Elvis Costello Sings Hunter/Garcia - SF content

>>>Is  the Sweetwater gig Costello's only association with Garcia<<<

I think he's recorded a few Garcia/Hunter songs and I think he performs a couple live. He is one of many artists who have said that they discovered the quality & depth of the GD songbook late, but fell in love with it once the did.

>>>the guitarist is TBA<<<

It's Charles Lloyd, so you can count on the replacement being top-quality. I'm skipping that night and seeing the other two trio's Lloyd is showcasing that weekend, with Ruben Rodgers on bass and the great Gerald Clayton on piano, and then with Zakir Hussain & guitarist Marvin Sewell (who may end up being the one replacing Frisell).

It's interesting that Frisell dropped off that show. He's playing all this weekend with various excellent groups at the Freight & Salvage, and he's playing with his trio at the Kuumbwa in Santa Cruz a few days before that Lloyd show. Hopefully he's fine and it was just a scheduling problem.

And the Henderson Lab is intimate for sure, but it can get a bit cramped for me. Still, it's cool to watch the street going by while listening to the music.

A big weekend of music overall in the city that weekend.

>>>There's so much zoners don't get<<<

And Ras is most definitely a zoner.

As for me, I've seen Costello many, many times in many different settings spanning many years, I've even paid for I think three of those.

I respect him as an artist & songwriter, he's maintained his career for a very long time and he's got a very distinctive voice, but he's just never been my type of thing. The best I've seen him was when he played at a symphony hall with a string quartet, that was brilliant, and a couple of Bridge Benefit acoustic performances were really good, but his rock shows have just never worked for me.

This however should be a good time. The Great American Music Hall is one of my all-time favorite venues and a place I haven't been to in a very long time (and when looking at their schedule I've been thinking lately that I may never get back there again... kids today, sheesh!) and I'm not going to HSBG at all, so I thought what the hell.

I haven't had a real good double-header since before the plague. I figure the legendary Charles Lloyd searching the infinite in a pin-drop quiet space, and then going a mile or so into a raucous room with Elvis Costello & a fine band singing songs I love in a favorite little venue will be a real good one. 

>>>I went down  to SFJazz to pick up Lloyd for the first nite,Thursday except Frisell is now out of the Trio  and the guitarist is TBA<<<

Hey WALSTIB, are you sure about that? I was just looking at the SFJAZZ web site and they're still advertising that show with Frisell.

If he's off the bill they're really bumbling their web site info.

In this day & age I guess that shouldn't be a big surprise.

I'm semi-planning on seeing Frisell's trio in Santa Cruz tonight.

It's a small place, if I get a chance I'll ask him.

WALSTIB, that balcony is WAY up there. Those seats are truly "in the Gods".

Personally, I much prefer the row of seats behind the stage for the same cheaper price.

YMMV.