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Title: Shakedown Street at Terrapin Crossroads 10/9
Post by: edwin on August 24, 2017, 07:48:30 PM: Just booked today! I'm hoping to get some special guests enlisted.

We'll be in Santa Cruz and other NoCal spots over the weekend.
Title: Re: Shakedown Street at Terrapin Crossroads 10/9
Post by: lbpesq on August 24, 2017, 10:42:45 PM: Edwin, far effin' out! Great venue!! I suspect there will be an unusually strong Alembic presence there that night!!! Is there a list of the other NorCal dates?

Bill, tgo
Title: Re: Shakedown Street at Terrapin Crossroads 10/9
Post by: edwin on August 26, 2017, 09:41:02 AM: Friday - Don Quixote's Felton/Santa Cruz 830pm
Saturday - Rio Nido Roadhouse, Rio Nido, CA 5-7:15pm 1 set
Sunday - KPIG 11am
Sunday Michaels on Main Soquel/Santa Cruz Not sure of the exact time
Title: Re: Shakedown Street at Terrapin Crossroads 10/9
Post by: lbpesq on August 26, 2017, 10:39:43 AM: Friday in Santa Cruz, Saturday in Guerneville, Sunday back in Santa Cruz, and Monday at Terrapin? A Lot of driving back and forth along that north/south corridor!

Bill, tgo
Title: Re: Shakedown Street at Terrapin Crossroads 10/9
Post by: StephenR on August 26, 2017, 11:15:46 AM: Same weekend as Hardly Strictly Bluegrass... Sounds like a fun mini-tour! Should be able to make it to TXR.
Title: Re: Shakedown Street at Terrapin Crossroads 10/9
Post by: edwin on August 26, 2017, 11:12:56 PM: Quote from: StephenR on August 26, 2017, 11:15:46 AM
Same weekend as Hardly Strictly Bluegrass... Sounds like a fun mini-tour! Should be able to make it to TXR.

Yeah, it just happened that way. We'll see how it goes.

As far as the routing goes, well, a routing sometimes seems more like a reaming for the little guys on the road. At least it's not back and forth between the east coast and midwest or some other ridiculous 3,000 miles in 7 days kind of thing I've done in the past.
Title: Re: Shakedown Street at Terrapin Crossroads 10/9
Post by: edwin on September 28, 2017, 11:34:46 AM: Here's the final schedule:

10/6 Don Quioxtes w/Mike Berry - Felton/Santa Cruz 830pm
10/7 Rio Nido Roadhouse w/Mike Berry- Rio Nido, CA 5-7:30 Early show!
10/8 KPIG w/ Jim Lewin 11am
10/8 Michaels on Main w/Jim Lewin - Soquel, CA
10/9 Terrapin Crossroads w/ Mike Berry (and others?)- San Rafael, CA 7:30pm A tribute to the 10/9/76 Day On The Green
Title: Re: Shakedown Street at Terrapin Crossroads 10/9
Post by: lbpesq on September 28, 2017, 12:12:28 PM: "A tribute to the 10/9/76 Day On The Green"

Is there going to be a Who tribute band, too?
I was there.

Bill, tgo
Title: Re: Shakedown Street at Terrapin Crossroads 10/9
Post by: edwin on October 05, 2017, 10:01:42 AM: I wish there would be, that would be fun! But, we're going to do selections from that setlist, along with some John Lennon tunes to celebrate his birthday.

Hanging out at the airport, Starfire checked, all ready to hit California!
Title: Re: Shakedown Street at Terrapin Crossroads 10/9
Post by: lbpesq on October 05, 2017, 06:24:57 PM: I remember that I never liked Squeezebox until I saw Who do it live that day. Who absolutely kicked ass on the song! (Where are Abbott and Costello when you need them - HA).

Bill, tgo
Title: Re: Shakedown Street at Terrapin Crossroads 10/9
Post by: hieronymous on October 08, 2017, 06:21:37 PM: Looking forward to tomorrow night at Terrapin - anyone else going?
Title: Re: Shakedown Street at Terrapin Crossroads 10/9
Post by: David Houck on October 08, 2017, 06:28:46 PM: Bit of a drive; but hoping it's an enjoyable evening for all who are there.
Title: Re: Shakedown Street at Terrapin Crossroads 10/9
Post by: lbpesq on October 08, 2017, 06:59:35 PM: Harry, I'm going and Wolf may be going too. I'm trying to talk Tina into going, too. Is Mika going? Would you be interested in meeting up for dinner?

Bill, tgo
Title: Re: Shakedown Street at Terrapin Crossroads 10/9
Post by: hieronymous on October 08, 2017, 10:08:03 PM: Quote from: lbpesq on October 08, 2017, 06:59:35 PM
Harry, I'm going and Wolf may be going too. I'm trying to talk Tina into going, too. Is Mika going? Would you be interested in meeting up for dinner?

Bill, tgo
Sounds good - I'll shoot you an email!
Title: Re: Shakedown Street at Terrapin Crossroads 10/9
Post by: StephenR on October 09, 2017, 09:27:36 AM: Pretty wiped out from Hardly Strictly Bluegrass but so far we plan on heading up to TXR later.
Title: Re: Shakedown Street at Terrapin Crossroads 10/9
Post by: edwin on October 09, 2017, 03:21:59 PM: I'll just say that the band has been sounding better than ever! It will be a lot of fun!
Title: Re: Shakedown Street at Terrapin Crossroads 10/9
Post by: mica on October 09, 2017, 03:27:35 PM: I've gotten almost no sleep because of the impending fires and Imma 'bout to pass out. I'm bummed I won't see you guys play tonight, Edwin. Hope you have a blast!
Title: Re: Shakedown Street at Terrapin Crossroads 10/9
Post by: hieronymous on October 09, 2017, 07:47:24 PM: Mica, just glad you and family are safe! We're waving the Alembic flag here - guitar player has a Skylark!
Title: Re: Shakedown Street at Terrapin Crossroads 10/9
Post by: hieronymous on October 10, 2017, 10:54:12 AM: The show was a lot of fun - sounded great, not too loud, nice balanced mix. For the first set we sat on the stairs so I got a bit of an aerial view:

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4490/37361455010_8878a43553_o.jpg)

We managed to touch base with Edwin during the set break and caught a pic with him, his guitarist, Bill & myself (didn't manage to get Stephen into this one, but he was there too):

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4510/37361456480_c803f900d6_o.jpg)

Got closer so that I could get a shot of Edwin slapping during Shakedown Street:

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4514/37587685392_b003f80fc6_o.jpg)

Here's a shot of the stage - out of chronological order - it's from when we arrived before the show started:

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4473/23767176468_762aabaaf1_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Shakedown Street at Terrapin Crossroads 10/9
Post by: lbpesq on October 10, 2017, 11:28:13 AM: Very much enjoyed the show. The band was excellent, as was the sound mix. Edwin on his Starfire/Alembic sounded clear, clean, and powerful. TXR is such a well thought out comfortable venue. And with a half dozen in the Alembic contingent, they had a quality class of people attending. lol. It was senior management's first time eating at the restaurant. She said it was the best fried chicken she ever tasted!

Bill, tgo
Title: Re: Shakedown Street at Terrapin Crossroads 10/9
Post by: StephenR on October 10, 2017, 03:10:32 PM: My wife and I enjoyed the music last night and it was a plus to see Harry, Bill and their wives, too. Edwin, and his Starfire, sounded great and Mike Berry did a nice job filling in on rhythm guitar. Thanks for posting some pictures Harry!
Title: Re: Shakedown Street at Terrapin Crossroads 10/9
Post by: David Houck on October 10, 2017, 04:22:29 PM: Thanks for the reports and the pics!

Nice T-shirts!
Title: Re: Shakedown Street at Terrapin Crossroads 10/9
Post by: edwin on October 10, 2017, 05:28:39 PM: Quote from: StephenR on October 10, 2017, 03:10:32 PM
My wife and I enjoyed the music last night and it was a plus to see Harry, Bill and their wives, too. Edwin, and his Starfire, sounded great and Mike Berry did a nice job filling in on rhythm guitar. Thanks for posting some pictures Harry!

Say hi to Jen! I was bummed I didn't have a moment to check in with her. It was a crazy day and night. Lots of fun!

Looks like we'll back in the spring, hopefully in the Grate Room.