Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros Trio at the Guild Theatre, April 7, 2023

the Guild Theatre presents Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros Trio
949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
8:00 PM, Friday, April 7, 2023

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Promo art for the residency

[7:53 PM] {Rusty out to his camera position}
[7:58 PM] {AJ checking on Bob's guitars}

[8:13 PM] {lights down, announcements, performers out: the advertised trio plus Mads and Brian from the Wolf Pack; a moment later Bob introduces Steve Kimock, wow!}

1. [8:15 PM] Cassidy
   [8:31 PM] {pause; MT & BS sit out}
2. [8:32 PM] Good Morning Little Schoolgirl »
3. [8:40 PM] Loser {Add MT}
4. [8:53 PM] Tennessee Jed
   [9:03 PM] {Jay hand-signaling “three” at the end of Jed; Bob swap to acoustic guitar; add BS? Nope, false alarm!}
5. [9:04 PM] El Paso
   [9:12 PM] {Bob back to electric guitar; now add BS}
6. [9:13 PM] Black Throated Wind >
   {Drop BS, MT}
7. [9:23 PM] I Need a Miracle »
   {Add BS, MT}
8. [9:31 PM] Bird Song
   [9:47 PM] {set ends}

[10:16 PM] {Rusty back in the video station, can't be long now…}
[10:19 PM] {AJ checking on Bob's guitars}
[10:21 PM] {lights down, performers out, same set as before; MT & BS sit out at start}

1. [10:21 PM] The Winners
   [10:29 PM] {add pack guys}
2. [10:29 PM] China Cat Sunflower »
   {BS sits out}
3. [10:43 PM] I Know You Rider
   [10:54 PM] {Bobby needs to sit down; Kimock and Was follow suit in solidarity; add BS; Jay plays standing up for a minute or so. Was changes back to standing once Jay sits down}
4. [10:58 PM] Playing in the Band »
5. [11:08 PM] Dark Star jam » [11:13 PM] DS main theme »
6. [11:16 PM] Tomorrow Never Know »
   {Bob and Steve standing again; MT off}
7. [11:27 PM] Standing on the Moon
   {Add pack duo}
8. [11:35 PM] Going Down the Road, Feelin' Bad
   [11:46 PM] {set ends Jay jumps up like usual, all off in a minute}
   
   Encore
   [11:49 PM] {Bob back out, on a stool, everyone else after a minute, the pack duo sit out first verse, then join in later}
9. [11:49 PM] It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
   [11:57 PM] {show ends}

Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros Trio

• Jay Lane: drums, percussion, harmony vox;
• Don Was: contrabass;
• Bob Weir: guitar, acoustic guitar, vox.

• Steve Kimock: guitar, lap steel guitar;
• Brian Switzer: trumpet;
• Mads Tolling: violin.

Inside and seated a few minutes after 7 PM – no later than 10 past – despite a small Tixr snafu at the door. It's a laid back crowd for now – hopefully the peaceful vibe lasts all night. No keyboard onstage tonight: lap steel set up there instead!

Gloria was on the setlist as the Encore instead of Baby Blue: I'm gonna guess they ditched that one due to energy/strength concerns with Bob instead of time constraints, but who knows?

Adding Kimock and the Wolf Pack duo really kicked up the overall energy level of the show – sonic room previously filled by Bob's spacey ambiguous noodling was now overlaid with chewy melodic lines from the three additional players. I'm really happy we attended: this was the best night of the three I saw.

It seemed kinda strange that Bob never got around to singing the Dark Star verses: I wonder if he forgot or what?

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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