John Oates of Hall & Oates stopped by Mill Valley, CA’s Sweetwater Music Hall Thursday night, mixing up the setlist with original tunes and beloved covers. The evening also saw a pair of guests, as Jason Crosby and Sweetwater owner, Bob Weir, lent Oates a helping hand on fiddle and guitar.
Oates and Weir are no strangers to each other, as Hall & Oates teamed with the Grateful Dead in 1988 for a rainforest benefit concert at Madison Square Garden. In more recent times, Oates played a show at Sweetwater Music Hall in 2015, with Weir and Crosby also sitting in during the iconic rockstars debut performance at Sweetwater.
Oates invited Crosby up for a take on “Arkansas”, the title track off his most recent album, before moving through “All I Am” and “Lose It In Louisiana”. As Crosby walked off the stage, Weir emerged, helping Oates with a pair of Grateful Dead tunes, “Friend Of The Devil” and “West L.A. Fadeaway”. The duo then went into a cover of The Temptations’ “Shakey Ground”, with Weir sounding confident and comfortable in his hometown venue.
“Friend Of The Devil”
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“West L.A. Fadeaway”
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“Shakey Ground”
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Setlist: John Oates | Sweetwater Music Hall | Mill Valley, CA | 9/27/2018
Set: Anytime, Stack O’Lee, Miss the Mississippi and You, That Will Happen No More, Arkansas*, All I Am*, Lose It In Louisiana*, Friend of the Devil^, West L.A. Fadeaway^, Shakey Ground^, Dig Back Deep, Edge of the World, Pallet Soft and Low, Something You Got, Maneater, I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)
Encore: You Make My Dreams
*w/ Jason Crosby (violin)
^w/ Bob Weir
Bob Weir is gearing up for a 19-date tour with his new side-project, Wolf Bros, which will see Weir “explore songs of the Grateful Dead and more in a trio setting” along with a pair of seasoned collaborators, drummer Jay Lane (Furthur, RatDog) and legendary musician, producer, and current Blue Note Records president Don Was.
The tour will kick off in Reno, NV on October 16th and make stops in various markets across the country, including shows in Los Angeles, CA; Santa Barbara, CA; Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; Missoula, MT; Salt Lake City, UT; Albuquerque, NM; and Denver, CO. Following a Halloween night performance and the newly added 11/1 show at The Chicago Theatre in Chicago, IL, Bob Weir and Wolf Bros will continue eastward, stopping in Nashville, TN; Louisville, KY; and Syracuse, NY before a two-night stand at Port Chester, NY’s storied Capitol Theatre (11/9–11/10). Finally, the tour will close with a run of four more northeast shows, including stops in Washington, D.C. (11/12); Philadelphia, PA (11/13); Boston, MA (11/15–11/16); and a now-two-night closing stint New York City’s Beacon Theatre (11/18–11/19).
You can check out a full list of the upcoming Bob Weir and Wolf Bros dates below. For more information, head to Bobby’s website.
[H/T Jambands.com]
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