson: trumpet.

Tonight's show is quite accurately summarized by the tag line for the event: a Memphis Soul and Rhythm & Blues Revue!

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