I Jason Crosby and Friends celebrate his birthday
with a Led Zeppelin/Grateful Dead sandwich!
“No Quarter > Shakedown Street > No Quarter”
Jason Crosby and an all star line up of friends celebrated Jason’s birthday last night at Terrapin Crossroads. From a Zeppelin/Grateful Dead sandwich to his signature Nirvana /Grateful Dead Mashup “Friend of the Lithium”, a few originals from various band members, and styles fro. jazz, rock, country, Latin, alt-everything and more, it was a vast and varied set of musical adventures and camaraderie.
Terrapin Nation regulars enjoyed a very intimate show in The Grate Room, two very full sets.
Joining Jason, in the celebration, was an all-star cast of musicians including, core band, of Stu Allen, Dan Leibowitz, Steve Adams, Jay Lane, and Cochrane McMillan, and featured guests , Reid Genauer, Grahame Lesh, Brian Rashap, Greg Loiacono, James Nash, Greg Anton, Danny Eisenberg, Scott Guberman, Elliott Peck, Connor O’Sullivan, Eric DiBerardino, and Alex Jordan, + other special guests i may have missed.
At the same time, the rocking Kate Gaffney Band, featuring New Monsoons Jeff Miller on lead guitar, was burning it up in the Terrapin Crossroads Bar, making for another music filled night in San Rafael, California.
A full weekend of music lays ahead og us in the Bay area, with The Mother Hips at Terrapin Crossroads in the Grate Room Saturday night, Ramblin Jack Elliott at the Sweetwater in Mill Valley tonight, David Nelson Band touring northern California (Tonight in Grass Valley, Sunday at Terrapin’s Grate Room), Paul Simon at the Greek in Berkeley… And that’s just scratching the surface of this weekends musical choices. Jason Crosby and Friends got us primed and ready!
Happy birthday Jason Crosby, I’m honored to be your friend, and thrilled you are such a big part of our local music scene & community!
Jason Crosby, Lebo, Jay Lane will return to Terrapin Crossroads in June as part of the Doobie Decibel System (w Roger McNamee & the legendary Pete Sears!) – tickets are only $10 (grab your tickets now!), a highly recommended show!
Bob Weir w Steve Kimock and Friends
“Dancing In the Streets > Bird Song > The Other One > Bird Song”
Sweetwater Music Hall Mill Valley
Friday May 13th 2016
MILL VALLEY CALIFORNIA. Friday May 13th, 2016:
Bob Weir dropped by the Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley California on Friday the 13th, 2016, to join Steve Kimock and Friends for most of the 1st set, and the opening of the second set of night two of SK&F’s 3 Night run at the “best little rock n roll club in the country” (plus 1 more set at Wavy Gravy’s 80th birthday on Sunday).
While fans suspected Weir to sit in at some point during the run, since Weir is one of the Sweetwater owners, and a frequent guest at the club, sitting in with a wide range of performers from Jackie Greene to the Preservation Hall Jazz Band… a hint was given in the shows advertising on Facebook that suggested VERY SPECIAL GUESTS for the Friday show…
The lucky people in attendance on Friday the 13th were treated to an excellent performance by what was more or less a RatDog line-up…Kimock and Friends features RatDog members Jay Lane (drums), Jeff Chimenti (keys), Steve Kimock (frequently SK has been RatDog’s lead guitar) and another special guest, Matthew Kelly on harmonica and backing vocals (from the original RatDog Revue line-up). The band was flushed out by the deeply funky Bobby Vega on bass (has BV ever been in RatDog?) and the incredible talent and presence of Leslie Mendelson on guitar and vocals!
SETLIST & VIDEOS: Bob Weir sits in w Kimock and Friends at Sweetwater Friday May 13th, 2016
MILL VALLEY CA – Another magical night with Steve Kimock and friends and VERY Special guests, Bob Weir, and original RatDog member Matthew Kelly! And Sunshine Becker also joined in on a fun, new Jay Lane original, “Ancient Astronauts”.
Bob Weir, Leslie Mendelson – Steve Kimock and Friends “Never Can Tell”
Friday, May 13, 2016
Steve Kimock & Friends
– Jeff Chimenti, Bobby Vega, Jay Lane,
Leslie Mendelson, Bob Weir, *Matthew Kelly, **Sunshine Becker
Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley, CA
Set I
Ice Cream (instrumental)
You Never Can Tell (C’est La Vie)
Queen Jane Approximately (BW)
Dancing in the Street* (BW, LM)
Bird Song > (BW)
The Other One > (BW)
Bird Song (BW, LM)
Set II
Blue Bayou (LM, BW)
Nana’s Chalk Pipe
Hillbillies on PCP
To Love Somebody (LM)
Psycho Killer (LM)
Ancient Astronauts** (JL, SB)
Five B4 Funk
E: Waiting for a Miracle (LM)
Scrivener/BB
Queen Jane Approximately – Bob Weir, Matthew Kelley, Steve Kimock and Friends:
(~);} Phil Lesh and Lebo and Friends “Eyes of the World > Mexicali Blues”
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SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA: Phil Lesh joins Lebo and Friends Cinco de Mayo Bash | Grate Room Terrapin Crossroads
Lebo and Friends played a super fun high energy Cinco de Mayo Bash at Terrapin Crossroads, and gave the festive audience a lot to move to, dance with, and enjoy. Lebo’s song choices were a creative dip into the Cinco de Mayo theme, including the encore choice of Marty Robbins classic (oft covered by Grateful Dead), “El Paso” (I fell in love with a Mexican girl…), layered in, out,and back into the classic “Cielito Lindo” (Ay yi yi yi song). He even referred to it a s a “little Peyote journey” – (though a little layer of an RMFJ “El Paso” riff would’ve really added a twisted flavor; alas, I digress…)
Towards the end of the 1st set, Terrapin Crossroads proprietor, Grateful Dead bass player Phil Lesh, joined in on the 3 Grateful Dead songs, with Lebo taking lead vocals on all three. “Eyes of The World > Mexicali Blues”, and then a really fun “Shakedown Street” that several fans of ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra, Lebo’s main band) thought had teases of ALO’s “I Love Music” in it.
(~);} “Shakedown Street”
Many of the songs were given extra Cinco de Mayo seasoning by The Combustible Horns, ft. Michael Mark Bello, and Dave Len Scott. Plenty hot!
Lebo also debuted a new song, “This Is Is What It Sounds Like To Be Alive” – he said this song was inspired by the community at Terrapin Crossroads, and the rich creative music scene happening in the bay area right now that the musicians and all of us are a part of. He thinks TxR is the epicenter of all this good energy… and he wrote this song about it. He shares the vocals with Lesley Grant on this one, enjoy the video from MarkoVision Films below.
World Debut of “This is What It Sounds like To Be Alive”
And the lovely Lesley Grant. She is great in combo with Lebo when they share songs, or she sings back up, though we wanted her turned up a bit more in the mix. She took the lead on the bands’s tribute to our dearly departed Prince, “Kiss”, in a powerful, fun, and loving tribute. And in the second set, she gave a very moving rendition of Bob Dylan’s “Forever Young”.
“Try > Kiss > Try”
“Forever Young”
Jay Lane was kick ass on drums,a s to be expected from the drummer of Primus and RatDog! Jay is also a memeber of the Doobie Decibel System along with Lebo and Jason Crosby. Jason was fantastic on the keys, with fun flourishes adding more flavor de Mayo, and he also sang his own song “More To Lose”. On bass was Garrett Sayers from the Motet, and he was just ripping on those 5 strings throughout the night! Good good stuff, all around!
While the line up may change next time a Lebo and Friends show is billed – don’t miss it, Lebo has proven himself a talented band leader, taking fun chances with the songs, mixing styles and jams, and putting together a great group of Friends to play it all, and playfully guiding us all intoa groovy musical space. Of course Lebo himself excelled at what he does, beautifully intense guitar leads that build into the motif of the song, taking it out and bringing it back while never losing the funk along the way. He’s a very valuable addition to the Terrapin Nation’s musical landscape, and it’s always a pleasure and honor to see Dan Lebowitz in action.
I see a lot of Lebo, clearly I am a major fan. But this one on Cinco de Mayo… extra spicy!
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SETLIST
Cinco de Mayo Bash w/ Lebo & Friends
Dan Lebo Lebowitz – guitars and vocals
Jason Crosby – keyboards and vocals
Jay Lane – drums
Garrett Sayers – bass
Leslie Grant – vocals
and The Combustible Horns: ft. Michael Mark Bello, and Dave Len Scott
and extra special guest, our host:
Phil Lesh – bass ^
Grate Room
Terrapin Crossroads
San Rafael Califonia
May 5, 2016
SET 1
Do It Again >
Armando’s Rhumba > (Chick Corea)
Do it Again
Try >
Kiss > lg (Prince)
Try
This Is What It Sounds Like To Be Alive (debut)
Eyes Of The World > ^
Mexicali Blues ^
Shakedown Street ^
SET 2
Oh My My
Listen To The River lg
More To Lose jc
Mission Street
Forever Young lg (Dylan)
Picture of You
I Wanna Feel It
Encore: %
El Paso > (Marty Robbins)
Cielito Lindo > (popular Mexican song)
El Paso >
Cielito Lindo
% additional vocals by Jay Lane’s beautiful daughter, Erica Lane
