God Johnson
6/16/2007
The Cabooze – Minneapolis
10KLF Pre-party jam


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Taped By: Ryan Thomas
Transfered by : Ryan Thomas

God Johnson
6/16/2007
The Cabooze – Minneapolis
10KLF Pre-party jam

GJ time – 11:25
The Doctor
Two Person Chair *
Theme From The Bottom *
Triscuit *
Space Oddity ^#
Sweet Emotion $
12:16

Set Two – 12:45
Lonely Girl *
Long Past Gone *
Crosseyed & Painless *@
Electric Shoes *@
Life During Wartime *
Going Down The Road Feeling Bad >
Fame >
Squirms
1:50


Entire show with Nick Brewer on percussion
* - Kevin Sinclair on sax
^ - Tom Collins on vocals, Jason playing acoustic
# - Debut
$ - Bob Molitor on drums
@ - Jeff Austin on mandolin


This is what summer nights are supposed to be like. It was a
beautiful day to spend working in the yard or going to the lake, or
maybe even out to the Zoo where the usually serene Weesner
Amphitheater hosts bird shows during the day. Tonight the crowd would
be just a little bit different from mom and dad and 2.3 kids… Yonder
played one heck of a show full of rarities, debuts, classics and
covers. Highlights from their set included Left Me In A Hole,
Girlfriend Is Better (a hint for later?), No Expectations and Good
Hearted Woman. But the real gem was in the encore with their cover of
Split Lip Rayfield's Used To Call Me Baby – just amazing. After a
couple of hours of badass bluegrass, nearly the entire crowd headed up
Cedar to the Cabooze for the 10K Pre-party. And what a crowd it was!
I'm used to seeing Wednesday GJ crowds, and bigger ones for the
Saturday shows, but tonight was just packed.

After a rocking set by Gypsyfoot, things got started with Timmy
tearing into The Doctor. This one always makes a solid opener, and
set up a fun Two Person Chair featuring Kevin on the sax. TPC jammed
out pretty good, but really just hinted at what was coming up. Theme
From The Bottom is usually good for the whole extended jam thing, but
Triscuit was really where that became prevalent in the first set. All
three sections were on fire with some heavy duty bass lines and
soaring guitar riffs. Jason grabbed his acoustic Taylor and Tom
Collins joined the boys on stage to do David Bowie's Space Oddity,
which I believe is a debut for GJ. Wow, that was a sweet one for a
debut – very tight and with great vocals by Tom. Bob Molitor came up
to play some drums for Sweet Emotion to close out the first set with a
bang.

The second set kicked things off with a hot Lonely Girl with Tim
sounding smooth and solid on the vocals. Long Past Gone has really
turned into a favorite of mine with the meaningful lyrics, and tonight
was a keeper for sure. But after that is when things went from wild
to crazy and then to wild and crazy – the guest we'd all been hearing
about came up to play some funk. Jeff Austin's mandolin wasn't too
easy to hear in all of the hoo-ha excitement, but it certainly added
something new to the sound. Early reports indicate that the
recordings picked up more of his mando, and I'm really looking forward
to hearing those recordings as soon as they're available. Yonder had
dropped a little Heads into their set at the Zoo, so I was thrilled to
hear some more when Jeff sat in. The rumor mill at the Zoo had Half
Past One high on the list, but we got to hear something so much
funkier in Electric Shoes. I really doubt Jeff had ever even heard
the song before, but that certainly didn't stop anyone from jamming
the hell out of it. It really looked like he was having a lot of fun
sharing the stage with the GJ crew, and that was reflected in the
music. Life During Wartime had Jimmy laying it down and Scotty
lighting it up as they kept the funk thing rolling. I've really liked
hearing GDTRFB since Japan, and I hope it doesn't drop out of the
rotation too quickly. The segue into Fame was one to remember, and it
looked like they were just having a blast on stage as they jammed it
right into some Squirms to close it out.


It's been said before, and I'm gonna say it again – we're some of the
luckiest music fans around to have a scene like we do. To have a
weekly rock show of this caliber is incredible, and to have so many
great musicians around for collaborations is simply amazing. I really
can't say enough to thank the GJ guys and the Cabooze for everything
that they've helped to develop in the last few years and I'll leave it
at that with a great big THANK YOU!!!

- Rasta

